“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.”
— The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977) by the Black Women of the Combahee River Collective
![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6282fa255c956c1a041bfee3/16a97810-8370-4fc6-9bf6-a18f5d602928/Karen+Bell-277.jpg)
As a black woman over 40 I am blessed with incredible women and men in my life, friends who have become extended family. But I am especially humbled by the extraordinary black women with whom I am in community…taking a moment to breathe and honor the gratitude I feel in my heart and my spirit because of this.
Photo by Bill D’Agostino
Zoom Discussion Dates
The Let Me Be Free To Love zoom discussions exist to create a safe space for black women/by black women to be nourished and strengthened from being in community with black women.
Second Sunday every other month (4:00 - 5:30 p.m. EST)
July 9, 2023
September 10, 2023
November 12, 2023
January 14, 2024