Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Rewriting the “Strong Black Woman” Contract (July 2026)

Rewriting the “Strong Black Woman” Contract is a 90-minute virtual conversation within the Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood series, hosted by Conversations in Color and facilitated by Lana Reid.

For generations, Black women have been praised for strength, resilience, and endurance — often without regard for the physical, emotional, and spiritual toll that constant strength requires. While the “Strong Black Woman” narrative has served as both armor and survival strategy, it has also obscured vulnerability, delayed care, and normalized burnout.

This July 2026 conversation invites intergenerational Black women to critically examine the unspoken contract surrounding strength — who it benefits, who pays the cost, and what happens when strength is expected rather than chosen.

Together, participants will explore:

• How strength became synonymous with worth and reliability

• Burnout, illness, and exhaustion hidden behind resilience

• Generational differences in how vulnerability was allowed or denied

• The pressure to remain capable even when support is needed

• What permission to rest looks like without guilt or explanation

Rather than rejecting strength altogether, this conversation centers redefinition — allowing space for softness, care, and sustainability alongside competence and leadership.

This session is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood, a monthly virtual gathering designed to support reflection, recalibration, and collective healing among intergenerational Black women.

Facilitated by Lana Reid, founder of Conversations in Color and creator and host of The Male Perspective, this conversation creates space to name shared experiences, exchange wisdom, and imagine a future where strength no longer requires self-erasure.