Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Power and Purpose in Black Women’s Educational Leadership

• In Event: Unapologetically Leading: Black Women Shaping the Future of Education

Abstract

This paper highlight the resilience, innovation, and resistance strategies Black women deploy to lead authentically within often hostile educational environments. This session invites a deeper conversation on what it means to lead and survive as a Black woman in education today, while imagining more just and affirming futures.

Author

• Denise M. Taliaferro Baszile, Wayne State University