Black Women on Social Problems
Cultivating collective consciousness and deep reflection outside the ivory tower.
This is the seminar I wish existed when I was working through my own questions about identity, systems, and power structures . It's built from a college course I taught, "Social Problems in a Global Perspective," reworked specifically with a Black Feminist Praxis.
You don't need a PhD to think critically about the world you live in. You just need space, readings, and people willing to sit in the questions with you.
The Six Weeks
Social Problems & Systems of Oppression: the foundational lens, telling the difference between a personal problem and a social problem
Identities & the Intersectional Lens: reading identity as something done to us and through us
Health Disparities & Wellbeing: the stress, coping, and cost structural oppression takes on the body, and the language most of us need
Wealth & Capital: what the wealth gap actually is, where individual financial advice runs out, and how capitalism is f*cking us all
Community Care & Collective Action: moving from insight to response
Imagination & Next Steps: bringing it all together, and asking what you can do to share what you've learned
Format
Each session is a 2-hour live gathering: about 15 minutes of lecture/recap to ground us, followed by 90 minutes of real discussion. If this were a college class, think of it as a semester running Sept 27-Nov 1, with each lecture on Sunday from 10AM to Noon.
What's Included
Six live 2-hour sessions, held via Zoom
Weekly readings, a mix of accessible essays and academic excerpts, sent as PDFs
A short primer video before each week's readings to help you get grounded before you dig in
Weekly "spot the pattern" journal prompts to carry the concepts into your own life
90 minutes of real discussion each week, not a lecture you sit through passively
Scholarships
If you are interested in applying for the scholarship rate (free), please follow this link.
Cultivating collective consciousness and deep reflection outside the ivory tower.
This is the seminar I wish existed when I was working through my own questions about identity, systems, and power structures . It's built from a college course I taught, "Social Problems in a Global Perspective," reworked specifically with a Black Feminist Praxis.
You don't need a PhD to think critically about the world you live in. You just need space, readings, and people willing to sit in the questions with you.
The Six Weeks
Social Problems & Systems of Oppression: the foundational lens, telling the difference between a personal problem and a social problem
Identities & the Intersectional Lens: reading identity as something done to us and through us
Health Disparities & Wellbeing: the stress, coping, and cost structural oppression takes on the body, and the language most of us need
Wealth & Capital: what the wealth gap actually is, where individual financial advice runs out, and how capitalism is f*cking us all
Community Care & Collective Action: moving from insight to response
Imagination & Next Steps: bringing it all together, and asking what you can do to share what you've learned
Format
Each session is a 2-hour live gathering: about 15 minutes of lecture/recap to ground us, followed by 90 minutes of real discussion. If this were a college class, think of it as a semester running Sept 27-Nov 1, with each lecture on Sunday from 10AM to Noon.
What's Included
Six live 2-hour sessions, held via Zoom
Weekly readings, a mix of accessible essays and academic excerpts, sent as PDFs
A short primer video before each week's readings to help you get grounded before you dig in
Weekly "spot the pattern" journal prompts to carry the concepts into your own life
90 minutes of real discussion each week, not a lecture you sit through passively
Scholarships
If you are interested in applying for the scholarship rate (free), please follow this link.