Introduction to Brave Sis Project
#SistoryLessons and Foremother Wisdom We Need Today
Brave Sis Project presents joyful, rigorous celebration of other Black and BIPOC women's stories as shared ground for both BIPOC flourishing and white allyship. We center BIPOC women's history as the teacher, inviting people into practices that decenter default whiteness, and cultivate authentic, sustainable solidarity and power-sharing in service of Beloved Community.
Our Offerings
A Black-woman-owned storytelling, learning, and leadership platform, we educate, celebrate, and inspire through history, reflection, and shared practice uplifting Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous foremothers. These she-roes, often erased or too little-known, are the basis by which we explore and expand the notion of who and what matters in our inner lives, practices, leadership, organizations, communities, and ultimately, our world.
Our offerings equip BIPOC women with visibility, pride, and tools for self-connection and leadership, while inviting allies, particularly socially engaged white women, into lifelong, accountable practice beyond performative allyship. Whether you come as an individual, a team, or a whole organization, you are stepping into a circle of learning, joy, and real transformation.
Our Origin Story
Brave Sis Project, founded in 2019, began as a response to the lack of inclusive and meaningful self-care resources for women of color. What started as the world's first guided journal and day planner centering untold stories of BIPOC women quickly evolved into a vibrant platform for history, healing, and pride. As more and more white women humbly sought to enter the circle, we expanded our mission to be about education and service-driven solidarity. “Not for us, but with us.”
Our flagship Journey-Journal and subsequent editions reached thousands of readers in at least eight countries, connecting users with inspiration, personal growth, and the powerful idea of inclusion that moves "from Me to We to All." After four editions, we sunsetted the printed journals to focus on digital content, customized workshops and facilitation, strategic advisory services, and cohort-based community experiences-all rooted in culturally responsive storytelling.
Today, Brave Sis Project offers:
- Story-driven workshops, retreats, and cohorts grounded in BIPOC foremothers' histories and lived experiences.
- Our signature self-paced online “allyship” course for deep learning and growth across difference, held in a protected, thoughtfully generative space.
- Solidarity Lab and other facilitation and advisory services support spaces supporting mission-driven organizations and practitioners fostering sustainable, authentic, inclusive, and nurturing solidarity and unity across difference.
- Books, digital resources, and #SistoryLessons that bring history-as-inspiration into everyday life and leadership.
All of this work is anchored on the premise that when we honestly honor BIPOC women's histories and present-day lives, we all gain clearer sight, deeper courage, and more capacity to build the fairer, more harmonious world we long for.
Our Brave Foremothers and Beyond
Rozella Kennedy's Nautilus Award-winning book, Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History (Workman/Hachette), brings to life 100 foremothers through richly detailed profiles with vibrant illustrations by celebrated Congolese-Angolan-British illustrator Joelle Avelino. Other works she has illustrated include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s picture book “Mama’s Sleeping Scarf.” Their year-long collaboration to conceptualize visuals that capture each foremother resulted in a book that invites readers into personal reflection on courage, devotion, resilience, and the legacies we are each called to extend.
These stories-and hundreds more, including global foremothers featured in Kennedy’s work-in-progress, World Brave Sis: 100 Dream-Time Dialogues with Women Who Led the Way infuse Brave Sis Project's offerings with an engaging storytelling/history-as-inspiration lens that other players in the leadership development and diversity/inclusion sector do not enjoy.
Beyond being a trusted resource, a facilitation structure, or an educational platform, Brave Sis Project is a catalyst that champions the celebration of BIPOC women’s history and lived experiences, offering space and tools for reflection, pride, advocacy, solidarity and real transformation. Whether experiencing our work as an individual or as part of a group, every Brave Sis (this includes Brave People across the gender continuum!) is welcomed into a circle of learning and joy—a journey toward a fairer and more harmonious world.
