Omisade Burney-Scott (she/her) is a seventh-generation Black Southern feminist, storyteller, and reproductive justice advocate. She is also the Founder and Chief Menopause Steward of The Black Girls’ Guide to Surviving Menopause (BGG2SM), a multidisciplinary narrative and culture shift Reproductive Justice project focused on normalizing menopause by centering the stories of Black women, transgender, gender-expansive people, and other marginalized groups of the Global Majority.

Established in 2019, BGG2SM’s core program offerings include a podcast that provides guidance and support for marginalized communities through the various stages of menopause, curated intergenerational storytelling gatherings, and a digital zine titled “Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse.” She has been featured in prominent media outlets, such as Oprah Daily, Forbes, VOGUE, WebMD, NPR, InStyle Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Additionally, she has written articles for Yes! Magazine, Blavity, Oprah Daily, The Honey Pot Company, and Ms. Magazine.

Over the past 30 years, Omisade’s work has been rooted in social justice movements focused on the liberation of marginalized communities, starting with her own. She has been active in movement space since 1995 and has served as an organizational culture and capacity-building consultant for 20 years for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. She currently serves on the advisory boards of Elektra Health, the National Menopause Foundation, and the Honey Pot Company Pulse Panel. Omisade is also a 2023 Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellowship cohort member. The Soros Justice Fellowship supported expanding the narrative shift work of the Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause to include the stories and experiences of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals. Omisade is a 1989 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. She resides in Durham, North Carolina, and is the proud mother of two beautiful sons.

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