05/08/2026
Some conversations deserve more than a single post.
This August, the Black Girl Health Collective is launching The Overflow, a four-part virtual grief salon exploring the many ways loss shapes our lives, our health, and our communities.
Grief is not limited to death. It can live in pregnancy loss, changing identities, chronic illness, relationships, unrealized dreams, and the many versions of ourselves we thought we would become.
Throughout August, the BGHC team will lead these conversations alongside experts whose work is steeped in grief, remembrance, healing, and collective care.
The Overflow Series Schedule
August 5 | 7:00-8:00 PM ET | Happening Now
The Grief We Carry Through Birth and Motherhood
Featuring Dr. Lucinda Canty, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Founder, Lucinda’s House
A conversation about pregnancy and infant loss, traumatic birth, postpartum grief, and the ways these experiences shape identity, relationships, and mental health.
August 12 | 7:00-8:00 PM ET
The Life I Thought I Would Have
Featuring LaVanté Dorsey
Founder, LaVanté N. Dorsey & Associates
An exploration of grieving the future we imagined and how changes in health, motherhood, relationships, career, and identity impact our emotional and physical well-being.
August 19 | 7:00-8:00 PM ET
Living Forward After Loss
Led by the Black Girl Health Collective Team
A conversation about life after significant loss, how grief reshapes our relationships and routines, and how love, memory, and connection remain as we learn to live alongside it.
August 26 | 7:00-8:00 PM ET
Tending to One Another Through Death and Grief
Featuring Darnell Lamont Walker
Author of Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End
A conversation about death, anticipatory grief, remembrance, ritual, and the ways Black communities care for one another through loss.
At the Black Girl Health Collective, we believe caring for our health also means making space for grief. It means telling the truth about what we carry, honoring our stories, and creating places where no one has to navigate loss alone.
We hope you’ll join us throughout Black August.
