The Balancing Act of Protective Styles
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my braids, tension (risk of over-manipulation and traction alopecia), toxic hair-products, and the advances that make me creatively think about future styles. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of braided styles…
What Prop 50’s Victory Means for Our Communities
We all have experienced how policy, representation, and community voice matter. The recent passage of Proposition 50 (Prop 50) is a significant win and will redraw California congressional map to favor Democrats.
Changing Your Beauty Routine Could Prevent Cancer and Lower Your Body’s Exposure to Toxins
Hey Beautiful, let’s talk about something that’s real but often invisible… what you put on your body. The lotions, hair products, soaps, face washes, and perfumes can carry chemicals that make their way into your body.
Black Women for Wellness To Host Free Mammogram & Manicure Event in Partnership with Watts Healthcare Corporation, Blue Haven, Every Woman Counts and McCarty Church
Black Women for Wellness To Host Free Mammogram & Manicure Event in Partnership with Watts Healthcare Corporation, Blue Haven, Every Woman Counts and McCarty Church.
Black Women for Wellness’ Environmental Justice Fellowship
Black Women for Wellness hosted its inaugural Environmental Justice fellowship from 2024-2025, hosting 2 fellows for 9 months to support the development of future environmental justice leaders in a way that is community-based and centers reproductive health.
More Than Milk: Black Breastfeeding Week 2025
As we approach Black Breastfeeding Week, we reflect on a complex legacy—one shaped by resilience, resistance, and deep cultural strength. This week is more than awareness; it’s a movement to reclaim a tradition and affirm that Black families deserve equitable support in breastfeeding, birth, and infant health.
Black Women for Wellness 26th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference Featured Bold Abortion Care and Access Panel
In a world that demands Black women constantly push beyond their limits, the 2025 Reproductive Justice Conference centered a powerful theme rooted in self-determination — a commitment to protecting our bodies, honoring our choices, and unapologetically reclaiming our rest while balancing activism.
The Stories We Carry: US Advocates Speak to the Power of Black Voices at INC-5.2 and Beyond
Black Women for Wellness, The Descendants Project, and Break Free from Plastic held a press conference during the INC-5.2 Global Plastics Treaty negotiations at the United Nations campus in Geneva, Switzerland.
Black Women for Wellness’ 26th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference to Feature Bold Abortion Care and Access Panel
Black Women for Wellness (BWW) will host its 26th annual Reproductive Justice Conference, Minding Our Own Black Business: Reclaiming Rest, Resilience and Liberation, on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at The California Endowment Center in Los Angeles, starting at 8:00 a.m. PT.
BWW Speaks Out After Verdict in the Sean “Diddy” Combs Trial
We’ve taken time to sit with the Sean “Diddy” Combs verdict. We’ve listened, mourned, raged, and reflected. Now, we are ready to speak from the heart.
Black in Solidarity Press Conference: Prominent Black-Led Organizations Declare ICE Crisis a Black Issue, Too
On Tuesday, June 24 at 11:00 AM, Black Women for Wellness (BWW) and 27 of California’s leading human rights and social justice organizations hosted a powerful press conference in Leimert Park to deliver a unified response to the recent ICE raids and escalating military presence across Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Black Women for Wellness To Host 26th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference
Black Women for Wellness (BWW) is proud to announce its 26th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference, Minding Our Black Business: Reclaiming Rest, Resilience and Liberation, to be held on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at The California Endowment Center in Los Angeles, starting at 8:00 a.m. PT.
Black Women for Wellness and Black Women for Wellness Action Project Reflect: Three Years After “Dobbs”
This week marked the three‑year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion, leaving the power to regulate abortion in the hands of individual states.
Black Women for Wellness on ICE Protests and National Guard Deployment in Los Angeles
Black Women for Wellness stands in solidarity with the people of Los Angeles who are calling for care over chaos. We stand with those rising up against violent ICE raids and all people existing outside of systems that were never meant to include them.