Join Peel HIV/AIDS Network (PHAN) as we commemorate the much-anticipated launch of Journal of a Young Black Woman, a compilation of works meant to celebrate, inspire, and encourage young black women from all walks of life.

This is your chance to meet the authors of Journal of a Young Black Woman, mingle with YBW Project alumni and mentors, and take home a signed copy of the book. Copies of Journal of a Young Black Woman will be available for purchase on-site.

About Journal of a Young Black Woman

“The Young Black Women's Project will stay with me for the rest of my journey.”
-Vanessa Spence

Journal of a Young Black Woman invites readers to take part in a journey of self-discovery inspired by the women of the Young Black Women’s Project workshop series.

In this book, you’ll find a compilation of stories written by Young Black Women’s Project alumni and mentors, who have on these pages laid bare their aspirations and vulnerabilities, challenges and triumphs, in the hopes of opening up our circle of young black women to you, the reader.

On these pages you’ll find friends to walk with you through the sweetness and the sadness, the feats and the failures, and above all in the moments when you need to feel as though you are not alone.