Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Black Women Are Still the Answer (January 2026)

Even When We’re Exhausted, Underappreciated, and Overlooked — Black Women Are Still the Answer 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 been positioned as the stabilizers, fixers, visionaries, and problem-solvers in families, organizations, movements, and communities — often without adequate support, protection, or recognition. While this reality reflects our resilience and brilliance, it also raises important questions about sustainability, choice, and cost.

This January 2026 conversation invites intergenerational Black women into an honest, reflective dialogue about why Black women are so often “the answer,” who benefits from that expectation, and how we can redefine responsibility without sacrificing our well-being.

Together, participants will explore:

• Where and how Black women are routinely relied upon to hold things together

• The difference between being capable and being overused

• How praise can quietly turn into pressure

• Generational perspectives on strength, endurance, and leadership

• What it means to shift from over-functioning to intentional contribution

Rather than glorifying exhaustion, this session centers discernment, boundaries, and collective care — asking what it would look like for Black women to remain powerful without being depleted.

This conversation is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood, a monthly virtual gathering space designed for intergenerational Black women seeking connection, clarity, and community-rooted healing.

Facilitated by Lana Reid, founder of Conversations in Color and creator and host of The Male Perspective, this session creates space for reflection, shared truth, and reimagining what leadership can look like when Black women are supported as fully as we are relied upon.