ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging)

10/09/2026

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ZAMI NOBLA is bringing our voices to the forefront!

BLACK LE****NS, BREAST CANCER & THE POWER OF OUR STORIES

📅 Wednesday, October 14, 2026

⏰ 7:00 PM ET

📍 Zoom| Please Register Now:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V9jujvb_QUmRE6r3ex1B3Q


💜 MEET OUR PANELISTS
Breast Cancer Survivors:
Mary Anne Adams • Sheila Crain • Dawn Freeman
Researcher:
Dr. Tonia Poteat
Moderator:
Angela Denise Davis

Mark your calendar, share this post, and invite your friends!

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09/28/2026

I feel compelled to say something about the social media dragging of Jasmine Guy because she doesn’t look the way she did more than 30 years ago when she portrayed Whitley Gilbert on A Different World.

Of course she doesn’t. More than 30 years have passed.

What strikes me is how little we hear about the appearance of Kadeem Hardison, who played Dwayne Wayne. He, too, has aged, as human beings are supposed to do.

So perhaps this isn’t really a post about Jasmine Guy at all. It’s about the deeply institutionalized misogyny and ageism that teach us to scrutinize women’s faces and bodies as they grow older, while allowing men the simple privilege of aging.

When did natural aging become something women are expected to apologize for, conceal, or correct? We seem to demand that women somehow age without appearing to age, through makeup, false eyelashes, Botox, cosmetic procedures, filters, and whatever else is required to maintain the illusion of perpetual youth.

There is nothing shameful about looking your age.

I also believe some of this cruelty reflects our collective inability to reckon with mortality. Aging reminds us that time is passing. It reminds us that our bodies change, that youth is temporary, and ultimately that none of us will be here forever. Rather than confront those truths, our culture too often turns aging into something to ridicule, especially when it appears on the faces and bodies of women.

And women who dare to age naturally, visibly, and proudly are treated as though they have committed some offense, or conversely achieved an extraordinary feat, if "they don't look their age."

Jasmine Guy does not owe us Whitley Gilbert’s face forever.

None of us owes the world an illusion of perpetual youth.

May we have the courage, and the grace to let women grow old.

09/24/2026

On Sunday, September 20, 2026, we gathered at the College Park Woman’s Club for ZAMI NOBLA’s Audre Lorde Scholarship Celebration & Community Awards Luncheon.

Now, we’re sharing some of the moments that made the day so special. As you look through the photos, find yourself, find someone you love, tag your people, and share the memories that speak to you. This is our village, and these are our stories.

Stay tuned—more photographs and videos are coming soon!

If these images move you, we invite you to help sustain the work behind them.

Support ZAMI NOBLA with a donation, become a dues- paying member, volunteer, or share our work with someone who should know about us. www.zaminobla.org

Photos by Eric Kamusau
Catering by VanTrece Hospitality Group

09/14/2026

Celebrate Black Q***r, and Trans stories through powerful films, culture, and community.

Join ZAMI NOBLA Sept. 18 at Tara Theatre for an evening of unforgettable storytelling.

Bring a Friend. Bring Your People. Pay What You Can.

https://www.zaminobla.org/events

All Are Welcome.

About ZAMI NOBLADEEPLY ROOTED in Atlanta, Georgia with a national reach, ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Le****ns on Aging) is a membership-based organization committed to building a base of power for Black le****ns over the age of 40 living anywhere in the country. We center Health/Welln...

09/07/2026

TWO GATHERINGS. ONE WEEKEND. SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE.

This September, ZAMI NOBLA invites you to two special Atlanta gatherings celebrating Black Q***r Stories, Black Le***an Excellence, our Village Keepers, and the enduring legacy of Audre Lorde.

Bring a friend. Bring your people. All are welcome.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 | 7–9 PM
Q***R BLACK HERITAGE SCREENING
Tara Theatre | 2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, Atlanta

Experience powerful films celebrating the stories, creativity, resilience, and lives of Black Q***r and Trans communities.

Tickets: Sliding Scale

https://oof.eventive.org/schedule/6a81e1fe6d0c404731d35d8f

Presented by QWOCMAP, hosted by ZAMI NOBLA, and part of Out On Film’s Q***r All Year series.
Community Partners: Visionary Justice StoryLab • Trans Housing Atlanta • Living Le***an Archive

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 2–5 PM

AUDRE LORDE SCHOLARSHIP CELEBRATION & COMMUNITY AWARDS LUNCHEON
College Park Woman’s Club | 3413 N. Main Street, College Park

Celebrate our 2026 Audre Lorde Scholars and Village Keepers over a catered luncheon by VanTrece Hospitality Group, with live music by Angela Denise Davis, LaTonya Peoples, and Renee Edwards.

🎟️ Tickets: $35 | Early Bird & Sliding Scale available

https://www.zaminobla.org/events

Come for one. Come for both. Come celebrate community with us.

09/02/2026

This month, QWOCMAP (Q***r Women of Color Media Arts Project) is headed to Atlanta for a special partnership with ZAMI NOBLA and Out On Film’s Q***r All Year Series.

We’re excited to feature films that move through grief, lineage, and becoming, which is central to Black liberation and joy.
featuring:
PLENUM by Charlene A. Carruthers
THE POWERFUL by Mavis De La Ossa
A NEW CREATION STORY by Audria LB, Dane Figueroa Edidi, J Mase III
LUMALALÍ GARAWÓN by Cecilia Ucles Bu
UNREQUITED LOVE by Asari Aibangbee
HAIRDOO by Exodia Demosthene
BLOOD MOON by Imani Dennison, India Sky Davis

The screening is open-captioned for people who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and audio-described for people who are Blind and Low Vision.

Proceeds support ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Le****ns on Aging)

GET YOUR TICKETS: https://oof.eventive.org/schedule/6a81e1fe6d0c404731d35d8f

08/27/2026

Join us for an extraordinary evening of film, history, culture, and community at the Q***r Black Heritage Screening.

Friday, September 18, 2026
7–9 PM
Tara Theatre | 2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, Atlanta
Tickets: $15 | Sliding fee available

Presented by QWOCMAP, hosted by ZAMI NOBLA, and part of Out on Film’s Q***r All Year series

With Community Partners:
Visionary Justice StoryLab • Trans Housing Atlanta • Living Le***an Archive

This special Atlanta event is a satellite screening of the 22nd Annual International Q***r Women of Color Film Festival.

Come experience films that center the creativity, resilience, memory, and lives of Black q***r and trans communities.

Bring a friend. Bring your people. Celebrate Black Q***r Heritage with us.

Proceeds support ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Le****ns on Aging)

🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS: https://oof.eventive.org/schedule/6a81e1fe6d0c404731d35d8f