Black Girl Book Co.

03/16/2023

Exciting news! Black Girl Book Collective is currently seeking new Board members to join our team. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals who share our commitment to utilizing bibliotherapy to minimize the impact of adultification bias and maximize mental health, through the lens of diverse, Black characters.

As a Board member, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the community by helping to guide our organization's strategic direction and ensuring that we have the resources we need to achieve our goals.

We are looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds and expertise in areas such as fundraising, finance, marketing/media relations, and networking--though, not at all limited to the aforementioned skillset.

Previous nonprofit Board experience is not required, but a strong commitment to our mission is essential.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or know someone who would be a great fit, please reach out to us at [email protected]. If you're familiar with our work, and are ready to jump in you can find the appropriate links in the comments section. We look forward to hearing from you!

03/10/2023

Living for all of the has been packing since back in the day. What an incredibly powerful collage.

03/09/2023

Guess this gives us a reason to go to the post office. Author Toni Morrison gets a Forever stamp—now, her legacy will live through her discourse, accolades, and then some.

03/09/2023

03/08/2023

Let us be reminded of this today and every day after. Happy International Women’s Day!

03/03/2023

Kicking off our Women’s Empowerment Month with a little from that time that we partnered with the to donate over 300 hygiene kits to 3 Detroit Public Schools.

Each kit also received handwritten notes from our volunteers.

Period poverty is one of the many things overlooked when Black girls are adultified—further disrupting their education.

02/27/2023

There’s so much knowledge and esteem held in books, and those representations, historical or otherwise are affirmations for children from all different walks of life. Which is why banning books is such a big deal. It’s the continued erasure of anyone that doesn’t meet the hegemonic, colonial standards of what it is to exist in this world.

It’s more important than ever that we engage children in books, teaching them to love seeking the knowledge and esteem held within them. Teaching children that those books being protested—THOSE are the books you fight to figure out what’s on the pages. That information for whatever reason, is information and/or affirmation that they do want you to feel and know. It’s our duty to investigate the why. And this we must teach the children young.

Here’s to celebrating Black Children’s Book Week and affirming ourselves through the literature we consume.

02/22/2023

With Valentine's Day approaching, we wondered what has the racy writer been up to

02/15/2023

Yes, adultification disproportionately hinders Black girls but it can happen to any adolescent, at many different intersectional identities.

The media slowly but surely removing the representations of girlhood for current and future generations is further injustice. And in a media that rarely portrays Black girls without trauma and actively enjoying girlhood, this is especially dangerous for our girls.

02/15/2023

We’re late but we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than by stanning the admirable , adventurous girls in our book collection.

01/31/2023

One of our favorite parts of the work we’re doing is being able to support Black authors. We received 5 copies of “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by and we cannot wait to get these on the shelves of our little libraries.

You can find our wishlist in our bio if you’re looking for a way to get involved📚