The dream of reaching out to people of all ages, skin types and tones to spread awareness about managing winter skin came to life beautifully on the world’s first My Best Winter Skin (MBWS) Day on October 24 on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and on campus at Howard University. This year’s MBWS Day marked a thrilling start to a full-fledged seasonal campaign built around public education, volunteerism and giving to the SOCS Foundation to help support innovative research in skin of color dermatology.
October 24 is international My Best Winter Skin (MBWS) Day! This unique holiday marks the beginning of a season of giving, education and volunteerism for SOCS members. In the coming months at numerous events around the world, SOCS members and advocates will distribute dermatologist-developed educational material and donated product samples to raise awareness about optimal winter skin care and generate donations to the SOCS Foundation. Donations will help support innovative research, education, advocacy, and mentorship in skin of color dermatology.
The 2025 MBWS Campaign is generously supported by Vaseline.
The Skin of Color Society is now accepting applications for our 2024-2025 program year!
Current membership is required for all programs. Please review the guidelines and eligibility requirements for each program for more details.
As we gear up for the 20th Anniversary of the Skin of Color Society, we are thrilled to present our new logo, titled Global Tones, which was meticulously designed to celebrate and recognize the remarkable growth, expansion, and ongoing evolution of SOCS as a global organization! You can read the entire story behind the iconography, typography, and color palette for Global Tones here.
Thanks to all who helped make the 19th Annual SOCS Scientific Symposium such a great success, with nearly five hundred attendees from around the world joining us for a day of insights, innovation, information and inspiration. This year’s Symposium was beautifully developed under the leadership of SOCS Scientific Committee co-chairs, Victoria Barbosa MD, MPH, MBA, FAAD and Ginette A. Okoye, MD, FAAD, along with their dedicated committee.
The Symposium featured several insightful and thought-provoking presentations, including Invited Speakers, oral abstracts, moderated panels, and featured iPosters.
From opening with a “bang” with Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski's stirring keynote to closing on a high note with Dr. Susan C. Taylor's powerful leadership talk, and all the fantastic presentations in between, all this rich content will become available to you through our Dermatology E-Learning + Equity Platform (DEEP) in the near future.
