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  • Dissertation Deliverance, Strategic Semester, and SDJ are my newest offerings for Black women in higher education.

    Dissertation Deliverance, Strategic Semester, and SDJ are my newest offerings for Black women in higher education.

    Hi y’all,

    How are you? How is summer going? How is your writing going? What’s on your to-do list?

    I’m doing well, and my summer is going well. My writing? Well, it’s going. You know how that is. And my to-do list? I’ve been busy knocking things out, and I’m excited to share with you some new things at LELA House.

    Dissertation Deliverance, Strategic Semester, and SDJ are my newest offerings for Black women in higher education.

    Dissertation Deliverance

    Dissertation Deliverance is 1:1 weekly accountability coaching for ABD students who need support and encouragement to use your time and writing and resources in ways that advance you through your program. ABD is a very isolating time when it is easy to wander aimlessly.

    If you want to put in place systems, boundaries, and accountability to help you maintain forward progress, then Dissertation Deliverance is for you. Click below to learn more, sign up, or share with someone you believe may be looking for this transformation in their lives.

    https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/211676

    Strategic Semester 

    Strategic Semester is a 16-week program that begins with 1:1 work to move you from idea to outline and then transitions into co-writing group sessions with flash coaching each session and accountability partners each session.

    If you are looking for a plan, support, writing time, and accountability to write your first 100 pages, then Strategic Semester is for you. Click below to learn more, sign up, or share with someone you believe may be looking for this transformation in their lives.

    https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/219217

    Sistahs on the Doctoral Journey (SDJ)

    Sistahs on the Doctoral Journey (SDJ) is a community for Black women in higher education (from ABD through your entire career) where we connect with other women who understand our particular pressures, celebrate our joys, and understand our careers as part of a larger legacy that began with our 19th Century ancestral aunties and continues through the work we leave behind. It’s a monthly membership that includes the following: a weekly reading from a 19th Century author with an asynchronous discussion centered on what we can learn from the past and apply to our present; monthly live meet-ups; 1:1 matching between members to build personal relationships; pillar discussions that align with different stages of our careers; writing and career resources.

    If you are looking for ongoing community and support, understanding yourself as part of an ongoing legacy that extends beyond yourself, networking and mentorship with other Black women on the doctoral journey, and resources and mindsets to apply to their daily encounters, then SDJ is for you. Click below to learn more, sign up, or share with someone you believe may be looking for this transformation in their lives.

    https://app.heartbeat.chat/sistahsonthedoctoraljourneysdj/invitation?code=F3GC8F

    I pray all is well with you. And I’m going to ad a little something to your to-do list

    • Click the links to learn more.
    • Sign up for one or more programs.
    • Drop a comment to let me know which offering you’re most excited about.

    I look forward to working with you soon. Take care!

  • Wishful Thinking

    Wishful Thinking

    You know what I wish more people knew?

    That higher education professionals (those of us who work in colleges and universities) love our students.

    That we don’t just sit around in ivory towers isolating ourselves.

    That we pour out ourselves for our students. We stay late to help students. We lose sleep over best ways to help students. We go broke buying snacks, groceries, and hygiene products for our students who don’t have income. We research shelters for our students who don’t have homes and make sure they receive the support they need.

    That we become college moms and dads for students away from home. We keep tissues and granola bars in our offices for when students need to cry and have hunger pangs when they have worn themselves out with their tears. And we get real with them when they need it, too. We are often playful, but we do not play

    That we exercise presence with students during crises. We comfort students having anxiety attacks and help them breathe. We ride in ambulances with students who have overdosed. We hold hands with students giving police reports telling how they went drinking with people they thought were their friends and woke up having been raped. We do this all while protecting student privacy and confidentiality.

    That we do what we do because we love our students. Because it’s not the pay. We often make less than our K12 colleagues.

    I also wish people knew how much we love our colleagues. That there’s nothing like the friendship and support that grows in an institution of higher education.

    Just doing some wishful thinking.