This Fibroid Awareness Month and beyond, I hope my experience will resonate with anyone else who has ever felt dismissed, confused or alone. And I hope to seek answers for the far too many women dealing with uterine fibroids (80% of black women and 70% of white women by age 50!). We deserve better. It's time to demand it. Silence serves no one! Here’s where I’m beginning ➡️ 1. Today, I joined Congresswomen Shontel Brown, Yvette Clarke, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Robin Kelly and Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester in Washington DC to introduce a package of uterine fibroid Congressional bills. These bills would expand research funding, increase early detection and interventions for uterine fibroids, study the causes of uterine cancer, and increase public awareness. 2. In partnership with the Foundation for Women's Health, I'm launching the FWH x Lupita Nyong’o Uterine Fibroid Research Grant. FWH will seek research proposals to develop minimally invasive or non-invasive treatments for uterine fibroids to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for the 15 million patients suffering from this chronic condition in the U.S. alone. Learn more and get involved at the link in my bio. #fibroids #womenshealth