Courageous Access is a Black women–led nonprofit advancing safety, health, and economic mobility through culturally rooted healing.

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Founded by Courageous Fire, CHW — a Black woman and survivor who transformed lived experience into prevention-focused, survivor-centered solutions — Courageous Access was built by and for Black women who deserve healing that honors their culture, intelligence, and agency.

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The Courageous Access Black Women’s Conference (CABWC) 2026 brings this proven work to a national stage. Led by Black women healers from across the United States and beyond, the conference offers a trauma-informed, culturally grounded space for restoration, education, and sustainable change — without requiring Black women to explain themselves to be understood.

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Our mission is to send Black women home restored, informed, and connected — with embodied practices, practical tools, and clear pathways to strengthen emotional, physical, and economic well-being immediately and over time. Participants leave more grounded, more regulated, and more equipped to implement what they learn in real life.

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For over five years, Courageous Access has delivered cohort-based programming and direct services across multiple states and territories, achieving measurable outcomes including:

• 80% success in helping Black women achieve and sustain intimate partner safety and gender-based violence prevention

• Improved emotional regulation and reduced trauma-related symptoms

• Increased economic mobility and healthier decision-making

• Youth and family outcomes that strengthen autonomy, boundaries, and healthy relationship recognition

• Generational impact through modeled safety, self-worth, and agency

 

In October 2026, in Chicago, CABWC gathers Black women from across the country into a full-day experience of healing, power, and possibility — scaling what already works and expanding access nationwide.