Our Journey 2024

“Advocacy is empathy, compassion and community at work.

True advocacy is based on understanding and empowering others.” –Janna Cachola

February 13, 2024

Philantropic Education Organization (POE) Meeting

Columbia, Missouri

March 8, 2024

Kyndryl US Leadership Development Team - PMDD Presentation

March 27, 2024

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prevention in Focus Webinar - "Is it more than PMS? Learn about PMDD."

Sandi MacDonald, co-founder and executive director for IAPMD, and

Marybeth Bohn, vice president of the Board of Directors for IAPMD

Four hundred registered for this webinar, which is posted online at https://prevention.nih.gov/education-training/prevention-focus-webinars/it-more-pms-learn-about-pmdd and on YouTube.

April 27, 2024

University of Missouri, University Hospital Light Up

In honor of Christina and PMD Rememberance Day

June 6, 2024

The Problem with Perfect Podcast with host Robin May – “The Cost of Suffering from PMDD: A Mother’s Story of Her Daughter’s Struggle” – posted June 11, 2024

June 15, 2024

Maternal Outcomes Matter Shower (MOMS) Event

East St. Louis, Illinois – PMDD awareness table

July 2, 2024

Tampa Bay Times article by Lauren Peace, “It’s not just PMS: For some, periods come with severe mental health effects” – Christina is discussed in the section “Suicide risk and treatment.”

July 3, 2024

KFF Health News article by Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times, “Beyond PMD: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women” – Christina is discussed in the section “Suicide risk and treatment.”

July 13, 2024

MOMS Event, Missouri Gateway Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ Headquarters Nazareth Temple, St. Louis – PMDD awareness table