What happens when Black women cultivate their gardens and allow themselves to bloom? 🌸
In partnership with Carefree Magazine (@carefreemag), Literature Noir (@literaturenoirclub), and Black Girl Rising LA (@blackgrlrising.la ), join us for an easeful, feel good Sunday afternoon of creativity, connection, and community to celebrate our stories and launch for Carefree Mag's book, Black Women in Bloom 🌸
Black Women in Bloom is a coffee table book anthology curated by Anayo Awuzie and featuring 30+ stories from Black women across the diaspora who are in the midst of their becoming. The book captures the quiet, powerful transformations that too often go unseen: taking risks, choosing softness, seeking healing, and blooming into oneself—unapologetically.
What to expect
💐 Author talk featuring Jessica Bethel of Literature Noir and Anayo Awuzie of Carefree Mag to discuss Black Women in Bloom
💐 Reading from two Black women in Bloom contributors
💐 Book Q&A
💐Zine-making workshop led by Dr. Sharla Berry. Will make zines highlighting our own personal experiences of blooming allowing us to reflect on, honor, and celebrate our personal growth
💐Craft our community bouquet, where we'll pick a flower that speaks to us and pick one that we want to add to the arrangement 🌷🌺🌹🌻🌼💐
Parking can be limited so arrive early! Come solo or with a friend or two!
Can’t wait to bloom with you 🌿