Black Dolls Matter

10/03/2026

Every Sunday in October, make room at the table. 🖤

BLACK FAMILY DINNER

Gather the family. Cook something good. Put the phones down. Tell the stories. Ask the questions. Laugh loudly. Listen to the elders. Listen to the young people, too.

This isn’t about what’s on the menu or how fancy the table looks. It’s about the simple, powerful act of sitting down together.

Our families deserve time to reconnect, share our stories, celebrate our culture, and create memories across generations.

Every Sunday in October, let’s have dinner together.

No registration. No organization required. No special occasion.

Just family. Food. Culture. Connection.

Set the table. 🖤

Community FamilyTraditions EverySunday

10/03/2026

Celebrating Mark Ruffin’s Legacy Award
Black Dolls Matter® in Detroit
Detroit Doll Show
November 21, 2026 • 11 AM–5 PM
Ford Wellness Center at the Samaritan Center
5555 Conner Street, Detroit, MI 48213

09/22/2026

What a moment.

Thank you, Fashionista.com, for featuring Doll Dressing at The Museum at FIT — and for including Black Dolls Matter® in your coverage.

To see a Black Dolls Matter® T-shirt I created for a doll represented in this exhibition — and now photographed and acknowledged by Fashionista — is deeply meaningful.

Nearly three decades after my time at FIT, the work has found its way back home.

Grateful to Dr. Colleen Hill and The Museum at FIT for making space for this history, this conversation, and this work.

❤️🖤💚🤎

“Doll dressing” is no passing fad.

09/22/2026

Grateful to be mentioned by Black News in its coverage of the 2026 WHIMSY Black Doll & Art Show in Detroit.

This November, I’ll have the honor of receiving the Legacy Award — a recognition that means so much because it comes from a community that understands the cultural importance, history, and power of Black dolls.

Thank you to Sandra Epps and the Detroit Doll Show for this honor and for continuing to create space for Black doll artists, makers, collectors, and the generations who come after us.

Detroit, I’ll see you in November. ❤️🖤💚🤎

— Mark Ruffin
Founder, Black Dolls Matter®

Nationwide -- Sandy's Land LLC, known for its mission to empower, entertain, and inspire with products and programming, proudly announces the 2026 Whimsical Black Doll & Art Show (Detroit Doll Show), an empowering celebration of history and culture. The highly anticipated event, recognized as the wo...

09/21/2026

Legacy is what we leave in the hands of the next generation. 🤎

09/20/2026

You do not earn your worth. You learn to recognize what has always been within you.

— Mark Ruffin, Founder, Black Dolls Matter®

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09/20/2026

At just 11, Brooke Sumpter became the first child and first Black child designer to collaborate with ... taking a love for sewing that began at four all the way to during New York Fashion Week. 🖤

09/16/2026