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Life after 50. Less curated, more me.
Women’s health. Mental health. Travel.
Building @livingaftercrisis.
Pepper Joy + Mr. Walker’s person in DC.

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💗 Breast health is MORE than a mammogram!

Our North Carolina chapter kicked off WHA’s More Than a Mammogram: Breast Cancer Early Detection and Action campaign with @vanessajoywalker , a founding leader of Women’s Health Advocates!

Because breast health doesn’t stop at screening. Early detection, timely follow-up, and access to quality care can make all the difference.

💗 Awareness is just the beginning. Action & Advocacy changes lives! #breastcancerawareness🎀 #earlydetectionsaveslives

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We are still basking in the afterglow of Wednesday’s celebration ❤️

Four years of Under the Sisterhood. So many women, so many stories, so much courage and trust and love. And Wednesday, we got to see a piece of that journey come to life on the big screen.

It was such a special feeling to premiere the Under the Sisterhood DocuArt™ Experience alongside the SHE: Women’s Equality Art Show.

There was something really beautiful about being in a room full of our actual sisterhood who came together to listen, connect, share and celebrate this milestone. The energy was palpable, so much laughter and joy.

And then we all watched our Sisterhood up there on the screen, knowing how many months went into creating it and how many women have trusted us with their stories over these past four years…

There are so many people who made this night possible. We want to pause and appreciate what we created together.

Special thank you to our director @ryan_lovell.
Our creative director and writer @sharonhowardbutler.
@gambit.works and @isadora.capraro for hosting and curating the She art show.

A huge thank you to our panelists @jbergersweeney @shelinasr @nayara.paints Dr. Chris Creatura for giving voice to what it means to be a woman in so many contexts.

Big thank you to @dixielincolnnichols and @ericiyoob for capturing and supporting the whole event.
Thank you @keisha.hickson for the amazing UTS cookies.
Thank you @being.georgia for all of the support in many different ways.
Thank you to all of the team, friends and family who came out.

We cherish you all.

Four years in. And it feels like we’re only getting started.

Thank you to everyone who shared in this moment with us.

#underthesisterhood #docuartexperience #fouryearanniversary #womensequalityday

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Happening today at noon! Register on website WomensHealthAdocates.org and join the movement!
#WomensHealthMatters #WomensHealthPolicy #womenshealthadvocacy

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Today at @pressclubdc during Illuminators Event, CEO @michael_annichine of @mageewomens in a room of 90 @womenshealth.advocates emphasized the need for increased investment and innovation in womens health. #womenshealthmatters #womenshealthadvocates #womenshealthpolicy

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💥TODAY at 1pm ET💥 Register here: https://lnkd.in/e63bPa5c
Bridging the Care Divide: Mental Health, Telehealth, Rural Access and CMS Reimbursement Webinar

This is your voter education on key issues affecting women's health. During this webinar, you'll learn the policies impacting our health, how bipartisan advocacy impacts the process, why amplifying problems and solutions drive change, and what it really means to advocate and vote for #womenshealth.

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🚨 LAST CALL TO REGISTER 🚨

#Womenshealth is on the ballot — and so is access to care.

Join us for Bridging the Care Divide webinar, on 4/23 at 1pm ET for a timely conversation on mental health, telehealth, rural access, and CMS reimbursement — and what these issues mean for women across the country.

This is voter education with real stakes.
This is advocacy that goes beyond awareness. This is about who gets care — and who doesn’t. Watch, learn and vote!

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Have you had to support a loved one with cancer?

This WomenTalk episode is all about caregiving and cancer — and what it truly means to show up for someone you love while still trying to take care of yourself along the way.

Click the link in bio to watch the full episode.

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💌 J A N U A R Y

Matcha, vendors, snow, treats
Friends, taco dates , more matcha and compass coffee
Freezing days, sweet home, trying to stay warm
God is faithful, God is good January has been fine
I look forward to valentine's.

#goodbyejanuary #ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏᴅᴜᴍᴘ

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Goodbye November, you were sweet. 💌✨️

#byenovember #events #adventure
#fun #friendships #goodfood #memories #hellodecember❄️ #thankful #newseason

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For 2 years knowing the Walker's, their homecook meals are the best with the traveling they have done over the years to inspire their dishes to finding new recipes to try. They always give this restaurant experience of appetizers to the main course and dessert. Im very thankful the Lord has blessed me with these two. They are incredible people and im blessed to know them and to call my family.

✨️Home cooked meals from my friends are the best than any restaurant. When its cooked with love, it hits different. All my friends know how to COOK!!!! and bake!!! Truly thankful to enjoy their dishes. They are inspiring and I hope I can cook as good as my dear friends.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving 🥧🍗🍂

#homecookmeals #friendsgiving #cookwithlove❤️
#Washingtondc #thanksgiving

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Join us tomorrow for our Women’s Health Advocates New York event! We are the only women’s health lobbying organization and we are delivering results. Join the movement and use your voice to make a difference! #womenshealth #womenshealthmatters #womenshealthadvocates #womenshealthmovement

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The facts are clear. Women’s health gaps are widening. And how we spend money is directly correlated with what we value. We can do better than this and show how much we value the women in our lives. So grab your device or computer and #writealetter to your Member of Congress. Tell them how important women’s health research funding is in the FY26 Appropriations bill — the letter is already written for you, just need to fill in where live and add a personal sentence or two, then click send. See link in bio and #takeactionnow‼️

And if you are thinking, “Is this really going to make a difference?” YES! Our grassroots team of advocates in 50 states and lobbyists in DC all sent letters in to shape the first draft of this legislation, and it worked with language and funding to advance women’s health included and huge cuts that were threatened were avoided! But as they enter the negotiating phase — even during the shutdown — we must be even more vocal and more engaged.

FOLLOW THE MONEY (thanks to Carolee Lee Lori Frank and team at @whamnow Women's Health Access Matters and their must-read WHAM Report: https://thewhamreport.org/):
➡️ 7% of NIH sponsored research is dedicated to autoimmune disease in women
➡️ 4.5% of NIH sponsored research for coronary artery disease research was focused on women
➡️ 12% of NIH sponsored research for Alzheimer’s is focused on women
➡️ 15% of NIH sponsored research is for lung cancer concentrated on women
🤯 8% of NIH extramural grants and 2% of VC and Big Pharma funding is dedicated to women's health (slightly higher if include oncology)

#womenshealthmatters #womenshealthpolicy Gaps in women’s health

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