Hope, Joy, and Community as Resistance with Lisa Woolfork

Lisa Woolfork shares her journey of creating Black Women Stitch as a sewing community where Black women can be fully themselves. She discusses the catalyst for starting the community,and the importance of community and the need for spaces where Black women can feel seen, safe, and cherished. Guest Spotlight: Lisa Woolfork (she/her) is a sewist, podcaster, community organizer and scholar. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black Lives Matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. A fourth-generation sewing enthusiast, her work interrogates boundaries between art and craft, social justice and liberation. Practicing the unlikely but not unprecedented mix of needle arts and Black liberation, Woolfork’s sewing and quilting practice operates alongside her scholarly inquiry in the fields of Black literary and cultural studies. In this episode, we discussed:The importance of community and finding spaces where you can be fully yourselfThe impact of racial trauma and the need for support and understandingThe value of self-acceptance, curiosity, and defining success on one's own terms Community and care are essential for creating safety and meeting basic needsHope and joy are forms of resistance and self-careConnect with Lisa on Instagram,visit her website, and check out the Stitch Please podcast! Connect with me on socials- join the Be Well, Sis tribe on Instagram and YouTube!Want to get in touch? Maybe you have an AITA you need solving or a recommendation for On My Radar? Get in touch at [email protected] with Be Well Sis in the subject line! Be Well Sis is hosted by Dr Cassandre Dunbar. The show is edited, mixed and produced by Megan Hayward and Reem Elmaghraby. Our Production Manager is Kathleen Speckert. Be Well Sis is an editaudio collaboration.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.