RESOLVE – It is the National US Infertility Association working to improve the lives of women and men living with infertility. While it is understood as trouble conceiving or sustaining a pregnancy, infertility affects 1 in 8 couples and 7.3 million women and men in the United States. RESOLVE provides free support programs nationwide, including legal advice for family building, and leads efforts to increase public awareness and reduce stigma around infertility.

National Infertility Awareness Week – It takes place each year in April. This year, it will unfold on April 24 – 30. The National Infertility Awareness Week is the most important event and aims to provide support and counseling to all those living with infertility (the main slogan is “You are not alone”) and their families. As well, it educates the broad public on infertility as a disease and the idea there are many ways to build a family. The event is manifold – raising awareness, changing one’s photo for infertility, shopping for infertility awareness items, which would then support the movement, donations, sharing one’s story, sharing

information on social media, blogging, printing official flyers and distributing them in one’s community, fundraising, asking various companies to donate items or services to the cause, organizing yard / bake sale and donating the proceeds, asking one’s employer to sponsor RESOLVE, asking friends and relatives to make a donation to the organization instead of buying one a present, etc.

Advocacy Day – It takes place each year in May. Advocacy Day is a RESOLVE event where the infertility community comes together in Washington, D.C. to talk to Members of Congress about important issues, like increased access to family building options and financial relief. Advocacy Day is a great opportunity to meet RESOLVE leaders and others from the infertility community who want to make a difference and deliver a message that people with infertility matter and will receive the help they need.

Walk of Hope – It is a community event that supports those with infertility. This event represents the infertility journey—a series of small steps, each one filled with hope and a reminder that no one with infertility should walk alone. It takes place on various dates and in various cities and towns in the US.

Project IF (online abbreviation for infertility & “if” as a word) – It is a public education project of paramount importance. It seeks to make sure the public understands that infertility is a disease that affects 1 in 8 couples of reproductive age in US, acknowledges that there are many ways to build a family (adoption included), understands that the disease of infertility impacts the physical, emotional and financial health of those facing it, and those diagnosed know when to seek the advice of a specialist.

Call for videos: Messages of Hope – The videos are used for the public awareness initiative to help tell the story of the

infertility community. There is a sponsor that donates USD 5 per each video to RESOLVE to help support its mission. Those wanting to send their videos must tell about their feelings, biggest hopes, dreams and fears while struggling to build a family.

My Destination Family: Embryo Donation as Family Building Option – Free webinars that discuss the medical issues in embryo donation and the transfer procedure, as well as recent statistics about success rates of embryo donation. The legal issues in embryo donation are explored too.

Numerous support groups for infertility all over the US (in each state and city, throughout the year) – talking about infertility, relieving infertility-related stress, support for isolated couples / persons, health-related topics, and pregnancy after infertility. There are online support communities too. Numerous (literally dozens) support groups for adoption / surrogacy / holistic approach (acupuncture, massage, yoga and much more)

Voices of infertility – People now or previously affected by infertility are encouraged to share their success stories or hope stories, which will be then posted on the RESOLVE website. All prove that nobody walks alone.