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Colored Convos Media, New York, NY (2025)

11/18/2024

Week 2 is all about strengthening your writing practice! ✍️ Here’s how:

💡 How can you build a schedule to accommodate your writing plans? Prioritize and make time to put those words on the page daily—it adds up! ⏰

✨ Recs for Week 2:
1 Build a writing community—connect with others for support and inspiration.

2 Celebrate your wins, big or small. Progress is progress!

3 Find a mentor to guide and encourage you through your journey. 🌟

📈 How much progress have you made? Reflect on your achievements and share your wins with us!

Let’s keep writing and growing together—daily writing is ideal! 🖊️💭

11/08/2024

📢 We’re on !

Writing is tough, especially when you’re Black, q***r, disabled, or low-income and navigating white heteropatriarchal capitalism. That’s why our founders and created (CCM) — a dedicated space for Black and q***r content creators to create freely.

What to Expect:

1️⃣Free subscribers get weekly writing, workshops, and creative opportunities on our Black (Writing) Jobs Bulletin, plus writing tips and program updates.

2️⃣Paid subscribers fuel our mission with exclusive content, early access, and chances to collaborate.

Join us and support our work! Subscribe and follow us on Substack with the link in bio. Let’s create together!

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11/01/2024

Hey everyone! We’re thrilled to announce the return of our WINTER 2024 WRITING WORKSHOPS! This season, dive into our annual series designed to inspire and focus your writing journey.

Our workshops offer a unique blend of reflective exercises, motivational sessions, intention-setting, and Pomodoro-style writing sprints. Plus, you’ll have the chance to team up with an accountability partner to keep you on track throughout the series. Our workshops have already helped writers complete books, articles, and more!

Join us on November 9th, 16th, and 23rd, as well as December 7th, 14th, and 21st!
To learn more and RSVP, click the link in our bio! Looking forward to seeing you there!

07/07/2024

🔔REMINDER—DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER 🔔

This summer, join founders, Jenn and , for their dynamic writing workshop classes! We’re dedicated to helping you master the perfect Query Letter and offering an intensive 4-week writing workshop. Don’t miss out!

🖋️Query Letter Class:
Dates: July 13th & July 20th
Time: 11 AM - 2 PM EST

📝 Writing Workshop:
Dates: July 27th - August 18th (Saturdays)
Time: 11 AM - 2 PM EST

Learn more and sign up today with the link in bio!

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04/06/2024

🌸 PRESENTING: SPRING WRITING WORKSHOPS BY COLORED CONVOS MEDIA () 🌸

This spring, explore the craft of writing with our distinguished founders—Jenn (), the brilliant mind behind “BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US,” and Daren (), an accomplished fiction writer, novelist, and New School MFA student.

Our workshops offer a blend of structured reflection, inspirational sessions, intention setting, and Pomodoro-style writing intervals. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to choose accountability partners to support them throughout the workshop series.

The weekend workshops feature scheduled sharing and feedback sessions aimed at advancing existing works towards publication or completion. We proudly center and celebrate the lives and experiences of all q***r, trans, and black individuals.

📅 Workshop Dates: April 20 & 27, May 11 & 18

⏰ Time: Saturdays, 11 am - 2 pm EST

🎟️ Student and fee discounts available

Don’t miss out! Register now today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JjjzqGylpSNVmq08da_mDRLFpxYp56HcH2uFHX8ExHo/edit

10/17/2023

COLORED CONVOS MEDIA PRESENTS: Weekend Winter Writing Workshops.

This winter, join our founders—Jenn & Daren, for our end of year writing workshops.

The writing workshops will consist of structured reflection and inspiration time, intention setting, and Pomodoro-style writing intervals. Group members will also elect accountability partners to work with them throughout the session.

The weekend writing workshop will consist of scheduled sharing and feedback sessions meant to move existing work toward publication or completion. The writing workshops center and honor the lives and experiences of all q***r, trans, and black people.

Register today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK2n8qR1ys2TeiPtNtbcpXpXTfO-jPk90TaH5MfDV1OgqFKA/viewform

Image: flier for the workshops showing dates in November (4, 11, and 18) and December (2, 9, 16). Workshop meet on Saturdays, 11 to 2 pm EST. Student and fee discounts available.

06/07/2023

COLORED CONVOS MEDIA PRESENTS: Weekend Summer Writing Workshops.

This summer, join our founders—Jenn & Daren Jackson for their annual summer writing workshops.

The writing workshops will consist of structured reflection and inspiration time, intention setting, and Pomodoro-style writing intervals.

Group members will also elect accountability partners to work with them throughout the session.

The weekend writing workshop will consist of scheduled sharing and feedback sessions meant to move existing work toward publication or completion.

Their writing workshops center and honor the lives and experiences of all q***r, trans, and black people.

To register, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJ0qqNuU0adTEG4TKIiGrRizGUnDWc5Q6CYrzbOW9BLnRdrg/viewform

To learn more, visit our website: https://coloredconvos.com/programs

06/04/2023

🌸 AND WE ARE BACK AGAIN—Prosecco, Prose, & Politics 🌸

Join our co-founder Dr. Jackson, on IG Live in conversation with their friends and colleagues—as they discuss recent political happenings and my favorite writers and scholars while enjoying a drink!

On FRIDAY, JUNE 16 at 6:30pm, Dr. Jackson will be in conversation with— Kaila Adia Story, PhD , T Smith , & Anthony Boynton.

Stay tuned for more information, and don’t forget to SAVE THE DATE!

Follow the hashtag
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Kaila Adia Story (she/her) is an award-winning associate professor and Audre Lorde endowed chair at the University of Louisville. Dr. Story is the co-creator, co-producer, and cohost of Louisville Public Media’s “Strange Fruit,” a popular and award-winning, 8 year-running podcast.

T Smith (they/them) is a Black, q***r, and non-binary PhD candidate at the University of Chicago in the Department of Political Science. As a Black Q***r Feminist and abolitionist, T is an organizer and creative who loves Blackness always and all ways.

Anthony Boynton, (he/they) is a Black q***r scholar, teacher, and writer from Columbus, GA in the Deep South. A doctoral candidate in the Department of English at University of Kansas, Boynton’s scholarly work is literary and cultural criticism in the areas of Afrofuturism, gender and q***r theory, and politics of representation in U.S. popular culture.

02/02/2023

Happy !

Today marks the start of uplifting and centering the limitless contributions of Black people throughout history!

We are excited to kick off this month long celebration with our first of the year!

Enter for a chance to win two books!

Here are the rules:
1. Follow and
2. Subscribe to Jenn’s Patreon or Colored Convos Media Patreon (link-in-bio)
3. Comment with your favorite author below!

Stay tuned for forthcoming Black History Month content! And don’t forget to RSVP to out forthcoming author talk with DEESHA PHILYAW (link-in-bio)!

01/19/2023

On February 3rd we have the honor of hosting DEESHA PHILYAW, a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and award winning writer and essayist, for a discussion of her literary works and her industry experience as a Black woman author.

Deesha Philyaw is the author of the debut short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (West Virginia University Press, 2020), which won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and a 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; the collection was also a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

Philyaw’s work has been listed as Notable in the Best American Essays series, and her writing on race, parenting, gender, and culture has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Brevity, dead housekeeping, Apogee Journal, Catapult, Harvard Review, ESPN’s The Undefeated, The Baltimore Review, TueNight, Ebony and Bitch magazines, and various anthologies.

RSVP Today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talks-deesha-philyaw-tickets-513275289207

01/16/2023

Today we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr and acknowledge the continuation of his commitment to building a world where difference can be celebrated rather than condemned. As we celebrate the contributions and life of Martin Luther King Jr, we ask that you all revisit his radical practice and review the revisionist upkeep of his legacy.

Our co-founder Dr. Jenn Jackson () in their article “Martin Luther King, Jr Was Radical: We Must Reclaim That Legacy”, contends that King’s “life has been filtered through a revisionist lens, but his radical legacy is a balm in today’s political climate”.

Oftentimes, King’s legacy is diluted to that of “non-violent activism”. This intentional curtailment of his practice and ideals empties the history surrounding his socialization. Dr. Jackson shares that “much like young Black people today, King’s radical ideals were born out of intense social unrest and violence”.

Dr. Jackson asserts that “King’s legacy teaches us that political protest, and his fight for economic justice for all people, is a tool to challenge the status quo rather than assimilate into it. His work shows that, as the conditions of state-sanctioned persecution and inequality change, we too must allow ourselves to be changed.”

To learn more about Martin Luther King Jr, his radical direct action, and legacy, please read Dr. Jenn Jackson’s article, linked in our bio.

We wish you a safe, reflective, and intentional MLK Day.

12/28/2022

We’re hiring at Colored Convos Media! We’re looking for a Social Media Assistant to focus on building our presence on Instagram and Patreon. We have a regular newsletter and ongoing live events we hold as well. Ideal candidates are college students who are on the web frequently and feel comfortable with all platforms.

We’re a Black and q***r org and we work to support Black and q***r creatives. If you know folx whose interests and praxis align with our vision, direct them to info at coloredconvos dot com.

www.coloredconvos.com

12/09/2022

IN TWO DAYS—We will be in conversation with National Book Award winner, Imani Perry!

Join us as we discuss Perry’s work in African-American Studies and her industry experiences as a Black woman author.

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! LINK IN BIO.

12/08/2022

On December 10, we have the honor of hosting writer, academic and National Book Award winner, Imani Perry, for a discussion of her work in African-American Studies and her industry experience as a Black woman author.

Imani Perry is a Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, author of 6 books, including Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, and South to America, the award-winning ode to the South and why the culture, politics, and physical and spiritual landscape of the South are crucial to America’s foundations.

To register for this exclusive event, click the link in our bio!

11/29/2022

Here at Colored Convos Media, our mission is to create a generative and intentional space for Black and q***r content creators to be paid to cultivate their writing and creative talents.

On this global day of giving please consider supporting our work by joining our newsletter, donating, or becoming a Patron of Colored Convos Media (link in bio).

Your support allows us to create events, programs, and workshops that uplift black creatives, while simultaneously providing resources that break down educational and career barriers.
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Get connected with us:
👥 Follow our co-founders—Jenn Jackson () & Daren Jackson ()

🎙️Listen to our podcast—That Black Couple Podcast ()

📺 Learn more about our media company—Colored Convos Media ()

📚 Stay tuned for our forthcoming literary magazine—Water Cooler Literary ()

11/18/2022

We are offering an exclusive chat about all things writing, publishing, academic, and the like on Saturday, December 3rd at 7pm EST.

To register for this exclusive event, you must be a Patreon subscriber either on Jenn’s Patreon (www.patreon.com/JennMJacksonphd) or at Colored Convos Media]' s Patreon (www.patreon.com/coloredconvosmedia).

More events like this are on the way including exclusive author talks with National Book Award winner Imani Perry () and National Book Award finalist and Story Prize winner Deesha Philyaw ().

Go to the link in bio to learn more about our work and events. Tap in!

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