Reclaiming UGLY! A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself

Join us for our last webinar of the year, hosted by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis. Vanessa will be sharing about the movement she founded, The Reclaim UGLY Movement, as well as her book Reclaiming UGLY! A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself. A bit more about Vanessa below.

Vanessa Rochelle Lewis (pronouns Fae/Femme) is a lush-bodied, neurospicy, Black, agender, queer femme writer, facilitator, educator, performer, and Faerie Princess Mermaid Gangsta for the Revolution. She loves love and her life is devoted to creating a world where more people can experience love uninterrupted by cis-temic (systemic), interpersonal, and internalized violence. She is the founder of The Reclaim UGLY Movement and the author of Reclaiming UGLY! A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself.

She works as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Positive Results Center for Healthy Families. She was formerly a Writer and Managing Editor for acclaimed feminist magazines, Black Girl Dangerous and Everyday Feminism, as well as an Adjunct English Instructor at multiple Bay Area Community Colleges. In 2021, Root Magazine included her in their 100 most influential African Americans between the ages of 25 and 45 list. Learn more about Vanessa and her story of resilience and transcendence by watching Black Girls, a Never Whisper Justice film.

You can follow Vanessa on Instagram @Black.Woman.Blooming.

If you can't make it to the event live, you can still sign up here to receive the recording afterwards.