SisterScholars: A College Support Group for Black Women

ABSTRACT

Black women have a long history of resistance and self-preservation in the face of oppression and discrimination. They have been resourceful in accessing both internal resources and external formal support. The area of multicultural and social justice group work has served an important role in centering anti-oppression efforts in research, teaching, and clinical training. In this paper we discuss Principles of Anti-Oppression and offer a description and analysis of the ways in which these principles emerged in a support group designed for Black women. Recommendations for future anti-oppression group work serving Black women were proposed.

KEYWORDS:

• Anti-oppression
• Black women
• group work
• social justice

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Notes on contributors

Angela D. Coker

Angela Coker, PhD, LPCC, NCC is an associate professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University.

Jennifer Culver

Jennifer Culver, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Development at Slippery Rock University.

Claire Martin

Claire Martin, PhD., LPC, NCC is an assistant professor in the Department of Professional Counseling at Webster University.