Black Girl Rising LA
Supporting Creative Self-Recovery
Who We Are
Black Girl Rising LA is a creative wellness agency that places art at the center of labor and leisure. In response to growing trends around work-related stress (career anxiety, burnout, misogynoir in the workplace), we create art and educational experiences that promote rest, healing, and resilience for Black women, women of color, and their supporters.
What is creative
self-recovery?
Drawing on bell hooks’ definition of self-recovery, we define creative self-recovery as a process of using art to come home to oneself. Creative self-recovery involves embracing joy, art, and play to remember who you are and what you value. It is a practice of releasing stress and stepping into a more empowered life.
Art by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Our Offerings
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Art Workshops
We facilitate art workshops that focus on teaching community-members how to use creative methods to support stress relief and promote well-being.
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Wellness Activations
We create spaces at professional conferences and other convenings to facilitate creative rest for participants.
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Research
We conduct research about how labor market trends are impacting Black women and create educational materials about how Black women are responding to these trends.
