Profiles

Stacey L. Edwards-Dunn is an ordained minister, fertility coach, counselor, and writer. She is the church administrator and executive minister of community engagement and transformation at Trinity United Church of Christ (UCC) in Chicago, Illinois, and directs the Center for African American Ministries and Black Church Studies at McCormick Theological Seminary. Edwards-Dunn, who also has a master's degree in public health, founded Fertility for Colored Girls, the national organization for black women and couples who struggle with infertility. In this edited conversation, she explores themes from her book Hold Onto Hope: Stories of Black Women’s Fertility, Faith, and Fight to Become Mothers.