--- title: "Black Women's Health Imperative Announces The Rare Disease Diversity Coalition's \"RISE For Rare\" Campaign" description: Today, the Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) announced the launch of a comprehensive multi-channel campaign entitled RISE for Rare. image: https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/hubfs/RISE_for_Rare.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/blog/black-womens-health-imperative-announces-the-rare-disease-diversity-coalitions-rise-for-rare-campaign#main) [![RDDC logo TM](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/hubfs/RDDC-logo-TM.svg) ![RDDC logo TM Sticky](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/hubfs/RDDC-logo-TM.svg) ![RDDC logo TM mobile](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/hubfs/RDDC-logo-TM.svg) ![RDDC logo TM mobile sticky](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/hubfs/RDDC-logo-TM.svg) ](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org) - [Show submenu for About the Coalition About the Coalition ](https://www.rarediseasediversity.org/about) - 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Lack of researchers of color and lack of participants of color in clinical trials mean evidence-based medicine is applied to people who had nothing to do with the creation of the evidence.  However, the number one reason patients of color are not included in clinical trials is because they are not asked by their physicians. *RISE for Rare* is a powerful first step to ensuring patients of color are included in research and that physicians and researchers understand the importance of that inclusion," said Linda Goler Blount, BWHI President and CEO. The *RISE for Rare* campaign will utilize an interactive program to focus on raising awareness on health inequalities in communities of color, reducing racial disparities and advocating for evidence-based solutions, with the goal of eradicating systemic inequities.  **About Black Women's Health Imperative** *The Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to advancing health equity and social justice for Black women, across the lifespan, through policy, advocacy, education, research, and leadership development. The organization identifies the most pressing health issues that affect the nation's 22 million Black women and girls and invests in the best of the best strategies and organizations that accomplish its goals. 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