Brave Sis Project
Brave Sis Project is dedicated to uplifting the stories of Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women who changed the course of history but often are erased or too little-known. Through publications, culturally responsive storytelling, learning, and convenings, we expand the notion of who and what matters. Whether you are coming here as an individual or a group, let's activate authentic and sustainable inclusion, equity, and leadership — and rebuild a happier, more harmonious world.
9.15.25-Brown Girl Artistry
Brown Girl Artistry Pacita Abad After the last newsletter's focus on radicalism, I thought it would be a good change to focus on women who used art as a form of resistance and activism. This is a long #SistoryLesson. Get comfy and prepare a cuppa tea while I share about identity and art. Art can be many things: refuge, bridge, witness. For three Brown women we will celebrate in this edition of #SistoryLessons—Etel Adnan, Zarina Hashmi, and Pacita Abad—art was, and remains, a living archive of...
9.1.25-Timeless Radical Voices
Timeless Radical Voices: Why Their Activism Matters Today This edition of #SistoryLessons publishes on or near Labor Day, a holiday many US Americans only associate as the official end of summer, but let’s take a moment, in this era of entrenching authoritarianism, systemic rollback of rights, and attacks on marginalized communities, to reaffirm its origins: amplification of the the labor movement and workers' rights. Activist figures such as Lucy Gonzalez Parsons, Sarah Parker Remond, Louise...
8.17.25-Health Care, Rights, and Dignity
Health Care, Rights, and Dignity Healthcare has been a volatile political topic since at least the early 20th century, and in the face of vituperative cuts to the already flimsy social safety net, alongside the assault on and denial of science and medical technology, these are grim times. The rollbacks on rural healthcare funding, cuts to community-based clinics, as well as the undermining of public health protections, (which hit hardest in the very places where access was already fragile)...
8.1.25-Start With Community Care...
Start With Community Care... In this season of such detriment and destruction, our collective survival will rely on organizing and rebuilding at the local level. Just like the old saying goes, Think Globally, Act Locally. This dictum makes sense to me as I think about my childhood in Harlem. This neighborhood will be the focus of this #ShistoryLesson. A notebook worthy of your thoughts... Yuri Kochiyama, featured in this #SistoryLesson, is one of 16 fave Foremothers I selected as a notebook...
7.15.25-Rooted In Resistance...
Rooted in Resistance and Quietly Changing the World Almost everyone I speak with is in agony over the state of our nation and society in this moment. We are living through times of cruelty, inhumanity, uncertainty, and political chaos, instilling fear for the literal safety of our loved ones, neighbors, and selves. We are all seeking different coping and activation mechanisms, from selectively tuning out the noise to hitting the streets. Many of us wonder: should we be fortunate enough to...
7.1.25-Introducing #SistoryLessons!
July 1, 2025 The wisdom of the foremothers ... can serve as an anchor, beacon, and unifying force today as we live through an apocalyptic, autocratic moment in our history. Sadly, something profound has shifted in the relationship among women*, the culture-keepers and the movement-makers of the world. In the aftermath of the 2024 election, race and class inter-relations have degraded, anger, fear, disgust, blaming, dismissal, and snap judgement have become normalized, and everyone is feeling,...
Here's the New and Improved Brave Sis Project Newsletter!
June 2025 Yasss! News From Brave Sis Project! Hi Reader, It was surprising to me to see how many people thought that because I was pausing the newsletter, I was shutting down Brave Sis Project. In my sixth year of building this work, community, and practice, I wouldn't — I couldn't. But given the grim reality of our times and the unsustainable amount of content flowing into our lives from every source imaginable, I had two needs to attend to: 1) recast what I want this Project to be for and...