Thousands of women donning white this month to bring attention to uterine fibroids

Tanika Gray Valbrun (left) hugs another participant as The White Dress Project, which funds research of uterine fibroids and educates women suffering from the benign tumors prepares for its “Empowerment Experience” in D.C. (Courtesy Tanika Gray Valbrun)

There’s always been a high level of fear linked to wearing white for Tanika Gray Valbrun. The problem: uterine fibroids.

“I was always having heavy periods, always feeling tired and fatigued,” she told WTOP. “I planned everything around my periods.