02/01/2026
Menopause isn’t just hot flashes, and Black women deserve better information, better care, and real support.
Our President & CEO, Joy D. Calloway, spoke with Essence Magazine about the realities Black women face navigating perimenopause and menopause from fear and cultural silence to intimacy, mental health, and workplace challenges.
Joy shared her own vulnerability, reminding us how often Black women put their health last, not because we don’t care, but because we’re carrying everything else. She also named something many of us feel but don’t always recognize: we’ve normalized feeling “off” for so long that we don’t always realize when something is wrong.
Through it all, she returned to Power in the Pause, a space for education, community, and reclaiming menopause as a reset, not a decline.
This conversation matters. And we’re just getting started.
Read the full article in Essence https://www.essence.com/health-and-wellness/black-women-and-menopause/