Join us every last Monday of the month at 6 PM EST for “Your Black Matters” a new, virtual peer space for us, led by and for the Black community.

It is a space to give one another support. ALL Black people are welcome, there is no such thing as “not Black enough” — if you identify as Black, you are Black, and you are welcome.

Join us as we build community and support one another, and hold space for each other to talk about the Black experience in a safe space.

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**This peer-space is not therapy and not a dating service.**

This space IS, however, a safe space to be heard and build a community.

Comfort Agreement: In This Space We…

• Understand that this is a gathering of community supporting one another, not a clinical support group.
• Acknowledge you are just as valuable listening as you are sharing.
• Strive for everyone to feel welcome here, regardless of how you identify your Blackness.
• Do not have to agree with each other to still hold space for one another. Here, we see and respect our shared humanity and every voice is heard, even if it differs from our own.
• Only give advice when asked for it and speak from our own experience
• Understand that it is okay to be vulnerable and you don’t have to put on a “strong face”.
• Invite one another to show up as our authentic selves, take up space, and be genuine.
• Give one another an equal chance to take up space.
• Encourage exchanges that are respectful and mutual, in and out of this space.
• Honor that what is shared here stays here.
• Encourage you to self-advocate for your needs.
• Collectively work together to create a safe space.

If you have any questions, accommodation requests please email Dandelion@PeerSupportSpace.org

The Dope Black network communities of Dads, Mums, Women and Men have come together to create a monthly ‘Village Gathering’.

These gatherings are centered around four main goals: to create a space for learning, inspire action, celebrate our successes, and facilitate collective healing across the inter-gender divide.

With these goals in mind, we see these gathering calls as a key way to improve our communication between the groups and more generally help to better relationships between men and women in the Black community.

We welcome anyone from the Black community to join us if you share the desire to improve your understanding of the perspectives of your counter parts, and explore how we can better accommodate each others experiences.

For more information you can contact chris@dopeblackdads.com.

Start the school year with this powerful Anti-Blackness/Anti-Racism professional development training opportunity!

Workshop Presenter:

Dr. Brian L. Wright, Award-winning Author and Associate Professor & Program Coordinator of Early Childhood Education, Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership, College of Education and Coordinator of the Middle School Cohort of the African American Male Academy at the University of Memphis

Entitled after the award-winning book, “The Brilliance of Black Boys” workshop will help educators, administrators, social workers/counselors, government officials, funders, and other educational equity stakeholders better understand and identify the promise, potential and possibilities of Black boys. For Black parents, families, and community members, it will be a refreshing reminder of the beauty and brilliance of our children and affirmation in the face of negative narratives and experiences with schools and other systems.

Drawing from a wealth of experience in early childhood education, Dr. Wright will present an asset- and strengths-based view of educating Black boys. This positive approach enables practitioners and school leaders to recognize, understand, and cultivate the diversity of social skills of Black boys in the early grades (Pre-K-3rd grade).

Two unique benefits are available to registrants only:

o Free electronic copies of select articles by Dr. Wright published in NAEYC’s Teaching Young Children Journal (usually only available to NAEYC members)

o Limited quantities of autographed copies of “The Brilliance of Black Boys”

This special workshop will provide practical skills and tools that can be put into practice right away including:

o Tangible illustrations of what is lost when Black boys are prevented from participating freely in boyhood, having to instead attend to adult and peer interactions and attitudes that view them as “bad boys” and “troublemakers”

o Classroom strategies to help young Black boys achieve their highest potential

o Other resources for supporting Black boys’ social-emotional development including a preview of “Black Boys are Lit” – an upcoming publication with a reading list of 300 authentic multicultural children’s books with Black boys as protagonist

“The Brilliance of Black Boys” is the fourth in a series of workshops as part of “Blacks, Believers & the Montessori Way” (BBMW) community awareness and empowerment campaign.

BBMW is sponsored by IMPACT LIVING Christian Center, a non-denominational faith community led by Black leaders, as a part of its planning process for opening Morning Glory Montessori, an all-boys, Afrocentric, Christian Montessori school in fall 2021. (www.impactlivingcc.org)

For more information about Morning Glory Montessori, click here.

This workshop is made possible by a grant from the Sheltering Arms Foundation.

The ACTIONS program at UCSF School of Nursing is proud to present Reimagining Black Motherhood: A conversation about the future of Black maternal health in the United States . This panel discussion will explore structural racism within maternal health care and its impact on Black mothers. This conversation is also an opportunity to envision ways to repair the harms done to Black women and find new ways to create new standards of maternal health care.

Zoom info will be emailed to attendees prior to the event.

Speakers

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Dani McClain

Author, ”We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood”

Contributing Writer at The Nation

Stephanie McLemore Bray (Moderator)

Nonprofit Executive

Creative Writer, Essayist

Learn more about our program at actions.ucsf.edu

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Black love is unique, because it can be different from everyone else’s experience. Black love means adapting, to one another and to the spaces you move through together. Black love is a fine balance of showing up and yielding space. It’s being available and present to really hear and support your partner, but it’s also understanding and making space for your partner to grow, change, and deal with existing in this world.

Black love is the ability to love your mate and be unapologetically black while celebrating black excellence. It’s the action of being proud of your heritage, hue, culture and having an unabashed pride along with it. Black love is a special kind of love due to the black experience and comes with its own unique aspects.

Black love is unapologetically loud and proud! We’re at a point in society where there are more positive examples of black love than ever before. It’s empowering! Our ancestors had restraints and restrictions put on how and who they could love. Now its time for us to show thw world tht we can love each other without suffrage.

Black Marriage Day is an annual celebration of marriage and family, and its importance in the African-American community.

Featuring Mistress of Ceremonies, Randi Myles, host for The Detroit Praise Network, our virtual celebration includes a number of performances and a salon discussion emphasizing why marriage matters.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Streamed live from the General Motors Theater at The Wright:

“Love and War” a dramatic presentation by Connell “CJ” and Lydia Brown

A dance performance by Together As One (Under the choreography of Alanna Phillips, LaShell’s School of Dance)

“Marriage Matters” a salon discussion featuring moderated by CEO and founder of Banks Construction LLC, Mr. Sean Banks; and Mrs. Toy Banks, founder of Better Wife Better Life

IMPORTANT NOTE

To receive email updates on Black Marriage Day, register for this ticket. To purchase tickets to attend Black Marriage Day, visit: https://www.thewright.org/events/black-marriage-day

This event is sponsored by Black Family Development, Black United Fund of Michigan, and Praise Detroit.