You've heard of the glass ceiling. This is different.

The Concrete Ceiling names the barrier Black women face at work when racial bias and gender bias compound, a barrier that isn't glass and isn't purely racial, but something built at the intersection of both. It's harder to see through and harder to break than the frameworks built for other groups. Researchers named it in 1999. It's held up in academic study for 27 years, including Harvard Business School Press research and dozens of peer-reviewed studies. But unlike "glass ceiling," it never entered everyday professional vocabulary. Today, that changes!

For 12 years, BlackFemaleProject has documented the concrete ceiling directly from Black women professionals, building the evidence base through systematic narrative analysis and the Hewlett-funded Teacher Truth Initiative's work with thousands of Black educators. We have the evidence, the methodology, and the community's trust. This is where that evidence powers a campaign.

We need diverse voices at the table to have a rich discussion.

Who should attend:

• Black women professionals who want language for the patterns behind their own workplace experiences

• Donors and funders seeking impact beyond a financial contribution

• Organizational partners, HR and workplace culture and practices professionals, and executives looking for an evidence-based framework

• Community advocates and co-conspirators ready to use their platforms to amplify Black women's voices

This campaign is built on a simple belief: personal advancement and collective advancement aren't separate goals. When Black women rise, that rise is bound up with everyone around them rising too. Policymakers, funders, employers, and everyone who cares about progress aren't spectators to that future. They're co-creators of it.

Gather your people. This one's even better together. Host a watch party for Kinship: Everyone at the Table with your sister circle, your book club, or your HR professionals association, and watch it as a group. Bring snacks, bring an open mind, and stick around after for your own conversation. The breakouts are built for a room of five, so your watch party is basically doing the format already.