LeadHers in Bloom is a 6-week leadership and wellness series designed for Black girls ages 13–18.

Each session includes immersive experiences around emotional wellness, identity, advocacy, and self-expression. Youth will have moderated access to an online space for light-touch activities between sessions. The program is a youth-focused extension of our UnShrink and Lead™ Leadership Accelerator for Black women, with select participants and facilitators serving as mentors throughout the program.

Providing Free Books to Empower, Educate, and Inspire Black Girls and Women

“Books That Look Like Us” is a culturally inclusive literacy initiative designed to empower Black families by nurturing a love for reading through stories that reflect their experiences, heritage, and diverse interests. This program, proudly brought to you byFor Black Girls Inc., aims to celebrate Black stories, authors, and characters. By providing a curated book-matching service for all ages—from children to adults—our goal is to create positive reading experiences, foster family bonding, and cultivate lifelong readers.

Target Audience: Black families, individuals of all ages, and multi-generational households looking for meaningful, culturally-relevant literature

Empowering Girls to Build Their Dreams and Shape Their Futures

Program Overview: The Dreambuilder’s virtual mentorship program by For Black Girls Inc. is a transformative initiative designed to support Black girls ages 12-24 in discovering their passions, setting goals, and developing skills to pursue their dreams. By connecting them with mentors who reflect their identities and aspirations, this program provides guidance, inspiration, and resources to help participants build confidence and a clear vision for their futures.

Mission: To empower Black girls to dream boldly, achieve their goals, and become leaders in their communities and beyond.

Target Audience: Black girls ages 12-24 who are seeking guidance, inspiration, and support to pursue academic, personal, and career goals.

A Sanctuary for Wholeness, Joy, and Rest

At For Black Girls Inc., we believe healing is not a luxury—it’s a birthright. Healing Spaces™ is our dedicated hub for emotional wellness, mental health, and joy-based care for Black girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color.

Rooted in culture, creativity, and community, Healing Spaces™ offers youth-centered programs, pop-ups, and sacred rituals that support emotional wellbeing, self-expression, and rest. Whether you’re seeking space to breathe, to cry, to laugh, to stretch, or just be—you belong here.

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What Falls Under Healing Spaces™

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The Reset Room

A virtual and in-person offering where youth can slow down, journal, reflect, and re-center. Guided by affirmations, music, and calming visuals, the Reset Room invites softness and stillness into your day.

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Reclaiming Your Voice

A storytelling and journaling-based program that supports emotional processing and self-awareness. Youth write through themes like grief, identity, and joy while exploring voice, value, and vision. Co-facilitated by youth mentors and licensed clinicians of color.

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Body + Boundaries

A trauma-informed workshop series that uses movement, grounding exercises, and real-life scenarios to help youth explore emotional regulation, self-trust, and boundary-setting. This is where wellness meets empowerment.

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Mental Health & Wellness Curriculum

In collaboration with Boston Medical Center, Everyday Boston, and community clinicians of color, we offer a curriculum exploring:

• Emotional literacy & coping skills

• Navigating anxiety, burnout, and stress

• Reproductive justice & body awareness

• The power of rest and community care

This program is part education, part healing, and always affirming.

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Creative Healing Labs

Art therapy meets liberation. Youth use collage, blackout poetry, painting, zines, and mixed media to name their emotions and reclaim their narratives. Every lab is a new journey into expression and release.

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Health Equity Story Circles

Culturally-rooted healing circles where youth share lived experiences around health, care, identity, and healing. Guided by storytellers, artists, and wellness practitioners, these circles are joyful, gentle, and rooted in empathy.

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Black Girl Rest Rooms

Pop-up care lounges at schools, community centers, and YMCA Teen Nights. Think: soft music, affirmations, cozy blankets, tea, journaling kits, and space to just exhale. Because rest is resistance, and softness is strength.

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Hybrid Access & Virtual Healing

All Healing Spaces™ are designed with accessibility and flexibility in mind. Many sessions are offered in both in-person and virtual formats so youth can engage how they feel most comfortable—whether from home, school, or a safe corner of their world.

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Why Healing Spaces Matter

Black girls and gender-expansive youth are carrying so much. Through Healing Spaces™, we affirm that:

• You are not too much.

• You deserve care even when you’re not “productive.”

• You can lead and still need rest.

• You are whole, even when healing.

We don’t believe in “fixing” anyone. We believe in creating space to return to yourself—with community, love, and tools for lifelong wellness.

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Want to bring a Healing Space™ to your school, center, or youth group?

Contact us to learn more about custom workshops, partnerships, and pop-up care rooms.