Black Madonna Freedom School

Summer Session I

a Black Madonna Spirituality for All People

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Course Description

This exploratory course is for all who want to experience the Black Madonna’s liberating and healing power in their unique everyday experiences. Drawing from distinctly decolonial, intersectional, and Black feminist spiritual traditions – together we will discover who the Black Madonna is, why her Blackness is the key to our liberation, how she has empowered and liberated people across time and around the globe, and what she is uniquely speaking to each of us today. Whether you are new to Black Madonna spirituality or a seasoned pilgrim, you will be nourished by a robust curriculum and an inspiring kinship among other spiritually-adventurous people.

❋ Kinship + Community

Liberation doesn’t have to be lonely. Black Madonna offers us a matriarchal way of relating — where there are no hierarchies and everyone is welcome at the table.

❋ Healing + Transformation

Black Madonna spirituality is an embodied spirituality. She connects our heads (thoughts, beliefs, stories) with our bodies (emotions, action).

❋ Exploration + Adventure

Black Madonna is an imagination expander who liberates us from our addiction to certainty and emboldens us to follow her into the dark forest where her alchemical magic is made. In her sacred forest, we become magicians too.

❋ Mystic Activism + Leadership

Black Madonna is an empire-assassin AND a restorer of life. In her ever generative lap, we can nurture an abundant spirituality that reliably generates hope and creativity no matter what is going on around us.

a Black Madonna Spirituality
for All People

the details

THREE live virtual sessions

TWO hours each

each session will include:
deepening teaching
embodied practice
community conversation

each session will be recorded
playback available for 6 month

Investment: $400

the dates

sunday, june 7, 2026
sunday, june 14, 2026
sunday, june 21, 2026

noon - 2 pm pacific
3 pm - 5 pm eastern

  • LEARN

    how and why Black Madonna’s distinctly Black body holds the key to our collective liberation

  • EXPERIENCE

    Black Madonna as an icon of resistance who can liberate us from all of the ways we have been shackled to white patriarchal religious conditioning

  • EMBODY

    a life-giving, empowering Black Madonna spirituality through accessible practices that you can ease-fully integrate into your everyday life

  • RECEIVE

    Black Madonna’s ever present hope, wisdom, and protection for your unique and pressing needs

  • EXPERIENCE

    Black Madonna as a divine being who heals our illusions of divine abandonment and powerfully responds when we call

  • ENCOUNTER

    Black Madonna through a distinctly decolonial, intersectional, and Black feminist lens

  • LEARN

    who Black Madonna is in relation to other faces of the divine, such as Jesus Christ and the (white) Virgin Mary — as well as major deities in other religions including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Yoruba

  • ENGAGE

    with the Black Madonna Freedom School’s lively and diverse learning community and form friendships with other spiritually-adventurous people

“Black Madonna’s spacious lap has ample room for ALL of us. I can’t wait to experience her transforming love with you!”

— Dr. Christena Cleveland

Summer Session I:
a Black Madonna Spirituality
for All People is for…

People who long to encounter a divine being who truly sees them, enthusiastically embraces them, and is steadfastly devoted to their well-being

Spiritual/liberation seekers who want to continue confronting and releasing their white patriarchal religious conditioning by exploring a distinctly Black-and-feminine face of the divine

Justice advocates who are seeking a divine icon that offers renewable hope, transforms their fear into courage, and empowers them to act boldly in the service of liberation

People on the divine feminine path who want to a robust introduction to Black Madonna and her diverse, radically-inclusive spiritual lineage

Seasoned Black Madonna devotees who long to experience and embrace Black Madonna through a distinctly decolonial, intersectional, and Black feminist lens

See you in class!

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