DBLAC is a learning community committed to Black knowledge-making and sharing. We offer writing support, mentorship, networking, and resource-pooling.

United States
Joined March 2017
This year we are working to evaluate DBLAC's 8-year programming history. Would you take a few minutes to share your thoughts on the Virtual Writing Group? We appreciate your support.  pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/f…
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Monday, November 14th at 6 pm EST is our final Reading Series Author Chat of the year! You don't want to miss the conversation on Black Patience with Dr. Julius B. Fleming, Jr. and Sierra Phillips. Register today...bit.ly/dblacblackpatience! #DBLAC #DBLACReadingSeries
It's that time again...our November Reading Series Chat features Dr. Julius B. Fleming, Jr. & Sierra Phillips. Join us as they discuss Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation Nov. 13 @ 6 pm EST Registration: bit.ly/dblacblackpatience
Our next author chat is Monday, October 3 with @loverboikels and @keguro_ on Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy Across the Black Diaspora Register here: bit.Ly/dblacfrottage
oin us for our next author chat with Dr. @SteeleCat717 and @bria_elayne. They will discuss Digital Black Feminism and you don't want to miss it! Register here: bit.ly/dblacdigitalblackfemi… #dblacreadingseries #digitalblackfeminism #blackauthors #blackingradschool
Join us Monday, August 29 at 6pm EST for an author chat with @ddhewty and #BenesemonSimmons Register here: bit.ly/dblacmyerssimmons #dblacreadingseries #weareworthfightingfor #cedricrobinson
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How y’all doing!?
Thank you for your continued support and connection to the DBLAC community. DBLAC will begin a 3-month rest and re-vision period today. We will begin public programs and moments for connection on August 15, 2022.
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During this time, we'll be centering the womanist and feminist values that ground the DBLAC community and leaning on spaces like @thenapministry for guidance on reconnecting the mind to the body. We will use the following from @blackliturgist for grounding:
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What expectations do you have of your community that you yourself have experienced as a burden? How do you contribute to the exhaustion of the world? Who in your life do you resent for resting well? How will you resist envy & join them? @blackliturgist
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Join us in a few hours for an author chat with Dr. Moya Bailey moderated by Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield! Register: bit.ly/dblacmisogynoirtransf… Thanks for sharing this space with DBLAC @moyazb and @RavynnKaMia
You don’t want to miss our next reading series author chat with @moyazb and @RavynnKaMia on #MisogynoirTransformed. Join us Monday, May 2 at 4 pm EDT. #DBLACReadingSeries #DBLAC
Join us for writing community and accountability this morning! This month's sessions are grounded and guided by the words and work of E. Patrick Johnson! ow.ly/crvL50ITqXV
You don’t want to miss our next reading series author chat with @moyazb and @RavynnKaMia on #MisogynoirTransformed. Join us Monday, May 2 at 4 pm EDT. #DBLACReadingSeries #DBLAC
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#writewednesdaynight is starting soon! Come through and work with us until 10 pm EDT. Our Virtual Writing Group is open to all. This month's sessions are grounded and guided by E. Patrick Johnson. #DBLACVWG #writeDBLAC
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We're writing this morning! Come through and connect with us. Our asynchronous, low-tech virtual writing group is accountability centered and open to all. ow.ly/ZR9E50INyq4 #DBLACVWG #writeDBLAC
Join us for writing accountability this morning! Our low-tech virtual writing group is asynchronous and motivated by communal support. This month's sessions are grounded and guided by E. Patrick Johnson. ow.ly/NcIF50IILqx #DBLACVWG #writeDBLAC
Our next author chat feature's Poet @blkgrlpoet's debut collection Breathe. We're excited about her conversation with Samurah Curry! Come through and support on Monday, April 18, 2022, at 6 pm EDT.
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Breathe is a timely offering & a catalogue of sharp inhales & deep exhales punctuated by the shifting air around us. Ancestral wounds & present-day pain unwind on these pages, but even in the darkest depths of their undercurrents, there is hope and joy to be found. @blkgrlpoet
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Join us for virtual writing and accountability today and every Wednesday this month. 10 am-12:30 pm and 6-10 pm (EDT). This month's sessions are grounded and guided by E. Patrick Johnson. #DBLACVWG #writeDBLAC ow.ly/ecC650IBULX