Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Are Our Struggles Really Different? (October 2026)

Are Our Struggles Really Different? is a 90-minute virtual conversation within the Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood series, hosted by Conversations in Color and facilitated by Lana Reid.

Across generations, Black women have navigated different social climates, tools, language, and expectations — yet many of the core challenges around safety, visibility, labor, and belonging remain deeply familiar. This October 2026 conversation creates space for honest intergenerational dialogue about what has changed, what has stayed the same, and where misunderstandings continue to divide rather than connect us.

Rather than ranking hardship or dismissing progress, this session centers listening, context, and mutual respect — allowing each generation to speak from lived experience.

Together, participants will explore:

• What the world asked of Black women when each generation came of age

• How access, visibility, and opportunity have evolved — and the pressures that came with them

• Differences in language around mental health, boundaries, and identity

• Where assumptions about “easier” or “harder” lives cause harm

• What each generation wishes others understood about their experience

This conversation is designed to reduce defensiveness and increase empathy — strengthening sisterhood through understanding rather than comparison.

This session is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood, a monthly virtual gathering designed to foster reflection, connection, and healing across generations of Black women.

Facilitated by Lana Reid, founder of Conversations in Color and creator and host of The Male Perspective, this conversation offers a grounded space for storytelling, clarification, and bridging generational divides with care.