Black Women at Work

Organizational survival cannot rely on the marginalized statuses of staff. Today, organizations operate in fight-or-flight mode, fueled by a 'Shadow Budget'—the invisible, uncompensated tax of emotional labor overwhelmingly carried by Black women. Panic is not a long-term strategy. We need Systemic Durability: mapping true human capacity and taking a strategic pause to rebuild our systems without entirely shutting down operations. We must build structural privilege into our o