LINKED BY LOVE
OUR MULTI-AWARD-WINNING SERIES!
BEVERLY MORRIS is a woman who seems to have it all. With a loving husband, two teenagers, a spunky grandmother, and a flourishing bakery business under her roof, she is constantly on the go, until a family history of kidney disease catches up to her.
Exploring one Black family’s experience with end-stage renal disease, Linked by Love follows the Morrises as they confront Beverly’s illness and make the decision to do things differently, together.
Addressing the unique cultural barriers and significant medical disparities that affect the Black population, each relatable episode of Linked by Love follows the Morris family as they pursue help for Beverly and discover avenues for treatment, including transplantation and paying it forward through a living donor kidney chain.
As they go along, Beverly and her family discover that sometimes it takes a big dose of self-care and paying attention to one’s healthcare to change your family for the better.
MAIN CAST
MICHELLE N. CARTER appears as Beverly Morris.
BYRON MARC NEWSOME appears as Eric Morris.
SHIRLEY JORDAN appears as Ernestine Jackson.
KIANNA NICOLE WASHINGTON appears as Tracy Morris.
GORDON JAMES, JR. appears as E.J. Morris.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE includes individuals who have professional expertise or personal experience with kidney disease, kidney failure, transplantation, and/or living donation, as well as entertainment industry professionals.
VINCENT ANTHONY
MD, MPH, SCH, FASN, CPE, CHCQM
Nephrologist
President and CEO, Kidney Care Institute
EDWARD DRAKE
TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
Founder and CEO, The Youth Needing Organ and Tissue Transplants Foundation (YNOTT?)
MARCI KNOX
LCSW, MPH
LCSW, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
NICOLE MAROSTICA
VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLICITY
Warner Brothers Worldwide TV Marketing, Non-scripted Programming
FRANCO REYNA
PROGRAM MANAGER
National Kidney Foundation of Southern California and Southern Nevada
ROBERTO VARGAS, MD, MPH
MD, MPH
Assistant Dean, Health Policy and Inter-Professional Education, College of Medicine, and, Pillar Director, Urban Health Institute, Charles R. Drew University
JEFFREY VEALE, MD
PROFESSOR
Department of Urology, UCLA Health Director, UCLA Kidney Transplant Exchange Program
TENAYA WALLACE
CEO, Crowd Advocacy Founder, Donate Life Hollywood
National Kidney Foundation of Southern California and Southern Nevada
AMY WATERMAN, PhD
PROFESSOR
Professor in Residence, UCLA, Division of Nephrology Director, and, Transplant Research and Education Center Deputy Director, Terasaki Transplant Institute