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.
Happy New Year from Brave Sis Project!
#SistoryLessons will return in February. In the meantime, if you've missed any of the #SistoryLessons, you can find the collection so far here. The newsletter will continue to provide inspiration and stories focused on Foremother wisdom. If you are interested in "mini-coaching" around topics related to collaboration and personal and community leadership growth across differences of race and culture, please check out the Substack countdown series (and other related content) here. (Past...
12.15.25-Slick Spies, Outfoxing Slavery and Inspiring Us Today
Year-End Appeal... I'm excited to share this next edition of #SistoryLessons, but first may I ask for your support if you are able? 1) Please visit our store and its collections and use code "RESIST" for 10% off. You will be supporting a Black-woman-owned solopreneur business! Sojourner Truth t-shirt: "You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway." 2) It would be amazing if you made a year-end charitable donation to support this ongoing work! For modest, one-time...
11.30.25-We Should Celebrate Native Foremothers Every Month!
Before we begin... Before I launch into the next edition of #SistoryLessons, I want to remind you that it is the year-end season! You can support Brave Sis Project in several important ways now, and I really hope you will consider doing so! 1) Holiday shopping: I am not participating in Black Friday nonsense, and our prices at our shop are already low and even lower with the 10% off discount code “RESIST.” Please visit our store and its collections and consider us for any gift-giving. You...
Countdown to 2026: the Year of Solidarity
Friends, #SistoryLessons will be back in two weeks. I've been busy working on an important project about which I'd like to share with you here. It launches November 16. The "United We Stand" Series 31 Ways to Kickstart our Solidarity I admit the recent "Blue Wave" election encouraged me that perhaps our resilience can see us through these terrible times, after all. Riding on a somewhat-renewed spirit of hope and resilience, I wanted to offer some Brave Sis-themed ideas for 2026 resolutions,...
10.15.25-The OGs: Pushing for A Better Future Way Back When!
The OGs: Pushing for A Better Future Way Back When! She-roes born unfree, marginalized by race and gender, and largely forgotten—Brave Sis Project exists to uplift the stories and legacies of such women, and in this #SistoryLesson, we are going to meet three “OGs”—women from centuries past who refused to accept the limitations placed upon them. As dismal as the landscape may seem for women of color and especially Black women in our society today, we can take solace in thinking about how Old...
Announcement: Updated Course Coming Soon
I'm excited and humbled to share a sneak peek of the newly redesigned Brave Sis course: "Unengaged to Ally, Advocate to "Sister." avatar me This course is for women from white or white-adjacent backgrounds who want to build genuine trust and collaborate across difference, as well as for Women of Color looking for tools and clarity to navigate and lead conversations with aspiring allies. Every module brings real opportunities for self-reflection, new vocabulary, honest dialogue, deep...
9.30.25-Mini SistoryLesson: Holding Onto Our Values Even When It's Hard
Holding Onto Our Values Even When It's Hard I am about to hit "send" on this newsletter as the US henchmen in chief launch a war on American cities and demand fealty from the Armed Forces generals or else they will be fired on the spot. No one can predict where this terrible morass is going to end, but through it all, we have to hold onto our personal values. This is the only dignity we never relinquish. I hope these newsletters provide a sense of hope and resilience. This is a mini-edition...
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)...