Core Programming
Monthly Meetings.
Every last Monday at 7PM ET on Zoom. We explore history, meet incredible guest speakers, work on creative projects, and have real conversations about everything that matters.
February · Past
Mon · Feb 23, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM ET
Black Cinema, Media & Marketing Mavens
with Quan Lateef-Hill · Super Producer, BET
What it takes to build a career in entertainment and media — and the power you have when you're in the room.
March · Past
Mon · Mar 31, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM ET
HERstory: Unsung Black Women Who Changed the World
with Sarah Matthews · Artist
History books left them out. We brought them back, Black women who changed science, activism, arts, and society.
April · Past
Mon · Apr 27, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM ET
Chef's Kiss · The Baker
HERstory: Baking Edition, From Passion to Purpose
with Jamila O. Jenkins · Founder
Entrepreneurship and Baking, celebrating the Black women who built something sweet from scratch. Jamila shared her founder journey, her recipes, and the lessons baked into every chapter of her story.
May · Past
Sat · May 2, 2026 · 11 AM – 2 PM ET
HERstory × Superpowers Tea
A Mother & Daughter Tea with DC Parks & Recreation
Live Keynote Speaker
Jamila O. Jenkins
Founder · Baker · Storyteller
Jamila brought her founder journey, her recipes, and the lessons baked into every chapter of her story to a room of mothers and daughters — Black women who built something sweet from scratch, the sweetest kind of HERstory.
Plus: a special video message from Nina Brown, WHUR personality and the mother who raised an NFL champion from the living room up.
Plus: a special video message from Nina Brown, WHUR personality and the mother who raised an NFL champion from the living room up.
May Monthly · Dark
Mon · May 25, 2026
rest up ♡
No programming this month.
Rest, recharge, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. We'll see you in June.
★ June · Next Up
Mon · Jun 30, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM ET
Afro-Caribbean & Afro-Latina Culture
with Speaker TBA
From Puerto Rico to Brazil, Cuba to Costa Rica, celebrating the Black descendants across the diaspora. Music, food, history, resistance, and pride.
July · Coming Up
Mon · Jul 28, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM ET
The Gilded Age: Black Excellence in the 1800s
with Speaker TBA
Madame C.J. Walker. Ida B. Wells. The Black elite of the Reconstruction era. Wealth, power, and resilience during one of America's most complex periods.
