Raised Revolutionary: Single Parent Support Group

This peer support group will be lightly facilitated by Aly. This group aims to prioritize and support the mental health of low-income, Black, single mothers and parents of marginalized genders. Our group is open to all parents; however, we want to make sure those parents are the focus, as they generally face compound marginalizations within current structures.

This is a weekly closed group that will meet for 90 min. on Sundays from 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern for 12 weeks. This will be a space for folks to rant, vent, and to think about how we’re parenting under the current structures and how the current structures impact our parenting. Each session will have a loose structure around a topic chosen by the group.

By joining this group you will gain access to a Discord server with your fellow group members. In this space you will be able to ask questions, find support outside of group sessions, and share resources.

Zoom offers live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed please let us know.

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• March 9
• March 16
• March 23
• March 30
• April 6
• April 13
• April 20
• April 27
• May 4
• May 11
• May 18

• What about parenting/your children are you grateful for? What do you enjoy/appreciate about parenting/your child(ren)?
• Who is responsible? Who is accountable?
• What is within your control, your influence, your concern?
• What are you grieving in your parenting?
• What are your hopes in your parenting/for your children?
• What shifts have you had to make in your expectations in parenting?

1. Take Space, Make Space:We come as humans first, ready to unlearn, learn, and be held with humility. No one is the expert in this space. Contribute to the collective, not from a place of extraction. Practice Take Space, Make Space to balance voices in the room.
   
2. Honor Lived Experience:Lived experience is sacred knowledge and holds equal, if not greater, value than degrees, certifications, or titles. Ancestral, somatic, spiritual, collective, or individual—every path to healing is valid. There is no “one right way” to care for ourselves or others.
   
3. Acknowledge Power and Privilege:Recognize how power, privilege, and access show up in the room. Decenter yourself when needed and amplify voices often silenced or overlooked.
   
4. Address Harm with Care:Mistakes will happen. When harm occurs, approach it with care and accountability as acts of love and repair, without shame or punishment.
   
5. Be Real and Human:Show up imperfect, messy, and authentic. This is not a space for performative healing or professionalism. Show up as you are, honoring your needs—eat, drink, or turn off your camera as needed. Assume others are coming from a place of good intentions.
   
6. Align with Liberation: This space is rooted in radical values like liberation, disability justice, abolition, and anti-Zionism. Respect these principles.
   
7. Maintain Confidentiality: Protect the confidentiality of any clients or personal stories shared in this space.

Aly (she/her) is a single Black mother of three who enters this space deeply informed by her lived experiences navigating mental illness, motherhood, and mutual aid. Her journey as a parent began in 2013, driven by a desire to embrace a holistic approach to birth and parenting. Committed to decolonizing birthing, she sought a natural birth experience and chose to chestfeed, only to encounter resistance and a lack of support from her own family. This led her to explore the historical injustices and systemic barriers that have shaped Black parenting, particularly the fraught relationship between breastfeeding and the Black community.

Aly's reflections on motherhood have always been intertwined with the social realities of raising Black children in the U.S. Her first pregnancy coincided with the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, a moment that intensified her awareness of the world she was bringing her child into. The births of her second (2017) and third (2021) children continued to reinforce the urgency of understanding how structural oppression impacts Black families.

As she navigated parenthood, Aly began reflecting on her own upbringing, questioning the parenting styles she experienced and the larger societal forces that shaped them. She became committed to breaking cycles, fostering a different approach in raising her own children—one grounded in love, consciousness, and collective care.

Inspired by Gil Scott-Heron’s words, “The revolution will not be televised,” Aly has come to understand that true transformation begins within. While intellectualizing social injustice is one step, the deeper, personal revolution unfolds through lived experience, self-reflection, and community. In this space, she brings not only knowledge but the wisdom gained through her own healing journey—offering support, solidarity, and a space for others to explore their own paths.

Event Venue

Online