A Conversation about Women’s Health

TUESDAY October 20th

7:30 – 9:30 AM | 112 W 18 St, Kansas City, MO

A Conversation about Women’s Health

TUESDAY October 20th

7:30 – 9:30 AM | 112 W 18 St, Kansas City, MO

Join us for a free breakfast and to talk about a topic that too rarely gets attention: navigating perimenopause and menopause.

Listen to a panel of experts explain the physical, emotional, and cognitive changes that can accompany menopause—and how women from diverse communities, both in Kansas City and globally, are navigating this life stage with dignity, connection, and joy.

Register here by October 18th.

Anyone invested in the future of women’s health — no title required. Especially:

  • Civic and business leaders shaping policy, workplace culture, or investment
  • Physicians and researchers in women’s health or menopause care
  • Nonprofit leaders working on health equity, including underserved communities
  • Corporate and HR leaders supporting employees through midlife transitions
  • Women navigating menopause, and those who support them

  • A clear view of the research gap in women’s health beyond reproductive years, and why it matters
  • A global-to-local perspective — hear directly from women in the Philippines and Kansas City about how menopause is experienced across different cultures and circumstances
  • Practical, doctor-backed guidance on menopause, brain health, aging, and women’s bodies
  • A concrete call to action: what Kansas City can do, starting now, to invest in women’s health
Meet your Event Hosts and Panelists

Join us for a free breakfast and to talk about a topic that too rarely gets attention: navigating perimenopause and menopause.

Listen to a panel of experts explain the physical, emotional, and cognitive changes that can accompany menopause—and how women from diverse communities, both in Kansas City and globally, are navigating this life stage with dignity, connection, and joy.

Register here by October 18th.

Anyone invested in the future of women’s health — no title required. Especially:

  • Civic and business leaders shaping policy, workplace culture, or investment
  • Physicians and researchers in women’s health or menopause care
  • Nonprofit leaders working on health equity, including underserved communities
  • Corporate and HR leaders supporting employees through midlife transitions
  • Women navigating menopause, and those who support them

  • A clear view of the research gap in women’s health beyond reproductive years, and why it matters
  • A global-to-local perspective — hear directly from women in the Philippines and Kansas City about how menopause is experienced across different cultures and circumstances
  • Practical, doctor-backed guidance on menopause, brain health, aging, and women’s bodies
  • A concrete call to action: what Kansas City can do, starting now, to invest in women’s health

Meet your Event Hosts and Panelists

Outreach International

Outreach International is a Kansas City–based nonprofit dedicated to building a world beyond poverty. We support locally led projects that improve access to sustainable livelihoods, clean water, food security, and more—helping people unlock lasting solutions from within their own communities.

Outreach International

Outreach International is a Kansas City–based nonprofit dedicated to building a world beyond poverty. We support locally led projects that improve access to sustainable livelihoods, clean water, food security, and more—helping people unlock lasting solutions from within their own communities.

1991 PNAGKC

Established in 1991, the Philippine Nurses Association provides expertise, volunteer personnel, and resources to nonprofit agencies and medical missions to impoverished communities.

1991 PNAGKC

Established in 1991, the Philippine Nurses Association provides expertise, volunteer personnel, and resources to nonprofit agencies and medical missions to impoverished communities.

Dr. Michele Bennett, MD, FACOG

Obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Lawrence, KS with over 15 years of experience caring for women at every stage of life.

Babette Orlich, RN, BSN

Registered nurse with a 50-year career in KC hospitals, and former President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City.

Krizza Velasquez

Executive Director at Community One Resources Development Incorporated (CORD), Outreach’s program partner in the Philippines, bringing Community-Led Development to impoverished communities to help them grow and thrive.

Amber Watts, Ph.D.

KU psychology professor with a Ph.D in gerontology, researching women’s healthy aging, menopause, cognitive function, and Alzheimer’s disease risk.

Dr. Michele Bennett, MD, FACOG

Obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Lawrence, KS with over 15 years of experience caring for women at every stage of life.

Babette Orlich, RN, BSN

Registered nurse with a 50-year career in KC hospitals, and former President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Greater Kansas City.

Krizza Velasquez

Executive Director at Community One Resources Development Incorporated (CORD), Outreach’s program partner in the Philippines, bringing Community-Led Development to impoverished communities to help them grow and thrive.

Amber Watts, Ph.D.

KU psychology professor with a Ph.D in gerontology, researching women’s healthy aging, menopause, cognitive function, and Alzheimer’s disease risk.

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