Leadership Reflection: Black Women Supporting Black Women in Higher Education Broadening Participation – Kitchen Table Conversations

Black women supporting Black women in STEM higher education is crucial to the creation of inclusive, supportive, and empowering environments. Black women often face unique barriers that can impact their success in STEM; therefore, holding safe spaces for each other is an integral part of STEM retention and career progression. Such safe spaces are not new to Black women. This leadership reflection uses the cultural space of the kitchen as a metaphor for safe spaces and offers an example of a current kitchen space to highlight the benefits of Black women creating space for other Black women.