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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Sister circles."”.
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Engaging Sister Circles to Determine How Black Women Achieve Belonging Through Participation in Cultural Student Organizations
… to be added to the scholarship, this study uses sister circles to collect the narratives of Black women who participate in cultural student organizations. This study determined that when Black women join cultural student organizations, they are able to form intentional relationships, can initiate …
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Storytelling sister circles as a form of community-based decolonial feminist psychological support in contemporary post-apartheid South Africa
… the therapeutic potential of storytelling sister circles in Cape Town, South Africa, focusing on three groups of women from diverse communities. The study contends that these circles serve as community-based, feminist, and decolonized psychological support, offering an alternative or …
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Black Women and the Struggle for Education as the Practice of Freedom: Embodying an Ethic and Pedagogy of Liberation
… this study employs narrative analysis, and sister circles—two methods which testify to the power of Black women’s her-stories and its impact on Black youth and their families. Knitting together stories and lessons from qualitative semi-structured one-on-one interviews and sister circles, I …
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Divine Feminine Leadership Praxis: A Qualitative Analysis of the Craft
… orientation and a political stance, gathering in sister circles amplifies this cultural norm and is a determinant of health, and using imagination and storytelling can engage children in the discussion, as a strategy to pass teachings to future generations. Keywords: leadership, system change, …
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Outsiders within : a phenomenological qualitative study of how Black female faculty navigate race and gender in predominately White institutions.
… found that Black female faculty connected with sister circles, relied on faith, engaged in hobbies, and participated in community organizations to manage self-care in the aftermath of racist and sexist experiences. The results of this study can enhance the diversity and inclusion training …
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A seat at the table : an instrumental case study on the personal and professional strategies of resistance Black women professionals adapt while employed at a predominantly White institution.
Black women have been central to the progression of higher education for centuries yet relegated to background roles in the conversation of equity, inclusion, and belonging. Recent scholarly contributions illuminate and center the plight of Black women professionals at predominantly White …