Colorectal Cancer Equity Foundation

05/27/2026

Every week, another family learns the words:
“Stage 4.”

Then comes the sentence no family should have to hear:
“We wish we had caught it sooner.”

Colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults, yet too many people are still being told:
“You’re too young.”
“It’s probably stress.”
“It’s hemorrhoids.”

Months pass.
Sometimes years.

By the time answers finally come, families are left grieving people who should still be here.

At the Colorectal Cancer Equity Foundation, this is why we continue showing up in communities with education, trusted conversations, and screening resources that help people take action before it is too late.

This work is not about awareness alone.

It is about giving more people the chance to survive.
More families the chance to keep their loved ones.
More dinner tables without empty chairs.

Every conversation matters.
Every screening matters.
Every life matters. 💙

05/12/2026

Big progress like this happens when people refuse to stop pushing for change.💪

We are grateful to Fight Colorectal Cancer for leading this important effort alongside nearly 150 organizations, advocates, and experts to secure a new ICD-10 code for Lynch syndrome. This step forward will help improve research, understanding, and care for families impacted by hereditary cancer risk.

Proud to stand with partners working to create a future where more lives are protected through earlier detection, better data, and stronger systems of care. 💙

05/10/2026

On this Mother’s Day, we hold space for every kind of mother.

The mothers celebrating today surrounded by love and family.

The mothers we miss and wish we could hug one more time.

The women still hoping and praying to become mothers.

The mothers carrying the pain of losing a child.

Today can bring smiles, tears, gratitude, and grief all at once.

At the Colorectal Cancer Equity Foundation Foundation, we have seen how much strength mothers carry through illness, caregiving, advocacy, and loss. So many continue showing up for others even while carrying heavy burdens of their own.

To every mother and every heart carrying the love of a mother:
Thank you.

We honor your strength, your sacrifice, and your love today and always.

Happy Mother’s Day. 💙

05/04/2026

Colorectal cancer is not catching us off guard. We are catching it too late.

Younger adults are being diagnosed at later stages, and Black men continue to face the highest burden. These patterns are not new.

We have had the data, the screening tools, and the opportunity to act earlier. What we have not done is build systems that make early action normal, accessible, and trusted.

We keep asking why people do not get screened. A better question is whether we have made prevention easy to act on, trusted enough to believe in, and visible before symptoms force the issue.

Prevention does not fail in the exam room. It fails in silence, in delay, and in systems that expect people to navigate complexity on their own.

Early detection saves lives, but only if systems are built to help people act before it is too late.

Grateful to Out for elevating this conversation on the last day of National Minority Health Month.

https://rollingout.com/2026/04/30/dr-charles-r-rogers-colorectal-cancer/

Would value your thoughts on how we move from awareness to action.

05/04/2026

We are not losing people because we lack awareness. We are losing people because prevention is not working the way we think it is.

A feature is not impact. A headline is not change. Visibility is not access.

I was recently featured by AfroTech, and this conversation is one we need to keep pushing forward: https://afrotech.com/dr-charles-r-rogers-discusses-colorectal-cancer

Colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults, and Black communities continue to face later diagnoses and higher burden. None of this is new.

We have the data. We have the screening tools. We know early detection saves lives. Yet people are still being diagnosed too late.

So the question is not why people are not getting screened. The question is whether we have made prevention easy to act on, trusted enough to believe in, and visible before symptoms force the issue.

Prevention requires more than information. It requires access, trust, and systems that reduce friction rather than add to it.

People act on what they trust and what fits within their daily lives.

Prevention does not fail in the clinic. It fails before it—in silence, in delay, and in systems that expect people to figure it out on their own.

Awareness starts the conversation. Ex*****on determines the outcome.

If we want different outcomes, the system has to change.

Grateful to Afrotech & Samantha Dorisca for elevating this conversation.

04/28/2026

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Thank you to our Yellow Jessamine Sponsors! Because of you, this year the Consortium will be an experience bringing us together to continue our collective impact on the fight against colorectal cancer.

04/27/2026

We are thankful to be a first-time sponsor of the 10th Annual Southeastern Colorectal Cancer Consortium Conference in Charleston, South Carolina this week.

This conference brings together people focused on prevention, early detection, and saving lives. That is at the heart of our mission.

As a team based in Atlanta, we are proud to stand with others across the Southeast working to make a difference.

This year, we also remember Seth Tabor, who passed away in March. He spoke at last year’s conference and was a strong advocate for others.

Seth helped start , a movement that encouraged people to talk openly about gut health and the rise of colorectal cancer in younger people. He believed that honest conversations, even uncomfortable ones, could lead to earlier screening and saved lives.

Seth, your voice still matters. We will keep fighting.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support this work and believes in a future where fewer families face this disease.

04/12/2026

We are proud to support conversations that bring people together, educate, and uplift.

As a co-sponsor, the Colorectal Cancer Equity Foundation is honored to be part of this important virtual event focused on life after a breast cancer diagnosis.

While our work focuses on colorectal cancer, our mission is rooted in advancing awareness, early detection, and support for all communities impacted by cancer.

If you have ever been affected by cancer directly or through someone you love, this conversation is for you.

🗓 April 22, 2026
🕛 1 PM EST
📍 Virtual Event
🎟 Free to attend

👉 Register here: http://tinyurl.com/bclive2026

Feel free to share this with someone who should be part of this conversation.

04/08/2026

Ready. Set. Action.

This is what public health looks like on the ground.

Not just data.
Not just reports.
It means showing up in communities with tools, education, and access that save lives.

Through initiatives like our activations and community engagement efforts, we are bringing colorectal cancer awareness directly to the people who need it most.

Colorectal cancer is preventable, beatable, and treatable when caught early.
Public health is how we make that reality possible for everyone.

Today, we stand with partners across the country to flood the feed with purpose and action. 💙

Let’s keep showing up.

04/07/2026

Stop calling it community work when all you’re doing is mining people’s pain without compensation or care.

Too often, the experiences of men—especially Black, Brown, working-class, and rural men—are extracted for data, stories, and strategy… but left out of the healing, the resources, and the recognition. This is exploitation, not equity.

This Men’s Health Month, let’s do more than raise awareness. Let’s commit to action that centers dignity, justice, and care. Because men are still dying from preventable diseases—quietly, and disproportionately.

That’s why my team & I are proud to share our newest community-engaged publication, recently released in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine:

“Masculinity and colorectal cancer screening: a cross-sectional study of men attending state fairs in Minnesota and Wisconsin.” 👉 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40448935/

We found that masculinity norms—like minimizing health issues or fearing judgment—can reduce men’s willingness to get screened for colorectal cancer. But there’s hope: men who embraced their provider role were more likely to be screened, and nearly 80% expressed willingness to take action when met with respect and culturally grounded messaging.

This tells us something critical:

If we shift how we talk to men about health—from shame to strength, from secrecy to empowerment—we can save lives.

These findings are more than data points. They’re a roadmap.

Because when systems ignore men's pain, it’s not just neglect—it’s violence in slow motion.