he Lived Reality of a Black Woman Opening a Government-Funded Group Residential Facility (GRF). My dissertation will critically narrate the pride and pain of opening and running a government-funded group home. The misogynoir, disdain, resistance and delays experienced during the process provided the platform for this narrative. Using a Black female standpoint lens and ‘blackgirl’ autoethnography (as my method) I will characterize the organizational and political dynamics which deterred the process of opening the group home. I position faith-based leadership as the impetus for surviving the racism, sexism, and classism.
The review of literature will focus on theories that can be applied to Black women’s lives; 1) intersectionality theory; 2) Black Feminist theory; and 3) Black (Afro American) women Faith-Based Leadership. The third body of literature I want to see if there are any commonalities with Black women coping strategies in regards to these key words: faith, God, church, spiritual, religion, etc. I am providing some articles I found that will support the angle of review.