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Community in Focus: Advocacy, Action & Awareness This Summer

This summer, we’re showing up. From Juneteenth to our Period Care Drive, and sharing research that centers Black voices in reproductive health.

July 11, 2025

Juneteenth: Endo Black Style

A day of Hope, Healing, History and Happiness.

Endo Black celebrated Juneteenth through combining wellness and education with DC parks and recreation and fitDC! The local community came together to celebrate Juneteenth in a way that promote a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. There were a plethora of activities to engage in ranging from HIIT workouts to yoga to sound baths. Endo Black, represented by Ambassadors Hope, Adilah, and Adrienne, made sure Endo Black’s presence was felt as this event! They provide resources to community members to bring awareness to Endometriosis and how it impacts your health especially to those who were unaware of its existence. These ambassadors also fostered connections, by laying the foundation for relationships between, Endo Black, women with endometriosis, and family members of women with endometriosis.

Endo Ambassadors Adrienne, Adilah, & Hope.

Endo Black has many events throughout the year where the goal is to inform, provide resources and foster important conversations surrounding endometriosis, health equity, and healthy lifestyle choices within the Black Community. Click down below to learn more about upcoming events and gain access to important info that will provide you with more insight into endometriosis.

We Need Your Help With Our Period Care Drive

Endo Black, Inc. proudly presents the 2025 P.I.N.K. Day of Service—a community-led initiative where advocacy meets action. This year, we’re assembling Period Care Kits for high school students in Baltimore and Prince George’s County, MD. These kits aren’t just supplies—they’re tools of empowerment. Each item helps remove stigma, raise awareness, and support students in navigating their reproductive health with dignity and knowledge.

You can help amplify this impact. From now until July 17, 2025, we are accepting period care donations by mail. If you’d like to donate in person, July 19, 2025 is the last day to drop off items and join us as we pack the kits. You can also support by purchasing items from our curated wishlist.

Mailing address: PO Box 348, Oxon Hill, MD 20750

Additional donations will be sent to Washington University in St. Louis to support students and families affected by tornado damage. Every contribution helps reduce barriers and ensures more young people are seen, supported, and informed.

This initiative is rooted in what we’ve heard directly from students. In recent focus groups, young women shared the challenges they face accessing affordable, non-toxic menstrual products. Many felt left to manage their periods alone, often unaware of healthier product alternatives or the health risks of conventional options. These conversations affirm that menstrual equity is not just about access—it’s about education, safety, and ongoing support in our communities.

Current Research

Research is an impactful avenue to the push the conversation around Endometriosis forward. Endo black supports, promotes, and develops research pertaining to endometriosis and all things menstrual health through its research committee and collaboration program . If you have any research ideas, want to participate in research, or simply want to educate yourself, visit Endo Black’s webpage and explore to learn more.

Endo Served Research Study!

Did you know that there is an association between chronic illness and stigma?

Moreover, did you know that endometriosis is a chronic condition affecting millions of individuals worldwide and, despite its prevalence, many still suffer in silence due to anticipated stigma, particularly within marginalized communities?

A 2021 study found that in a population

of persons with symptoms suggestive of endometriosis, those who were immigrants to the USA, identified as a sexual and gender minority individual, and were Black or Latina had higher levels of anticipated stigma compared to their U.S.-born, straight/heterosexual, and White counterparts.

These findings underscore the need for increased awareness and supportive environments for those with endometriosis and endometriosis associated symptoms. It’s crucial to understand the experiences of those who have for far too long been underserved in the endometriosis space to advocate for better treatment of endometriosis.

Make sure to check out the interest form to participate in our study.
Interest Form: https://chhs.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rlviKcaZ9R1mYu

SurrEndo Study

Exciting news! We’re teaming up with our friends at George Mason University College of Public Health once again to have launch an app-based game called SurrEndo!    

SurrEndo is not just any game--this one is about breaking down stigma and building of support for Black and Latina young women and girls. Plus, it’s a chance for players to help us learn more about how gaming can help people with endometriosis—all while having fun!   

If you’d like to learn more about how to become involved, please click on the link below: https://chhs.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cAwGbBaYyR3fXAG. 

You can also email the research team, led by Dr. Jhumka Gupta at [email protected] 

Thanks for reading!

Don’t forget to follow Endo Black Inc on instagram and check out our webpage!

Will You Join Us?

Every contribution—big or small—brings us closer to a future where no woman is left behind. Together, we can continue making strides well beyond our five-year mark.

Thank you for believing in our mission. With your support, we’re creating a brighter future for Black women impacted by endometriosis.

If you'd like to support these efforts or get involved in any way, please reach out to us at [email protected].