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Menopause: Let's Talk About It with Omisade Burney-Scott

July 20, 2023 • The Loveland Foundation

In this episode, we invite you to join us in ending the taboo surrounding a normal phase in a person's life–Menopause: Let's Talk About It

This episode of The Unfolding: Presented by The Loveland Foundation with Rachel Keener and Creator of The Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause,
@omisadeburneyscott

(TW // Suicide mentioned in podcast episode)

Omisade Burney-Scott is a seventh-generation Black Southern feminist, storyteller, and social justice advocate. She is also the creator/curator of @blackgirlsguidetomenopause
(BGG2SM), a multidisciplinary culture shift project focused on normalizing menopause and aging through the centering of the stories of Black women, transgender and gender-expansive people. BGG2SM's core programs are their Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause podcast, which is a guide to the different stages of menopause, intergenerational storytelling gatherings, and an annual zine called "Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse”.

Over the past 25 years, Omisade’s work has been grounded in social justice movement spaces focused on liberating marginalized people, beginning with her community. She has worked in the nonprofit sector around social justice since 1995 and has been an organizational development and capacity-building consultant for 16 years for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. She has served on various nonprofit boards, including Fund for Southern Communities, Spirithouse NC, Village of Wisdom, Working Films, and The Beautiful Project. She currently serves on the wisdom circle for the Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom and the board for the National Menopause Foundation.

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