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SUMMARY:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Education\, Identity & Our Future (March 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Our Future: What Did We Lose — and What Did We Gain? is a 90-minute virtual conversation within the Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood series\, hosted by Conversations in Color and facilitated by Lana Reid. \nAs mothers\, grandmothers\, aunties\, and caregivers\, Black women have long carried responsibility not only for nurturing children\, but for protecting their sense of identity\, confidence\, and possibility. This March 2026 conversation invites intergenerational reflection on Black education — past and present — and asks difficult\, necessary questions about belonging\, affirmation\, and outcomes. \nDrawing on lived experience rather than nostalgia\, participants will explore what it meant for Black children to be educated in segregated schools by all-Black teachers\, alongside the limitations those systems faced under structural racism. The conversation also considers how desegregation reshaped educational experiences — often expanding access while complicating cultural safety and expectation. \nConversation themes include: \n\n\nHow Black teachers historically nurtured identity\, discipline\, and high expectations \n\n\nWhat was gained through desegregation — and what may have been lost \n\n\nHow bias\, tracking\, and lowered expectations show up in today’s schools \n\n\nWhy many students report thriving in HBCU environments \n\n\nThe role of belonging\, cultural affirmation\, and community in academic success \n\n\nRather than arguing for a return to the past\, this session centers clarity and forward-thinking: what elements of historically Black educational spaces are still needed — and how they can be advocated for today. \nThis conversation is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood\, a monthly virtual gathering designed to foster honest dialogue among intergenerational Black women committed to shaping healthier futures for our communities. \nFacilitated by Lana Reid\, founder of Conversations in Color and creator and host of The Male Perspective\, this session creates space for memory\, critique\, and vision — grounded in care for the generations coming after us.
URL:https://conversationsincolor.org/event/sistas-rebuilding-sisterhood-education-identity-our-future-march-2026/
LOCATION:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood Monthly Chat\, Virtual\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black Women & Community,Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood,Virtual Conversations
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SUMMARY:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Navigating Microaggressions & Emotional Labor (February 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Navigating Microaggressions\, Bias\, and Emotional Labor When Working With Non-Black Women is a 90-minute virtual conversation within the Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood series\, hosted by Conversations in Color and facilitated by Lana Reid. \nMany Black women find that cross-cultural working relationships — even in well-intentioned\, progressive\, or “inclusive” spaces — require an uneven amount of emotional regulation\, self-monitoring\, and relational labor. This exhaustion is not always rooted in overt conflict\, but in repeated patterns that require Black women to explain\, soften\, translate\, or absorb discomfort in order to keep collaboration moving forward. \nThis February 2026 conversation creates space to thoughtfully examine these dynamics without blame or defensiveness. Together\, participants will reflect on lived experiences\, identify recurring patterns\, and explore ways to engage more clearly and sustainably. \nConversation themes include: \n\n\nHow microaggressions often show up through curiosity\, compliments\, or “helpful” corrections \n\n\nThe gap between intent and impact in cross-cultural collaboration \n\n\nEmotional labor that goes unnamed but is consistently expected \n\n\nGenerational approaches to navigating bias\, silence\, and self-protection \n\n\nWhen allyship feels conditional rather than reciprocal \n\n\nRather than centering grievance\, this session emphasizes discernment\, boundaries\, and shared understanding — asking how Black women can protect their energy while remaining effective\, grounded\, and whole. \nThis conversation is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood\, a monthly virtual gathering for intergenerational Black women committed to honest dialogue\, reflection\, and rebuilding community on our own terms. \nFacilitated by Lana Reid\, founder of Conversations in Color and creator and host of The Male Perspective\, this session offers a grounded space for naming reality\, exchanging strategies\, and reducing the isolation many Black women experience in cross-cultural environments.
URL:https://conversationsincolor.org/event/sistas-rebuilding-sisterhood-navigating-microaggressions-emotional-labor-february-2026/
LOCATION:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood Monthly Chat\, Virtual\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black Women & Community,Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood,Virtual Conversations
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SUMMARY:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood: Black Women Are Still the Answer (January 2026)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAcross 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. \nThis 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. \nTogether\, participants will explore: \n\n\nWhere and how Black women are routinely relied upon to hold things together \n\n\nThe difference between being capable and being overused \n\n\nHow praise can quietly turn into pressure \n\n\nGenerational perspectives on strength\, endurance\, and leadership \n\n\nWhat it means to shift from over-functioning to intentional contribution \n\n\nRather 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. \nThis conversation is part of Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood\, a monthly virtual gathering space designed for intergenerational Black women seeking connection\, clarity\, and community-rooted healing. \nFacilitated 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.
URL:https://conversationsincolor.org/event/sistas-rebuilding-sisterhood-black-women-are-still-the-answer-january-2026/
LOCATION:Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood Monthly Chat\, Virtual\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black Women & Community,Sistas Rebuilding Sisterhood,Virtual Conversations
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