Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency

Mary Winters and Dani Edmonson

Jackson State University-Gwen Dawkins, Assistant Professor of Health

Tougaloo College-Dr. James Coleman

UNIVERSITY & COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE

Jackson State University is a historically black college located in Jackson, Mississippi and is considered

Mississippi’s Urban University, with an enrollment of more than 7,800 students. The University is proud of its heritage, is

committed to its future as a diversified, urban institution, and is dedicated to developing individual students and

solving urban problems. JSU is also home of the greatest football player ever, Walter Payton.

Tougaloo College is a private, historically black, liberal arts institution, founded in 1869 and is supported by the UNCF. Their motto is Tougaloo College; Where History meets the Future”

UNIVERSITY & COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE

CommitmentDescribe your plan:

Goals• To secure 500 or 50% of administrators, faculty, staff, and students at

Tougaloo College to sign donor cards by May 2007• To secure 4,000 or 50% of administrators, faculty, staff, and students at

Jackson State University to sign donor cards by May 2007

Action

What did you do?• Tougaloo – MORA Basketball Shoot-Out Challenge• MORA “alive and well” at all Basketball games• Jackson State University – College of Education Donor Commitment Day (200

donor cards signed)• Jackson State University Health Fair (1,000 attendees) and Urban Education

Conference

UNIVERSITY & COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE

Results

What did you study? What did you learn? • Misconceptions• Lack of Interest• Religious Beliefs

Next steps

How will you act?• Kick-off Campaigns with various campus organizations• Walter Payton Recreation Center at JSU• Health and Wellness Center at Tougaloo College• Health Classes at both schools• Media Campaign at both schools• Marquee at Mississippi Memorial Stadium