We’re excited to share that our President and CEO, Joy D. Calloway @thejoyd_, will be joining Win With Black Women for a powerful conversation about why we do what we do at the Black Women’s Health Imperative.
This is a chance to learn more about our mission, the urgency behind our work, and how we’re showing up for the health and well-being of Black women and girls every day.
🗓 Sunday, March 22, 2026
🕗 Doors open at 8:00 PM ET
🕣 Call begins at 8:30 PM ET
Register using the link on the flyer and join us for an evening of connection, insight, and community.
#WinWithBlackWomen
#BlackWomensHealth
#HealthEquity
#BlackWomenLead
#SisterhoodAndStrength
Are you ready to be educated on what matters this Women’s History Month? 🩷💙🩵
Join My Sister’s Keeper UTSA in collaboration with Period UTSA, The National Society of Black Women in Medicine, and The Black Health Professions Oranization in the Student Union HEB Ballroom for the screening of MEPERIOD. 🤝🏥⚕️
MEPERIOD is a powerful documentary that amplifies the voices of Black women and girls 👸🏾navigating menstruation 🩸 , reproductive health 🤰🏿, stigma , and systematic inequalities. Produced by the Black Women’s Health Imparative, the film centers lived experiences while exploring the intersection of menstrual health, racial disparities, medical bias, and access to care. 🩺⚕️✨
Food and goodies will be provided. Hope to see you there! 🫵🏾🩷💙🩵✨
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#msk #blackwomen #periodpoverty #utsa #reproductivehealth
We know the men who love us, support us, and stand beside us every day. Now we’re calling that love into action on a national scale.
Atlanta’s prominent men are stepping forward for the Her Health Challenge and they’re inviting other men to do the same. 💪🏾
We made it simple:
Post a photo honoring a woman who matters to him 📸
Make a donation to BWHI 💛
Download the free In Her Corner toolkit so he knows how to really show up 📘
Send him to herhealth.bwhi.org and let’s build something powerful together. ✨
@djmars404 @channingbaker1852 @spotonrw @jcarterology @therealanthonydalton
From our partners at @morehouseschoolofmedicine, we love hearing the sounds of Match Day. 🎉
The cheers, the tears, the deep breaths… you can feel the excitement.
Match Day is the moment medical students across the country learn where they will continue their training as resident physicians and step fully into the future they’ve been working toward.
And moments like this matter. Only about 5% of doctors in the U.S. are Black, which makes this next generation even more powerful. 🩺✨
We love to see it. #matchday
If it matters to Black women’s health, policy, culture, wellness, or community, we’re talking about it.
No fluff. No spam. Just real updates, real gems, and real action you can take.
Don’t be the friend saying “Wait… I didn’t know that was happening.”
Stay plugged in. Stay ahead. Stay involved.
Tap in and subscribe. Your inbox deserves better. 💜
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We love when Black men speak up for Black women’s health!
When asked about Georgia’s extreme abortion ban (which makes care nearly impossible to access after six weeks) Michael B. Jordan didn’t dodge the question.
Instead, he asked the right one:
What support do families actually receive after forced birth?
In a 2019 clip, he spoke candidly about what it truly takes to raise a child, emotionally, financially, structurally, and why reproductive freedom matters.
Reproductive justice isn’t just about access to abortion. It’s about the right to decide if, when, and how to parent and having the resources to do so safely.
When Black men use their platforms to affirm that truth, it matters. We see it. We appreciate it. And we need more of it.
# BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
We’ve been taught to survive quietly.
To endure gracefully.
To “be strong” without being seen.
Healing looks like therapy and prayer.
Like setting boundaries without apology.
Like choosing rest without guilt.
Like saying, “That hurt me,” out loud.
Healing loudly means refusing to normalize pain.
It means unlearning what almost broke you.
It means choosing softness in a world that expects hardness.
#BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
One-third of Americans are cutting back on everyday essentials, even skipping meals, and stretching their prescriptions just to afford healthcare.
Let that sink in.
New polling from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America shows that people are choosing between food and medication. Between rent and refills. Between basic living and staying alive.
That is not personal failure.
That is a policy failure.
When patients ration insulin, prescriptions are split to “make it last, ” and families skip meals to cover premiums, we are looking at a system that is not working.
Healthcare should not force people into survival math.
We deserve a healthcare system that protects health, not punishes it.
Read the full article and poll results: (Link in our bio)
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702596/one-third-americans-cut-back-cover-healthcare-expenses.aspx
#AffordableHealthCare #BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
We’re proud to partner on a powerful and necessary conversation with @theSJcenter and @blackbooksexed
This upcoming 2-part webinar will offer an in-depth and vulnerable discussion about the trauma-informed care needed to support metropolitan and Southern communities who urgently need reproductive health advocacy.
Reproductive health is not just clinical, it is deeply connected to lived experience, systemic barriers, cultural context, and historical harm. Trauma-informed care acknowledges that reality and centers dignity, safety, and trust.
📅 Saturday, March 28
🕒 3:00 PM CT / 4:00 PM ET
If you care about equitable reproductive healthcare, community-centered advocacy, and advancing systems that truly serve Black women and families, this conversation is for you.
Join us. The work requires all of us. 🖤
RSVP now, link in our bio
History isn't just something that happened to us. It's something we are actively writing, every day, in every room we choose to occupy. Tiffany Cross and BWHI President @thejoy_d sat for a fireside chat to remind us that we still hold the pen.
The stories told about us, and the ones we tell about ourselves, directly impact our mental, emotional, and physical health. Narrative is not separate from health equity. It is health equity.
Thank you to Unerased: Black Women Speak for such a powerful event featuring so many dynamic women.
#BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
This should alarm all of us.
On March 3, 2026, at Piedmont Henry Hospital, two doulas were escorted out by six police officers while their client, a Black woman was 8 cm dilated and in active labor.
Let that sit.
The patient was informed. She asked questions. She understood the risks. When a C-section was suggested due to a frank breech presentation, she made the decision to continue laboring. That was her right.
Her doulas:
• Were not interfering with medical care.
• Were not speaking for her.
• Were not obstructing staff.
They were supporting her because she explicitly asked them to be there.
They advocated.
They requested a patient advocate.
They asked for policy clarification.
Instead, they were removed by police.
The patient ultimately delivered via C-section without the birth advocates she trusted and hired to protect her.
This is not just about one hospital.
This is about bodily autonomy.
This is about informed consent.
This is about the right to have support during one of the most vulnerable moments of your life.
Black women already face higher rates of maternal morbidity and mortality. We already navigate dismissal, bias, and coercion in medical settings. Removing trusted support only deepens that harm.
Patients have rights.
Those rights should not be stripped away based on unclear or inconsistently applied policies.
Birth should not feel like a battleground.
📸: @fullbloombirthing
Save the Date! BWHI Rising Disparities, Urgent Investments
Join us for a national convening of thought leaders committed to realigning investments and partnerships to confront the persistent underfunding of Black women’s health.
Black women continue to face disproportionate health inequities driven by systemic racism, chronic underinvestment, and policy gaps. The urgency is clear, and the scale of funding has not matched the scale of need.
This convening is about changing that.
Our goal is clear:
Increased awareness.
Stronger alignment.
Expanded cross-sector partnerships.
A shared call to action rooted in accountability and sustained impact.
The disparities are rising. The investments must rise with them.
Mark your calendar. The moment demands it.
#BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
Pain is information.
Fatigue is information.
Mood shifts are information.
Heavy bleeding is information.
Your body is not trying to betray you, it’s trying to be heard.
If something feels off, it deserves attention, not dismissal.
Discovery starts where comfort ends. 💜
#BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
In a recent interview, Viola Davis said she wants to talk about the uncomfortable things because the best conversations usually are.
They’re where truth lives.
They’re where change begins.
And when it comes to health? We cannot afford to stay comfortable.
We have to talk about:
Maternal mortality.
Menopause.
HIV.
Endometriosis.
Mental health.
Abortion access.
Medical racism.
Silence has never protected Black women’s health. Honest dialogue has.
The conversations that make people shift in their seats are often the ones that save lives.
Today we spotlight Timnit Gebru, a leading voice in artificial intelligence ethics and accountability.
Dr. Gebru exposed racial and gender bias embedded in AI systems long before it became a mainstream conversation. She has consistently advocated for ethical technology governance, transparency, and protections for communities most likely to be harmed by biased data and unchecked innovation.
Her work reminds us that technology is not neutral. Innovation without equity creates new harm.
As AI becomes more embedded in healthcare, hiring, housing, and financial systems, Black women cannot be an afterthought in design or deployment. Her leadership aligns with our commitment to ensuring that technology serves communities, not exploits them.
Women’s History Month isn’t only about the past. It’s also about honoring the women actively shaping the future.
#WomensHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
Health is the real luxury. 🙌🏾🙌🏾 @dr.rayisfit
Not the bag. Not the title. Not the grind.
When your body is well, you have options.
When your mind is clear, you have power.
When your heart is strong, you have time.
Taking care of yourself isn’t selfish.
It’s strategic. It’s survival. It’s legacy.
Prioritize the doctor’s appointment.
Move your body.
Drink the water.
Set the boundary.
Rest.
Because when your health goes, everything else gets quiet.
Protect it like your life depends on it. Because it does. 💜
#BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
Was it the pain that made you miss work?
The cramps that left you curled up in bed?
The heavy bleeding you were told was “just part of being a woman”?
The fatigue that never quite made sense?
Too many of us were taught to endure instead of investigate.
Pain is not a personality trait.
Suffering is not a rite of passage.
And “that’s just how your body is” is not a diagnosis.
Let’s talk about it. What did you normalize for too long? Drop it below. 👇🏾
#EnodmetriosisAwarenessMonth #BWHI #BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative
BWHI is proud to support Deliver Us, @Deliverusdoc, a powerful new documentary premiering this weekend in the Bay Area.
This film pulls back the curtain on the racial bias Black mothers experience during childbirth told through the voices of Black midwives and the mothers in their care.
At the heart of the story is Kindred Space, the only Black-owned and operated birth center in Los Angeles, and its founder Kimberly Durdin, who is working to create safe, affirming spaces for Black families in a system that too often fails them.
In a country with incredible medical advancement, Black mothers are still 3–4 times more likely to die during childbirth than their white peers. That is not a coincidence. That is systemic.
Deliver Us explores the history, the disparities, the racism, and the resilience, while centering the people building solutions.
If you’re in the Bay Area, check out the world premiere this weekend at the Cinequest Film Festival. And consider donating to support the film’s production and the Black mothers and midwives it uplifts.
Because storytelling is advocacy. And advocacy saves lives.
Check out "Deliver Us" at the Cinequest Film Festival (Link in our bio)
#BlackWomensHealth #TheImperative #BWHI #DeliverUs
Anniversaries like this are a moment to remember what we lost, what we learned, and who carried the heaviest burden.
Black communities experienced higher infection rates, higher hospitalization rates, and higher death rates. Black women carried families, jobs, caregiving, and grief often all at once. Many became frontline workers, essential workers, and emotional anchors during an unprecedented crisis.
COVID-19 exposed what public health experts have long known: health inequities don’t start in a pandemic. They are magnified by one.
It also showed us the power of community. Mutual aid. Science. Advocacy. The importance of trusted messengers and culturally responsive care.
As we reflect, we honor the lives lost. We honor the healthcare workers who kept showing up. And we recommit to building a health system that is equitable before the next crisis, not scrambling during it.
Public health is not political. It is personal.
And we cannot forget the lessons. 💜
#Covid19 #BlackWomensHealth #BWHI #TheImperative
HIV is not a moral failure. It is a public health issue. And women deserve prevention, treatment, dignity, and joy, not stigma.
Shout out to Sheryl Lee Ralph and the The DIVA Foundation for amplifying the voices of Black women living and thriving with HIV through powerful storytelling and documentary work.
Representation matters. Visibility matters. Centering real stories changes narratives and saves lives.