Press, Recognition, & Impact

For more than 17 years, The Broken Brown Egg has shaped national conversations around Black infertility, reproductive health, and community care.

As Featured In:

Recognizing advocacy and community impact.

🏆The World Fertility Awards – Finalist
The World Fertility Awards

🏆The Root 100
The Root

🏆Best Blogs 2020
Healthline

🏆Family Building Champion Award
Tinina Q. Cade Foundation

🏆Hope Award for Achievement
RESOLVE: The National Infertility and Family Building Association

🏆Hope Award
Fertility For Colored Girls

🏆Health Activist Award
The Imani Pearls Community Development Foundation

🏆The Zeta 100
Zeta Phi Beta

17+
Years of Advocacy

2009
Founded

100+
Speaking Engagements

National
Media Features

Thousands
Community Members Served

50+
Educational Resources Created

2009
The Broken Brown Egg founded.

2012
First national conference presentation.

2016
Community support programs expand.

2020
Healthline Best Blogs recognition.

2025
Mosaic Ball launches.

2026
World Fertility Awards Finalist.

2026
National Black Infertility & Reproductive Health Week partner.

2026
And we’re just getting started…

The Washington Post

Black Male Sperm Donor Shortage

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The Chicago Tribune

PCOS Awareness

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USA Today

Offsetting the Cost of Fertility Treatments

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SLATE

What Michelle Obama’s Candor About IVF Means to Black Women

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The New York Times

The Lasting Trauma of Infertility

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The Atlantic

The Significance of Michelle Obama’s Fertility Story

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Women's Health Magazine (print)

What It Feels Like to Walk Into Work and Deal With Grief

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The Oprah Magazine & Women's Health

Black Women & Infertility Special

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The New York Times

Infertility, Endured Through a Prism of Race

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Pregnantish

Pregnantish Profile: Regina Townsend From The Blog Broken Brown Egg

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BBC News

American Birth: The Silence and Stigma of Infertility – BBC News

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Woman Evolve TV

Fertility Talk: The Forgotten Womb Part 1

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Parade

What I Want People to Understand About Navigating Infertility as a Black Woman

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Born Human Podcast

Regina Townsend • Inequality in Infertility

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Progyny

This is Infertility

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Fox Soul

Black Infertility - The Tammi Mac Late Show

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The Good Girl Podcast

The Truth about Infertility Trauma and Black Women

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Infertile AF

InfertileAF with Ali Prato

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Family Inceptions Podcast

The Fertility Cafe

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Big Fat Negative podcast

BBE +BFN

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Colorado Surrogacy

You're The Expert On You

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated

The Zeta 100

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Healthline

Best Blogs 2020

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