Where Black Women study the brilliance of their Black Girlhood through the study of art
Where Black Women study the brilliance of their Black Girlhood through the study of art
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Black Girl Saturday School® is the place where the study of Black girls’ and women’s lives is valued, appreciated, cultivated, immersive, healing, restorative, grounding, available, continual, fun, and more.
Black Girl Saturday School® is a space for Black Women:
- to safely and with care, journey back to their Black Girlhood with the expectation of finding brilliance
- to freely explore and reflect on our sensual lives through language, history, art, and culture
- to cultivate a personal wisdom that we can activate in our day-to-day lives
Black Girl(hood): The Anthology
Black Girl Saturday School® is an immersive experience where grown women courageously journey back to their girlhood seeking their brilliance through the study of art. We study the language, history, and culture of Black Girlhood as a way of identifying, naming, reclaiming, and honoring those sensual parts of ourselves that we knew then, and still know now.
Once we’ve taken that journey back to our girlhood – which can oftentimes be daunting, or joyous, or wild – we arrive back to our womanhood with a deeper, more sophisticated knowing of who we are and who we have always been. This time, however, we stand in the fullness of our sensual selves minus the gaudy adornments placed on us by society, religion, family, classism, etc., and on and on and on.
And after we’ve placed our sacred girlhood at the center of our study, by remembering lyrics from a favorite song and what part of our soul those lyrics touch, or by reminiscing on the types of relationships or scenarios we promised ourselves we would never be in, we accept that holy and cathartic assignment of storytelling. This anthology is a manifestation of those stories of wisdom and intelligence and brilliance that was almost abandoned in our girlhood. But these women knew better: they redeemed their brilliance.
LaShay Harvey, PhD
Principal & Founder, Black Girl Saturday School®
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Black Girl(hood): The Anthology
$24.00 - $30.00Walk with 18 women authors and artists as they courageously journey back to their Black Girlhood seeking the sensual brilliance. May these stories of brilliance — that are so often found in Black Girlhood — remind you of your own knowing, your mother’s knowing, and your great-grandmother's knowing. Allow 5-7 days to ship.SelectQuantityComing soonSign Up for Our Newsletter
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The Voodoo (Album) Experience is also about honoring the transformative power of true musicianship and artistry. True musicianship gives us a glimpse of the sublime. The composition, the lyrics, even the stories of how the music came to be, all combine to shock listeners out of the mundane. When it comes to D’Angelo, there are no exceptions. His voice, style, lyricism, musicianship – are exquisite. You can hear his music in the cars of the dope boys and the preachers, the sanctified and the heathen — the lines between the sacred and secular blur and disappear.The Voodoo (Album) Experience is an immersive experience that honors D’Angelo’s second album Voodoo, the era that gave birth to the album, and the sensual and transformative power of music. Spread across (1-3) venues, it features visual art installations, community conversations and reflections, a dinner party, panel discussions, film screening, and jam session, where attendees can participate in the collective act(s) of remembering, celebrating, reliving, and reimagining D’Angelo’s Voodoo album, 25 years later.
At The Voodoo (Album) Experience:
🎙️We want people to be reminded of why they fell in love with D’Angelo’s music.
🎙️We want people to feel inspired to create their own experience that honors the culture of their youth, and those elements (like the music) that still serves them today.
🎙️We want to model what it looks like to “unbox” artists and allow them the space to display their full artistry, and say to them “we see, feel, and understand you.”
🎙️We are clear that everyone could use an “unboxing.” So we want people to feel what it means to truly express who we are, what we need, and honor what we gotta do in this life.
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This experience is about giving people who were there, who came late, and are still coming to appreciate D’Angelo’s craft, a place to be with his work, 25 years later.
Peace! The Voodoo (Album) Experience Team
Dr. LaShay Harvey
Principal + Founder
Educator. Storyteller. Student.
Dr. LaShay Harvey, is an educator, sexologist, and artist. She has always been attracted to creation stories: those stories that tell how something became. Her work and career interrogates not only how something comes to be (that is to say, born or birthed) but also examines the narratives that surround birth and becoming. Put another way, Dr. Harvey studies the reproductive lives of Black girls and women. To this end, Dr. Havey holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Education. She has taught and trained on sexuality education for over 20 years. She is the principal and founder of Black Girl Saturday School®, an immersive experience where Black women journey back to their Girlhood seeking brilliance. Dr. Harvey was born in Southeast Georgia and raised in Northeast Florida, likes her grits with butter, salt and pepper and her tea sweet!
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“When we study the brilliance found in Black Girlhood, all things change.
We are changed. You can see it in how we walk, how we talk, how we think.”
–Dr. LaShay Harvey, Black Girl Saturday School® Principal + Founder
The Jam Session
The Jam Session is a one time event where we gather to explore and celebrate current events that have an impact on Black women and girls. Jam Sessions are the perfect way for newcomers to learn more about what Black Girl Saturday School® is all about! Jam Sessions are open to all women and girls: Tell your mama, bring a friend.
The Study
The Study is a 4-week session where we delve deeply into the work, life, and/or specific contribution(s) of a particular Black woman. We study her craft and her impact on Black girlhood and womanhood. While in deep study, we reflect on how this woman and her work has shaped our experience(s) coming of age as Black women and girls.
The Workshop
The Workshop is the most personal and philosophical of our sessions. We take a theme relevant to Black girlhood and womanhood and study how that theme plays out in our lives. In a workshop, the participant is the subject. We question, we interrogate. We find the jewels in our experiences and use them to redefine and reconnect with the woman in the mirror.
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