FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications & Digital [email protected](813) 400-23942025 World Kidney Day StatementAmerican Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)Washington, D.C.:
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March 2025
AAKP Press Release: Largest U.S. Kidney Patient Group Tells Disney CEO Robert Iger to Hold The View Co-Host Joy Behar Publicly Accountable for Saying Kidney Donation is Contingent Upon Political Beliefs of Transplant Recipient
For Immediate Release:March 7, 2025Media Contact:Jennifer RateDirector, Communications and Digital [email protected](813) 400-2394Largest U.S.
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AAKP Ambassador Brandi Nunez Shares Her Story for National Phosphorus Awareness Day

“Food choice was the largest struggle for me when I was at the height of kidney disease. It seemed like no matter how many good food choices I made; nothing was good enough and my labs continued to trend out of range. Potassium, phosphorous, and iron were the hardest for me to calculate and manage.
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AAKP Ambassador and Dialysis Patient Dawn Edwards Shares Why She Supports National Phosphorus Awareness Day

National Phosphorus Awareness Day – April 5Dawn shares this statement in support of National Phosphorus Awareness Day:“After navigating the challenges of kidney disease for 35 years, I only recently learned that elevated phosphorous not only causes brittle bones, which can lead to fractures, but also cardiac episodes.
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