The Black Women’s Leadership Initiative

BWLI models and offers a contemporary engagement with its foundational principle, the community dance cypher, through a culturally rooted perspective informed by Shakia Barron’s and Jamila Jackson’s research. This is a life-long practice that goes full circle, diving deeply into the rich history of African-rooted traditions, connecting to blood memory and renewing our souls in relationship with our ancestors through the spirit of the drum and the horse. We are cultivators of a sacred and ancient partnership between the spirit of the horse and the spirit of the drum, who help us to grieve, feel and stay connected to all of life.