Self-Care for Black Women in Leadership Follow Up Resources

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Opening Gathering

Opening Gathering Materials

• Gathering 1 Facilitator Guide
• Gathering 1 Facilitator Guide VIRTUAL VERSION 
• 2-Day Manual 
• 2-Day Launch Slides
• Meet the Team 
• Supply List for all Gatherings 
• Resources Supplies Sorted by Self-Care Gatherings

Reference Materials

• List of references from Black Women's Affinity Group
• Designing the Alliance: Article and List of Questions
• Ain’t I A Woman: Indigenous and African Descendant Women Lead America in ‘Decency Agenda’ by Ava Gabrielle (Huffington Post)
• Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People by Kelsey Blackwell (Arrow Journal)
• Research Suggests Black Women are More Likely to be Objectified and Dehumanized by Tom Jacobs
• Resilience: The Key to Reducing Stress at Work by Jenny Thai
• Self-Care as a Political Act by Ferron Salniker (East Bay Express)
• The Transformative Power of Practice by Ng'ethe Maina and Staci Haines (from Racial Equity Tools)
• Ancestral Resistance Offerings + Practices
• Black Women's Liberatory Pedagogies ch. 14 - Claiming Ancestral Knowledge about Black Witch Magic
• Black Women's Liberatory Pedagodies ch. 16 - Healing Circles as Black Feminist Pedagogical Interventions

Gathering 2: Body

Gathering 2 Materials

• Gathering 2 Facilitator Guide
• Gathering 2 Facilitator Guide VIRTUAL VERSION 
• Gathering 2 Manual
• Gathering 3 Slides

Reference Materials

• 6 Self-Care Tips for Sexual Assault Survivors from Teen Vogue
• 10 Ways To Stay In Your Vagina's Good Graces from Women's Health
• A black teenage wrestler with dreads, a racist referee, and the importance of how the media needs to handle sensitive subjects from NY Daily News
• Black women are 4 times more likely to have a positive body image than white women from W24
• Why Farming Is an Act of Defiance For People of Color from Bon Appetit
• Never Forget #021: Black Women’s Hair Was Once Illegal from the Visibility Project
• Rwanda bans all skin bleaching products article as published on the Independent
• Shikata Ga Nai Is the Japanese Art of Letting Go—and It’s Glorious from Shine Text
• The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease
• The Evolution Of Dr. Joy (Therapy for Black Girls) from XOnecole.com
• The Sex-Positive Black Woman from Ebony
• Audio/Article: America’s Caste System 30 minute listen
• Article: Never Forget #021: Black Women’s Hair Was Once Illegal
• Article: “Karate grannies,” Kenya’s badass women who learned martial arts to fight sexual violence, story by Mildred Europa Taylor, 11/11/18
• 13 Black Women Owned Apocotharies 

Photos and Videos

• Video: People of Color Discuss the Impact(s) Colorism
• Video: The Real Eve

Gathering 3: Mind

Gathering 3 Materials

• Gathering 3 Facilitator Guide
• Gathering 3 Facilitator Guide VIRTUAL VERSION
• Gathering 3 Manual
• Gathering 3 Slides

Articles and Reference Materials

• Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma by Kenneth V. Hardy
• Understanding Oppression: Strategies in Addressing Power and Privilege by Leticia Nieto and Margot F. Boyer

Gathering 4: Spirit

Pre-reading

• The Sibyls: the First Prophetess' of Mami Wata by Mama Zogbé
• Video: Modern Day Witches (10 minute)

Gathering 4 Materials

• Gathering 4 In Person Facilitator Guide 
• Gathering 4 Facilitator Guide VIRTUAL VERSION
• Gathering 4 Manual
• Gathering 4 Slides