Increasing the number of Black participants in health research studies can help shift harmful narratives and reduce racial health gaps. Mistrust in research studies is justified given the historical (and not so historical) harm caused in Black communities. We stand with communities in developing corrective actions that address accountability, transparency, and data sovereignty in research studies. The stance at My Health Reimagined is that the communities most harmed by extractive research practices are most qualified to govern its transformation. We are building the community-controlled infrastructure to make that transformation structurally possible, measurable, and replicable.

This Giving Tuesday, help us launch the Research Justice Initiative. Our goal for December 1st is $5,000 in seed funding to get this work off the ground. We are building toward the full $300,000 needed to establish a community-governed Research Accountability Board to help reshape how research is done in historically excluded communities. Every gift today moves us closer to that goal.

Give now to help us kick off this work.