Celebrating Black Evolution: Past, Present & Future!

//Celebrating Black Evolution: Past, Present & Future!

Celebrating Black Evolution: Past, Present & Future!

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is honoring Black excellence, culture, and experiences with its Celebrating Black Evolution: Past, Present, & Future series all February long. Tune in as we share stories, have conversations, and resource share with community.

Every Thursday, we will be connecting with community to have discussions, tell stories, and share truths live on our Facebook page (facebook.com/sacLGBTcenter), and hear from professionals and experts in mental health, trans joy, and dismantling anti-blackness.

We want to give thanks and acknowledge all our speakers this month:

Amber Fuller
Wanda Abney (Ms. Wanda)
Leslie Napper
Ebony Chambers
Johan Cardenas
Aaron Armer
Elizah Claborne
Melissa Muganzo Murphy

We also want to acknowledge the amazing folks behind putting this month-long programming together:

Melissa Muganzo Murphy
Robynne Rose-Haymer
Koby Rodriguez
Kobe Rodriguez
Aaron Armer
Eliza Claborne
Amber Fuller

Be sure to check out the programs below and click RSVP. After every workshop, we will also be raffling off Ultimate Black Love Care Packages and special edition hoodies from local South Sacramento artist Richard Carey find out how to enter here: https://youtu.be/epr0AeNq2bQ or check out the video below!

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Should I Work for the State | Thursday February 3 | 12 p.m.
A conversation with the Economic Justice Program of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center and the Human Resources Department for the State of California.
Folks’ll learn why the State is a great employer, what opportunities are available, what are some of the benefits of State service! Join us LIVE on Facebook during lunch.
This workshop is presented by:
Sheri Pierce
Robynne Rose-Haymer
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Mental Health + Melanin | Thursday, February 10 | 12 p.m.
Mental health should be an ongoing discussion in the black community. Often times, issues are not taken seriously because of the shame and stigma associated with mental health. Also, feelings are often invalidated or not taken seriously by family members leaving many people, especially youth, afraid to have this important conversation with their families.
The Melanin and Mental Health workshop opens the door to these discussions letting families know it’s okay to talk about these things.
In this workshop we’ll address:
  • Setting Boundaries
  • The normalization of abuse
  • Dealing with burnout
  • Self-Care and self-love
  • Having mental health conversations
  • Impact of COVID on Black Mental Health
This workshop is led by:
Amber Fuller
Wanda Abney (Ms. Wanda)
Leslie Napper
Ebony Chambers
Johan Cardenas
Celebrating Black Evolution Past, Present and Future Presents Black Trans Joy Thursday February 17, 2022 at 12 o clock pm led by aaron armer elizah claborne photos of aaron armer and eliza claborne
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Black Trans Joy | Thursday, February 17 | 12 p.m.

Join Aaron Armer and Elizah Claborne as they Discuss trans women throughout history to connect their experiences to the present by having a casual, cross-generational conversation between to people of the Black, Trans experience and to recap Trans Family Day and the importance of chosen family.

This discussion will be led by:
Aaron Armer
Elizah Claborne
Title Celebrating Black Evolution Past, Present & Future Presents Distrupting Anti-Blackness Thursday February 23, 2022 at 12 O'Clock PM Led by Melissa Mugunzo Murphy Sacramento LGBT Community Center Logo Saccenter.org
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Disrupting Anti-Blackness | Thursday, February 23 | 12 p.m.
Join a guided presentation and conversation with Melissa Muganzo Murphy as she takes participants on a deep dive on how to develop and strengthen community ally-ship skills while disrupting anti-Blackness rhetoric, policies, and practices in work spaces.
This workshop is led by:
Melissa Muganzo Murphy
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#KnowYourStatus in this troubling time of health uncertainty, be certain of your HIV status. This Black History Month, safely and confidentially access at-home HIV testing today by visiting: https://bit.ly/33UQwRy or emailing aaron.armer@saccenter.org. Every test garners you free entry to win a Ultimate Black Love Package featuring a special edition hoodie from local South Sacramento artist, Richard Carey.

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Celebrating Black Evolution Book Club: For February the Center’s Youth Programs is reading a poetry book by Alice Walker “Hard Times Require Furious Dancing.” Alice describes her book as “a collection of poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home.” Join in the discussion on Friday February 25 at 5 p.m.

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