Sisters Under the Skin (Correct Version)
  
  • On the campus of a major historically black college, female students physically fight because of colorist insults.
  • In nightclubs, in Detroit and Atlanta, opposing teams of dark-skinned and light-skinned women compete to win prizes for best tattoo, best hairstyle, best figure.
  • Gabrielle Douglas wins Olympic Gold in gymnastics and on the internet many black women criticize her "nappy" hair.   

This is the color complex in 2012! 

 

Color complex: the belief that light skin is more attractive than dark skin; the belief that straight hair is superior to naturally curly sometimes called "nappy" hair; or the belief that only darker skinned African Americans are "real" black people.

 

Marita's New Photo Marita Golden is the author of the groundbreaking memoir Don't Play in the Sun One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex, which is used widely in schools and colleges around the country as a foundational text for the discussion of colorism. Marita has spoken around the country on the issue of colorism and presented workshops on the color complex before many diverse audiences. An award-winning novelist and memoirist Marita is President Emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation  

 

 

Pamela Brewer  

Special guest: Dr. Pamela Brewer   

Pamela Brewer has twenty-eight years experience as a psychotherapist and serves as the host of MYNDTALK, a radio program on the WPFW/Pacifica Network. MYNDTALK focuses on relationships and mental health and airs on WPFW 89.3 Radio in the Washington D.C. Tri-State area every Friday from 3-4 pm (est).

 

Friday October 26 - 7:00pm -10:00pm

Saturday October 27 - 9:00am - 5:00pm

 

Location:

Thurgood Marshall Center, Washington, D.C.

1816 12th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009

 

Regular Tuition:   $285 

*Students and Seniors (62 and older) Tuition: $250   

Tuition includes a copy of the Skin: An Interactive Diary/Journal For  

Women Who Want to Heal The Color Complex

 

*Students and seniors should scan a photo ID with birth date and email to info@maritagolden.com after registering for the workshop.  

 

  

This transformational workshop will bring together women who want to discover ways to heal themselves, their families and communities, wounded by the persistence of intra-racial color discrimination. If you think you don't need this workshop, you probably do. Silence, fear and shame prevent most of us from ever attempting to analyze our feelings about the color complex, or reaching out to friends or family for a discussion that ALL of us need to have.

 

In a safe and supportive environment you will:

 

Learn how to combat the color complex and how to be a colorism change-agent in your family and community.  

 

Hear the voices of other women who are battling with or who have overcome the color complex and who will be an inspiration to you on your journey.  

 

Find a sisterhood that will affirm that you are not alone in your questions and your yearning for a way to grow beyond societal definitions of beauty and worth. 

 

Space is limited so register early!  

Registration closes October 23rd.  


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A FULL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP to attend Sisters Under The Skin will be awarded to the full-time college or high school student who writes the best 2-3 page essay (double spaced 12pt font) on how the color complex has affected her life. Along with your essay please submit a copy of  

photo ID with birth date and a cover page to include:

 

  • Name
  • Address
  • Email
  • School you attend
  • Major (if a college student)

Email student scholarship submissions to info@maritagolden.com by October 12, 2012.   

Workshop hotel discount rate provided by:

Hampton Inn

Downtown Convention Center

901 6th Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

  

To reserve your room at special discount rate by September 11th call 1-800-HAMPTON or visit www.washingtondc.hamptoninn.com referencing group code "SUS".

  

 

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Cancellations must be requested  in writing. Full refunds less $75 per person cancellation fee will be given for cancellation requests received more than 10 days before the start date of the workshop (October 16, 2012). Payments made 10 days or less before the start of the workshop (October 26, 2012) will not be refunded.

 

 

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Sisters Under the Skin: Healing the Wounds of Colorism and the Color Complex

Presented by Words of Power LLC

website: www.maritagolden.com - email: info@maritagolden.com    

 

 

Upcoming Events


Wednesday, September 5th at 6:30pm - Marita Golden will be reading from her newest book Living Out Loud a Writer's Journey with special guest Hurston/Wright College Award recipient Nicole Dennis-Benn at Busboys & Poets, 14th and V Street NW, Washington, DC

 

Thursday, September 20th at 7:00pm - Marita Golden will be reading from her newest book Living Out Loud a Writer's Journey at The Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC