To celebrate Alopecia Areata Awareness Month, AJL members Alison and Mikayla traveled to Capitol Hill to advocate for the wig bills (H.R....

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Two wig bills were reintroduced into the House and Senate on Monday, June 12th. We're here to give you the rundown. Overview...

All hair, some or no hair, is beautiful and should be celebrated. However, stigmas concerning hair and baldness continue to persist in society. With 31 states to go, the Crown Act needs your help to become law on the federal level. The Crown Act will ban race-based hair discrimination in workplaces and educational institutions if passed. It is crucial to take action on hair legislation to promote greater awareness and understanding of the experiences many in our community fac

Exciting advocacy news! Senator Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] recently co-sponsored bill S.4708, the Senate companion bill for H.R. 5430. As...

Check out this awesome video clip of our co-founder Alison Lee walking us step by step on how to advocate for empowering hair loss...

A huge stride was made at the end of September with the introduction of S. 4708 by Senator Blumenthal [D-CT] and co-leads Senators Shaheen...

The Appropriations Committee recently approved Congresswoman Pressley’s request to include Alopecia language in the Fiscal Year 2023...

On Wednesday, June 22nd, the House passed Ayanna Presley’s Amendment, which mandates the Department of Health (DOH) and Human Services to...

Urgent news! With the 2023 Fiscal Year approaching, Congress has begun considering where it will allocate funding. In efforts to increase funding for alopecia research, NAAF, in collaboration with Congresswoman Pressley, created a “congressional sign-on letter” to present to the House of Appropriations, which oversees the federal government’s funding. The more Representatives who sign this letter, the greater the chance for alopecia research. It is up to us constituents to ge

The Alopecia Justice League completed its first big project to raise awareness for H.R. 5430, a montage project. We wanted to highlight...

Image credits: @thecrownact The AJL would like to spotlight the Crown Act, legislation that will ban race-based hair discrimination. The CROWN Act, H.R. 2116, represents Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair. After being introduced by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), H.R. 2116 was passed by the House in March 2022. Currently, H.R. 2116 sits in the Senate. If it gains a majority (51 out of 100 votes), race-based hair discrimination will be illegal i