Whether you’ve experienced colorism or not, this workshop will provide you with an excellent overview of the negative impact of the one-drop rule (one drop of black blood) and how colorism was born from slavery.

Throughout this workshop, you will learn about how years of inequality around housing and jobs have compounding effects on Black people’s potential to obtain better economic outcomes as a minority group with one of the highest rates of poverty. 

This one-day symposium will bring researchers, student advocates and diverse voices together in a higher educational setting, to discuss the importance of menstrual equity, and the positive impact it can have when considering and including sustainable approaches.

In this workshop, we will explore the importance of forming and attending to our racial identity and how living in a predominately White culture can impact our ability to develop our racial identity.