Charles R. Rogers, PhD
@crrogersphd.bsky.social
Health Equity | Cancer Advocate | Scientist | Leader | Strategist | Family First 💙
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What would our 🌎 look like if everyone, no matter their background, had a fair chance at health & wellness?
I’m Dr. Charles R. Rogers, & for 15+ years, I’ve fought to break barriers & advance #HealthEquity, especially for the underserved.
Let’s connect & make equity a reality in this lifetime.
I’m Dr. Charles R. Rogers, & for 15+ years, I’ve fought to break barriers & advance #HealthEquity, especially for the underserved.
Let’s connect & make equity a reality in this lifetime.
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
The #MegaColon touched down early in DFW, Texas!
Join us this Saturday, October 5th at the Harambee Fest for #ColorectalCancer education & free stool-based screening kits.
Line dancing in boots + fan-poppin' to "Boots on the Ground"? You already know. 🕺🏾🤠
#BlackHealthMatters #CRCequity
Join us this Saturday, October 5th at the Harambee Fest for #ColorectalCancer education & free stool-based screening kits.
Line dancing in boots + fan-poppin' to "Boots on the Ground"? You already know. 🕺🏾🤠
#BlackHealthMatters #CRCequity
October 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The #MegaColon touched down early in DFW, Texas!
Join us this Saturday, October 5th at the Harambee Fest for #ColorectalCancer education & free stool-based screening kits.
Line dancing in boots + fan-poppin' to "Boots on the Ground"? You already know. 🕺🏾🤠
#BlackHealthMatters #CRCequity
Join us this Saturday, October 5th at the Harambee Fest for #ColorectalCancer education & free stool-based screening kits.
Line dancing in boots + fan-poppin' to "Boots on the Ground"? You already know. 🕺🏾🤠
#BlackHealthMatters #CRCequity
Cancer doesn’t kill equally & that’s a problem.
Excited to join Kimberly Richardson & Troy Karnes at #SCHEQ2025 in Chicago to tackle lung cancer disparities.
See you Oct 25th
More: www.scheq.org/3rd-lung-can...
🫡 @emanleyjr.bsky.social !
#HealthEquity #CancerDisparities #LungCancerAwareness
Excited to join Kimberly Richardson & Troy Karnes at #SCHEQ2025 in Chicago to tackle lung cancer disparities.
See you Oct 25th
More: www.scheq.org/3rd-lung-can...
🫡 @emanleyjr.bsky.social !
#HealthEquity #CancerDisparities #LungCancerAwareness
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Cancer doesn’t kill equally & that’s a problem.
Excited to join Kimberly Richardson & Troy Karnes at #SCHEQ2025 in Chicago to tackle lung cancer disparities.
See you Oct 25th
More: www.scheq.org/3rd-lung-can...
🫡 @emanleyjr.bsky.social !
#HealthEquity #CancerDisparities #LungCancerAwareness
Excited to join Kimberly Richardson & Troy Karnes at #SCHEQ2025 in Chicago to tackle lung cancer disparities.
See you Oct 25th
More: www.scheq.org/3rd-lung-can...
🫡 @emanleyjr.bsky.social !
#HealthEquity #CancerDisparities #LungCancerAwareness
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
We’re pausing our socials in July for Minority Mental Health Month.
Step outside, breathe deep, & ask: How can I step away to step more fully into myself?
We’ll see you in August—rested, renewed, & ready. 💙
Step outside, breathe deep, & ask: How can I step away to step more fully into myself?
We’ll see you in August—rested, renewed, & ready. 💙
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We’re pausing our socials in July for Minority Mental Health Month.
Step outside, breathe deep, & ask: How can I step away to step more fully into myself?
We’ll see you in August—rested, renewed, & ready. 💙
Step outside, breathe deep, & ask: How can I step away to step more fully into myself?
We’ll see you in August—rested, renewed, & ready. 💙
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
On Juneteenth, we honor delayed justice & Black resilience.
Freedom isn’t a moment—it’s a mission.
At CRC Equity, we fight for health equity every day because #BlackHealthMatters.
Learn more: crcequity.org
#Juneteenth #HealthEquity #UntilWeAreAllFree
Freedom isn’t a moment—it’s a mission.
At CRC Equity, we fight for health equity every day because #BlackHealthMatters.
Learn more: crcequity.org
#Juneteenth #HealthEquity #UntilWeAreAllFree
June 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
On Juneteenth, we honor delayed justice & Black resilience.
Freedom isn’t a moment—it’s a mission.
At CRC Equity, we fight for health equity every day because #BlackHealthMatters.
Learn more: crcequity.org
#Juneteenth #HealthEquity #UntilWeAreAllFree
Freedom isn’t a moment—it’s a mission.
At CRC Equity, we fight for health equity every day because #BlackHealthMatters.
Learn more: crcequity.org
#Juneteenth #HealthEquity #UntilWeAreAllFree
A man dies from prostate cancer every 3 mins.
Grateful to co-author @gamh.org's call for a global initiative.
This is a crisis of inaction, not awareness.
Read the report & join the fight: gamh.org/wp-content/u...
#MensHealthWeek #GlobalHealthEquity
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Grateful to co-author @gamh.org's call for a global initiative.
This is a crisis of inaction, not awareness.
Read the report & join the fight: gamh.org/wp-content/u...
#MensHealthWeek #GlobalHealthEquity
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More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
June 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A man dies from prostate cancer every 3 mins.
Grateful to co-author @gamh.org's call for a global initiative.
This is a crisis of inaction, not awareness.
Read the report & join the fight: gamh.org/wp-content/u...
#MensHealthWeek #GlobalHealthEquity
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More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Grateful to co-author @gamh.org's call for a global initiative.
This is a crisis of inaction, not awareness.
Read the report & join the fight: gamh.org/wp-content/u...
#MensHealthWeek #GlobalHealthEquity
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More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Men’s experiences—especially Black, Brown, & rural—are too often mined for data, then excluded from healing.
This #MensHealthMonth, let’s shift from shame to strength.
New community-engaged study out now via @sbm.org 's ABM!
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#HealthEquity #CRCawareness
This #MensHealthMonth, let’s shift from shame to strength.
New community-engaged study out now via @sbm.org 's ABM!
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#HealthEquity #CRCawareness
June 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Men’s experiences—especially Black, Brown, & rural—are too often mined for data, then excluded from healing.
This #MensHealthMonth, let’s shift from shame to strength.
New community-engaged study out now via @sbm.org 's ABM!
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#HealthEquity #CRCawareness
This #MensHealthMonth, let’s shift from shame to strength.
New community-engaged study out now via @sbm.org 's ABM!
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#HealthEquity #CRCawareness
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
At 95 years old, Catherine Kuehn became a world-record-holding powerlifter. The short documentary “Strong Grandma” follows her as she prepares for what may be her final competition. Watch here.
Deadlifting in Your Nineties, in “Strong Grandma”
An elderly powerlifter trains for competition, in Cecilia Brown and Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s short documentary.
nyer.cm
June 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
At 95 years old, Catherine Kuehn became a world-record-holding powerlifter. The short documentary “Strong Grandma” follows her as she prepares for what may be her final competition. Watch here.
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
APHA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit over termination of NIH grants based on alleged changes to agency priorities and targeting topics including “transgender issues” and “DEI”. If you are an affected APHA member, share your info by COB on June 11 for possible relief. www.aclu.org/APHAvNIHform
June 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
APHA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit over termination of NIH grants based on alleged changes to agency priorities and targeting topics including “transgender issues” and “DEI”. If you are an affected APHA member, share your info by COB on June 11 for possible relief. www.aclu.org/APHAvNIHform
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
At the CRC Equity Foundation, we love all butts—because CRC doesn’t discriminate, and neither do we.
This #PrideMonth, we honor every identity and every body.
Health equity means everyone gets seen, screened, and supported.
#ColorectalCancerAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This #PrideMonth, we honor every identity and every body.
Health equity means everyone gets seen, screened, and supported.
#ColorectalCancerAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
June 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At the CRC Equity Foundation, we love all butts—because CRC doesn’t discriminate, and neither do we.
This #PrideMonth, we honor every identity and every body.
Health equity means everyone gets seen, screened, and supported.
#ColorectalCancerAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This #PrideMonth, we honor every identity and every body.
Health equity means everyone gets seen, screened, and supported.
#ColorectalCancerAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Men are dying in silence.
June is #MensHealthMonth — but we don’t need another awareness month.
We need action, accountability, & a revolution in how we show up for men’s lives.
Our latest #ColorectalCancer study with men (aged 45-75): lnkd.in/gvqqiutx
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
June is #MensHealthMonth — but we don’t need another awareness month.
We need action, accountability, & a revolution in how we show up for men’s lives.
Our latest #ColorectalCancer study with men (aged 45-75): lnkd.in/gvqqiutx
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Men are dying in silence.
June is #MensHealthMonth — but we don’t need another awareness month.
We need action, accountability, & a revolution in how we show up for men’s lives.
Our latest #ColorectalCancer study with men (aged 45-75): lnkd.in/gvqqiutx
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
June is #MensHealthMonth — but we don’t need another awareness month.
We need action, accountability, & a revolution in how we show up for men’s lives.
Our latest #ColorectalCancer study with men (aged 45-75): lnkd.in/gvqqiutx
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
If the job market’s on pause, press play on your dreams.
This stillness may be your setup.
You've got one life.
Don’t wait for approval from others.
Build what’s true, healthy & free.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#BlackExcellence #CareerWellness #HealthEquity
This stillness may be your setup.
You've got one life.
Don’t wait for approval from others.
Build what’s true, healthy & free.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#BlackExcellence #CareerWellness #HealthEquity
May 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If the job market’s on pause, press play on your dreams.
This stillness may be your setup.
You've got one life.
Don’t wait for approval from others.
Build what’s true, healthy & free.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#BlackExcellence #CareerWellness #HealthEquity
This stillness may be your setup.
You've got one life.
Don’t wait for approval from others.
Build what’s true, healthy & free.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#BlackExcellence #CareerWellness #HealthEquity
Back in undergrad, I thought I was frugal—but I often bought what I couldn’t afford, chasing what I never had.
Today I ask: am I building my life or performing one for others?
Peace > performance.
Purpose > pressure.
#MoneyMindset #IntentionalLiving
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Today I ask: am I building my life or performing one for others?
Peace > performance.
Purpose > pressure.
#MoneyMindset #IntentionalLiving
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
May 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Back in undergrad, I thought I was frugal—but I often bought what I couldn’t afford, chasing what I never had.
Today I ask: am I building my life or performing one for others?
Peace > performance.
Purpose > pressure.
#MoneyMindset #IntentionalLiving
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Today I ask: am I building my life or performing one for others?
Peace > performance.
Purpose > pressure.
#MoneyMindset #IntentionalLiving
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Just back from an intl. talk & was reminded: planes can’t go backward without help.
Same with life—don’t let people or places pull you back.
Turbulence is the price for flying high.
Be a plane, not a car. Your altitude depends on it.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Growth
Same with life—don’t let people or places pull you back.
Turbulence is the price for flying high.
Be a plane, not a car. Your altitude depends on it.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Growth
May 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just back from an intl. talk & was reminded: planes can’t go backward without help.
Same with life—don’t let people or places pull you back.
Turbulence is the price for flying high.
Be a plane, not a car. Your altitude depends on it.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Growth
Same with life—don’t let people or places pull you back.
Turbulence is the price for flying high.
Be a plane, not a car. Your altitude depends on it.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Growth
Remaining quiet won’t exempt you from harm—it only delays the reckoning.
Avoiding the truth doesn’t protect you.
Silence isn’t neutral—it’s a message.
Speak up.
Lead out loud.
Especially when it’s hard.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Fatherhood #SpeakUp #CultureChange
Avoiding the truth doesn’t protect you.
Silence isn’t neutral—it’s a message.
Speak up.
Lead out loud.
Especially when it’s hard.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Fatherhood #SpeakUp #CultureChange
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Remaining quiet won’t exempt you from harm—it only delays the reckoning.
Avoiding the truth doesn’t protect you.
Silence isn’t neutral—it’s a message.
Speak up.
Lead out loud.
Especially when it’s hard.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Fatherhood #SpeakUp #CultureChange
Avoiding the truth doesn’t protect you.
Silence isn’t neutral—it’s a message.
Speak up.
Lead out loud.
Especially when it’s hard.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Leadership #Fatherhood #SpeakUp #CultureChange
#KeepGoing — the roots you’re planting are deeper than you can see.
The pyramids weren’t built for applause.
They were built with purpose.
Your quiet work matters.
Legacy takes time.
#LiveTheLegacy
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
The pyramids weren’t built for applause.
They were built with purpose.
Your quiet work matters.
Legacy takes time.
#LiveTheLegacy
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
May 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#KeepGoing — the roots you’re planting are deeper than you can see.
The pyramids weren’t built for applause.
They were built with purpose.
Your quiet work matters.
Legacy takes time.
#LiveTheLegacy
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
The pyramids weren’t built for applause.
They were built with purpose.
Your quiet work matters.
Legacy takes time.
#LiveTheLegacy
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Family secrets kill.
DNA may load the gun, but silence pulls the trigger.
At #MadeInNC, we broke the silence on CRC in Black communities—because what we don’t talk about keeps taking us.
#BlackHealthJustice #EndMedicalSilence #CRCAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
DNA may load the gun, but silence pulls the trigger.
At #MadeInNC, we broke the silence on CRC in Black communities—because what we don’t talk about keeps taking us.
#BlackHealthJustice #EndMedicalSilence #CRCAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
May 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Family secrets kill.
DNA may load the gun, but silence pulls the trigger.
At #MadeInNC, we broke the silence on CRC in Black communities—because what we don’t talk about keeps taking us.
#BlackHealthJustice #EndMedicalSilence #CRCAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
DNA may load the gun, but silence pulls the trigger.
At #MadeInNC, we broke the silence on CRC in Black communities—because what we don’t talk about keeps taking us.
#BlackHealthJustice #EndMedicalSilence #CRCAwareness
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
If your values don’t cost you anything, they’re just hobbies.
Real ones demand sacrifice—comfort, reputation, even income.
What are yours costing you?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LiveYourValues #HealthEquity #Purpose
Real ones demand sacrifice—comfort, reputation, even income.
What are yours costing you?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LiveYourValues #HealthEquity #Purpose
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If your values don’t cost you anything, they’re just hobbies.
Real ones demand sacrifice—comfort, reputation, even income.
What are yours costing you?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LiveYourValues #HealthEquity #Purpose
Real ones demand sacrifice—comfort, reputation, even income.
What are yours costing you?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LiveYourValues #HealthEquity #Purpose
Many crave applause, not accountability.
But healing starts in stillness, not the spotlight.
Do you want to be seen—or transformed? Real growth requires surrender.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#CryOutCon #ALLin
But healing starts in stillness, not the spotlight.
Do you want to be seen—or transformed? Real growth requires surrender.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#CryOutCon #ALLin
May 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Many crave applause, not accountability.
But healing starts in stillness, not the spotlight.
Do you want to be seen—or transformed? Real growth requires surrender.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#CryOutCon #ALLin
But healing starts in stillness, not the spotlight.
Do you want to be seen—or transformed? Real growth requires surrender.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#CryOutCon #ALLin
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
@sbm.org 👇 You don’t have to change your values or your pursuit of the science that matters. Change your spin.
Grant writers & researchers — heads up.
Some words in your proposals might quietly get you flagged or desk-rejected due to shifting federal priorities.
So I built a tool to help: ScanAssist
🧵 1/6
Some words in your proposals might quietly get you flagged or desk-rejected due to shifting federal priorities.
So I built a tool to help: ScanAssist
🧵 1/6
April 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@sbm.org 👇 You don’t have to change your values or your pursuit of the science that matters. Change your spin.
Selfishness sabotages everything—relationships, teams, finances, futures.
Legacy isn't built through winning alone; it's built through collaboration, humility, & service.
Who are you building for?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LeadershipDevelopment #MindsetMatters #PurposeDriven
Legacy isn't built through winning alone; it's built through collaboration, humility, & service.
Who are you building for?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LeadershipDevelopment #MindsetMatters #PurposeDriven
April 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Selfishness sabotages everything—relationships, teams, finances, futures.
Legacy isn't built through winning alone; it's built through collaboration, humility, & service.
Who are you building for?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LeadershipDevelopment #MindsetMatters #PurposeDriven
Legacy isn't built through winning alone; it's built through collaboration, humility, & service.
Who are you building for?
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#LeadershipDevelopment #MindsetMatters #PurposeDriven
Honored to be featured by @lsu.bsky.social's Preventive Behavioral Medicine Lab.
One challenge I pose to readers: What legacy are you building with the work you do — & who does it serve beyond yourself?
Check out the full feature here: lnkd.in/gz_FKUny
One challenge I pose to readers: What legacy are you building with the work you do — & who does it serve beyond yourself?
Check out the full feature here: lnkd.in/gz_FKUny
April 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Honored to be featured by @lsu.bsky.social's Preventive Behavioral Medicine Lab.
One challenge I pose to readers: What legacy are you building with the work you do — & who does it serve beyond yourself?
Check out the full feature here: lnkd.in/gz_FKUny
One challenge I pose to readers: What legacy are you building with the work you do — & who does it serve beyond yourself?
Check out the full feature here: lnkd.in/gz_FKUny
Two years ago during Resurrection Weekend, I stood at the Red Sea with my 6-month-old son.
I knew: the battles we fear will never outweigh the God who parts the waters.
It’s resurrection season.
Trust the way being made.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
I knew: the battles we fear will never outweigh the God who parts the waters.
It’s resurrection season.
Trust the way being made.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
April 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Two years ago during Resurrection Weekend, I stood at the Red Sea with my 6-month-old son.
I knew: the battles we fear will never outweigh the God who parts the waters.
It’s resurrection season.
Trust the way being made.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
I knew: the battles we fear will never outweigh the God who parts the waters.
It’s resurrection season.
Trust the way being made.
More: www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
Storms tried to bury me — racism, cancer, a pandemic — but God used them to plant me.
Every win you see today has a deeper story.
Tap in for more about the journey here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Goated #LegacyBuilders #11Six #PurposeDriven #GoodFriday #GOATtalk #ThrowbackThursday
Every win you see today has a deeper story.
Tap in for more about the journey here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Goated #LegacyBuilders #11Six #PurposeDriven #GoodFriday #GOATtalk #ThrowbackThursday
April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Storms tried to bury me — racism, cancer, a pandemic — but God used them to plant me.
Every win you see today has a deeper story.
Tap in for more about the journey here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Goated #LegacyBuilders #11Six #PurposeDriven #GoodFriday #GOATtalk #ThrowbackThursday
Every win you see today has a deeper story.
Tap in for more about the journey here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/crroge...
#Goated #LegacyBuilders #11Six #PurposeDriven #GoodFriday #GOATtalk #ThrowbackThursday
Colorectal cancer is hitting us [Black men] harder, but we do not have to accept it as our fate—when we know our family history, fuel our bodies, & get screened, we shift the odds & rewrite the narrative.
#CRCequity
#CRCequity
Black men face higher risk for #ColorectaCancer — but knowledge is power.
Start screening early, eat well, move daily, manage health, & know your family history.
Breaking cycles saves lives.
#BlackMensHealth #CRCequity
Start screening early, eat well, move daily, manage health, & know your family history.
Breaking cycles saves lives.
#BlackMensHealth #CRCequity
April 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Colorectal cancer is hitting us [Black men] harder, but we do not have to accept it as our fate—when we know our family history, fuel our bodies, & get screened, we shift the odds & rewrite the narrative.
#CRCequity
#CRCequity
Reposted by Charles R. Rogers, PhD
If tariffs have you wondering what to buy before prices change, here are some quick things to note. 🧵
April 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If tariffs have you wondering what to buy before prices change, here are some quick things to note. 🧵