About this event
Holding Space is a monthly community offering designed to center the emotional and mental well-being of Black women and femmes. Typically held on the fourth Sunday of each month, this space offers collective reflection, gentle accountability, and affirming conversation.
For September, we’re coming together with intention, honesty, and care to name a truth that often goes unspoken in our communities: the reality of suicide among Black women and girls.
This month’s theme is:
What Is Mine to Hold: Black Women, Suicide Prevention, and Liberation
In this session, we’ll:
Name the reality of suicide among Black women and girls, grounded in research and lived experience
Explore the inner bully — the internalized critic shaped by oppression, shame, and perfectionism.
Assess what is ours to hold and what belongs to systemic and sociopolitical weigh.t
Reimagine suicide prevention as collective care, liberation, and joy.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to come as you are. This is a space for curiosity, not judgment; for witnessing, not fixing.
Whether you’ve joined before or are coming for the first time, you're welcome here.
Location
Virtual (Zoom link will be sent via email)
Please Note: This space is held live and will not be recorded, to honor privacy, presence, and nervous system care. A follow-up resource will be provided after our time together.
Date & Time
Sunday, September 28, 2025
12:30 PM EST-2:00 PM EST
Duration: 90 minutes
Who This is For
Black women of all identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences who want to feel seen, centered, and supported while exploring a truth often left unspoken in our communities.
Donation-Based Offering
We offer donation-based registration because we believe healing spaces should be accessible to all. While Eventbrite requires a minimum donation of $1, we gently encourage a contribution of at least $5 if you're able—this helps sustain the care and intention behind these gatherings. If cost is a barrier, please don’t hesitate to reach out; you’re welcome here, no matter what.
Facilitator: Philicia Ross, LCSW-C
Philicia Ross (she/they) is a licensed clinical social worker, mental wellness educator, and the founder of Village of Sound Mind—a virtual mental health and healing space centering Black women, femmes, and communities of color.
Philicia’s work is rooted in anti-oppressive care, narrative therapy, and liberation-focused practice. She facilitates spaces that are emotionally honest, culturally grounded, and intentionally soft. Drawing from her lived experience as a Black woman navigating chronic illness and systemic harm, Philicia holds space for others to come home to themselves without apology.
She created the Holding Space series to offer a consistent, community-based circle where participants can pause, assess what’s no longer aligned, and gently move toward their truth.
When she’s not facilitating or providing care, Philicia is dreaming up new ways to rest, disrupt, and build with intention.
Questions?
Reach out to us at: admin@villageofsoundmind.co