We're going into 2018 building power with Black Women!
This past weekend, Color Of Change brought together 170+ Black women in Miami for the second event in our #BlackWomensBrunch series.
During this event, we not only shared stories but created a collective vision for our communities. We discussed questions ranging from “What does Black womanhood mean to you?” to “What’s your personal theme song?”
We asked all participants ‘what does Black joy look like to you?’ and got back some inspiring answers. Take a look:
- Black joy looks like voter rights restored
- Black joy looks like teachers
- Black joy looks like reparations
- Black joy looks like events for us by us
- Black joy looks like better jobs! better housing! better education!
The #BlackWomensBrunch series is step one. We have an event in Las Vegas coming up next month, but after the success of these first two events, we don’t want to stop there. We want to bring Black Women’s Brunches to cities across the country. We not only want to treat these women - let’s be honest, they deserve it - but also fire them up for a powerful 2018!
Our vision for the #BlackWomensBrunch is for it to be a starting point. At the end of the events in both Miami and Detroit, we asked women to host their own brunches with friends and family. And the response was overwhelming!
Over 80% of the women said YES. If each of them hosts an event with just 5 people, we’ll be able to reach over 1,000 Black women and bring them into our organizing work. And then those 1,000 Black women might recruit 5 more until we have 5,000, 50,000, 250,000...and more.
Color Of Change was built on a model of scalable organizing, using technology to enhance and expand our work. The #BlackWomensBrunch series is the next chapter for our work. Through it, we’re going to train hundreds of Black women to use online petitions, social media, and on-the-ground tactics to bring better jobs, equitable education, and universal healthcare to our communities. Donate today.
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