Presented With Support From
Why This Event Matters
The Black Mom Ish Foundation exists to create spaces where Black women are not only supported, but celebrated. Your attendance fuels our capacity to provide year-round mental health resources, education advocacy training, and leadership development for the women holding our communities together.
Who is Mom Ish The Experience For?
Mom Ish The Experience is for Black women at every stage of life who are navigating the pressure of being everything to everyone.
Whether you're a mother, entrepreneur, professional, caregiver, partner, daughter, community leader, or simply a woman trying to find more balance, connection, and room to breathe, this experience was created with you in mind.
Come if you're looking for:
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Honest conversations about the realities of being a Black woman today
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Practical tools for your health, finances, career, and personal life
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Space to rest, reflect, and reconnect with yourself
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Opportunities to meet and build relationships with other Black women
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Resources and wellness experiences you can take with you beyond the event
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A room where you don't have to explain who you are or why you're tired
You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to show up.
What Your $75 Ticket Includes
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Expert-Led Workshops
Practical sessions led by women doing the work.
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The Panel
A candid conversation on what we carry.
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Wellness Experiences
Movement, breath, and care built into the day.
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Connection & Sisterhood
Rooms full of women who understand.
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Reflection & Restoration
Quiet space to think, journal, and exhale.
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Different Kind of Saturday
One day that belongs entirely to you.
Wellness Support from
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
This year, we're proud to partner with Blue Cross Blue Shield to help make your wellness a priority. They'll be on-site all day, because caring for yourself should be accessible too.
What they're bringing to Mom Ish:
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Free fresh food basket giveaways
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On-site health screenings
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Vaccinations
Learn From Women Who Know the Work
Our workshop presenters bring expertise, lived experience, and practical tools into conversations that matter in real life.
Dr. Shaniqua Jones, PHD
Founder | Purple Path
Learning Lessons from Poverty to EdD: A Journey of Transformation
Dr. Amanda Long
Licensed Psychologist | True Space
You Don’t Have to Do This Alone: Reclaiming Support, Rest & Self
Coach Menia "MJ" Morris
Founder | Harvest Living Wellness
Faith guided personal training, nutrition, wellness education and preventative disease nutrition coaching.
Dr. Cordia Clark-White
Women’s Progressive Health & Wellness
Menopause Unfiltered: What Every Woman Needs to Know
Tynisha Astrel
CEO | Astrel Bookkeeping
Understanding the Numbers: Financial Clarity for Smarter Business Decisions
Carol Williams
Founder | Flipping Fabulously
Master the 6 Pillars of Modern Dating for Seniors
The Panel
The Conversation We Need to Have
Accomplished women come together for a candid conversation about the expectations placed on Black women, the realities behind achievement, the weight we carry, and what it looks like to redefine success without sacrificing ourselves.
Moderator
Moderated by Tia Ewing
Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality
Dr. Angela Hilbring Swain
Author & Professional Certified Coach
Tenyiah Simmons Patterson
State Farm Agency Owner & Multi-Unit Restaurateur
Kristie Norwood
Leader in Early Childhood Education
Raleshia Brumfield
Emmy Award Winning Producer
Saturday Evening
Everyday Extraordinary Gala
A Night of Grace and Greatness
We recognize women whose impact is not always accompanied by headlines or applause, but whose leadership, resilience, service, and generosity shape families and communities every single day.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Malcolm X Conference Center
Why This Day Matters
This Is More Than an Event.
The Black Mom Ish Foundation exists to create spaces where Black mothers are not only supported, but celebrated. Your attendance fuels our capacity to provide year-round mental health resources, education advocate training, and leadership labs for the women holding our communities together.
Invest in Black Motherhood
Your sponsorship doesn't just fund an event. It funds a movement.
We are seeking mission-aligned partners who believe in the health, leadership, and legacy of Black mothers. Sponsorship supports mental health scholarships, wellness programming, speaker honorariums, and year-round Foundation initiatives.
Small Business Ally
$500
Sponsors access for Black mothers
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Provide conference access for 1–2 Black mothers
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Offset meals, materials, and wellness programming costs
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Ensure the weekend remains accessible and community-centered
Community Sponsor
$2500
Strengthens community and connection
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Sponsor a full session or workshop experience
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Support childcare considerations, accessibility needs, and safe spaces
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Ensure mothers can participate fully without distraction or stress
Friends of Black Mom Ish
$1000
Supports healing-centered experiences
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Fund wellness sessions (mental health, rest, self-care)
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Support speaker honorariums and expert-led workshops
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Provide resource materials mothers take home beyond the weekend
Pillar Sponsor
$5000
Funds a core area of impact
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Directly supports one of our four pillars (Motherhood Lounge, Legacy Lab, EmpowerED Project, or MotherWell Collective)
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Helps fund curriculum, facilitators, and resources, and sustains that pillar beyond the weekend
Presenting Sponsor
$10,000
Powers a full-day experience
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Underwriting Conference Day, the Gala, or Rest & Reclaim Day in full
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Covers venue, production, wellness activations, and accessibility
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Ensures excellence, intention, and impact at scale
Nominate a Woman
Who Deserves to Be Celebrated
There are women changing lives quietly without titles, headlines, or applause. This is your chance to make sure she is recognized now, while she can feel it.
Everyday Extraordinary Award
For the woman whose quiet consistency changes everything around her.
Six-Eleven Hope Memorial Scholarship
Supporting a student carrying her family's hope forward.
Carmita Phillips Award
Honoring service, care, and devotion to community.
The Crown Keeper Award
Honoring matriarchs 65 and older whose lifetime of resilience, service, and love continues to inspire us all.
Arnetha Gholston Young Entrepreneur Award
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How to Nominate
By nominating a mom for one of these special awards, you help us spotlight everyday women doing extraordinary work. Thank you for sharing their stories and supporting our mission to uplift Black mothers. We look forward to celebrating these remarkable women at the Everyday Extraordinary Gala—together, we can inspire a new generation of mothers to keep raising the bar for what’s possible.
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Check Eligibility: Click Here!
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Complete the Form: Provide details about her impact, achievements, and why she deserves recognition.
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Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026
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Selection Process: Our panel will review each nomination and announce winners at the Gala.
Champions of Change:
The 2026 Community Impact Honorees
True leadership isn't always loud, it’s the steady, daily act of lifting others up. Our 2026 Honorees are breaking barriers, rewriting narratives, and creating blueprints for the next generation to follow.
Join us at the Gala as we celebrate their extraordinary contributions and invest in the future of Black motherhood.
September 19 Is Yours.
Come for the conversation.
Stay for the connection.
Leave reminded that taking care of yourself, celebrating yourself, and allowing yourself to be supported are not things you have to earn.