About the Exhibit

View LifeLine: The Ultimate Bond Virtual Exhibition

Through the intersecting pillars of storytelling, artwork and transplantation, Versiti’s innovative exhibition LifeLine: The Ultimate Bond serves as a much-needed catalyst for authentic dialogue and increased organ and tissue donor registrations within Milwaukee’s African American community.

Educational in nature, this groundbreaking exhibition presents inspiring personal testimonies of organ and tissue donation by Milwaukee Divine Nine members. These encouraging accounts of survival are enriched through a powerful presentation of multimedia artwork by Wisconsin-based, African American creatives.

We invite you to attend a virtual reception and/or host a watch party to celebrate the exhibit’s opening night at America's Black Holocaust Museum.

Learn more at: lifelineexhibition.org

Featured Divine Nine Milwaukee Chapter Members

• Kobena-Marcus J. Collins: National Transplant Waitlisted for Kidney (Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity)
• Stacy Crouther: Living Donor Kidney Recipient (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority)
• Theo Gilbert: Kidney Recipient (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity)
• Darlena Johnson: Kidney Recipient (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority)
• Richard Lewis: Two-Time Kidney Recipient (Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity)
• Ken Little: Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient (Omega Psi Phi Fraternity)
• Representative LaKeshia Myers: Kidney Recipient (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority)
• Patricia Lewis and son Ray: Kidney Recipient (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority)

Featured Wisconsin-Based Artists

Presenting an array of mixed media, each artist contributes a unique visual piece highlighting organ and tissue donation.

• Kierston Ghaznavi: Paper
• Jerry Jordan: Paint
• Rosy Petri: Fabric & Stitch
• Sherman Pitts: Digital
• Terrance Sims: Photography
• Allison Westbrook: Digital
• Brad Bernard: Digital/Paint
• Allison Ssali: Paint & Mixed Media

About the Divine Nine

There are nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Collectively, these organizations are referred to as the “Divine Nine” and have a global membership of more than 1.5 million. Each fraternity and sorority is rich in history and tied to multitudes of college-educated African Americans in the United States and beyond. All Divine Nine fraternities and sororities have existing chapters in Milwaukee.

Event Hosts

America's Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) is a memorial museum located in Milwaukee, WI that build public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing.

Donate Life Wisconsin is an alliance of organizations and caring individuals across the state committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes and tissue available for transplant to save and enhance lives.

Versiti believes in enhancing lives through education, engagement, and cultivation of cultural learning. Our commitment to saving more lives results in an inclusive donor base to better serve ethnically diverse patients.

LifeLine: The Ultimate Bond is partially funded by a generous grant from Donate Life Wisconsin.