Charlotte Forten Grimké — abolitionist, educator, poet, and diarist. Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten Grimké (1837–1914) was born free in Philadelphia into the prominent Forten-Purvis family, a Black family deeply involved in abolitionism and civic life. She grew up surrounded by…
Mary Church Terrell – champion of racial equality and women’s suffrage. Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954) was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to formerly enslaved parents who became successful business owners. She was an educator, writer, and activist, and when she graduated…
I’ve been recently helping some wonderful people with various projects related to development and entrepreneurialism in the global south and specifically on the African subcontinent. A recent back-and-forth I had regarding the use of language really elevated a point that…
(This is derived from a social media post attached to this article about a Muslim woman and a Jewish woman holding onto their friendship, through the darkest of trials. It made me think a lot about what the recent times have…
This blog post was written in Fall, 2023, as I prepared the Brave Sis Perpetual Journal, and reflected back on four years of operating my love mission. I was seeking to merge the platforms of history, learning, awareness, and sisterhood…
Update: more sour and sorrier after this SCOTUS ruling. It’s wrong, and it’s wrong, and it’s wrong. Act accordingly, people. White folks: don’t cede your world to these spite-filled demagogues. If you have power, use it. People of the #globalmajority, speak…
The work I put out there with Brave Sis Project is not easy to categorize. It lies at an interesting intersection of feminism, history, and social impact. When I began Brave Sis project in 2019, the objective was to uncover…
When I want to think most about how rapidly society and culture have shifted over the past 3-5 years, all I really have to do is look back at the short life so far of Brave Sis Project. What was…
An encounter with colorism in building our website leads to a meditation on colorism. "women's movement" feminism women sisterhood BIPOC anti-racist antiracism journaling inclusion DEI wellness "trust your inner voice" allyship BLM "women's history" history "AAPI" "Black women" "BIPOC women" "BIWOC" "gifts for feminists" "self-help" "journal" "feminist journal" "day planner" "daily planner"
In 2019, I wished to commit to deeper self-accountability & better organization. The planners on the market were problematic! Too white & cutesy, or the pushy “man” planners, low-key toxic. The “Black girl” planners were flimsy, with their lavish "you go, girl" covers, yet generic, every-page-the-same insides. Here is the Brave Sis Project origin story.
