2026 CALENDAR
Be Held
a community experience for black and latina women
july 25 | Aug 8 | Aug 22
WITNESS AN EXTRAORINDARY SPACE ……
Where Black & Latina women gather to feel seen, inspired, and deeply connected.
Imagine a space that is dedicated to you.
Imagine a space that is dedicated to your feelings, your why, your what’s next, your heart.
Imagine a space where women gather to uplift each other.
Imagine a space where women gather to connect.
Imagine a space where women come together to grow.
Imagine a space where women come to be their authentic selves.
Now imagine… BEING HELD.
A carefully curated experience devoted to community, healing, connection, ambition, softness, growth, and the lives Black and Latina women are dreaming for themselves. BE HELD is more than an event—it is a gathering designed to remind women that they do not have to navigate becoming alone.
Set against the backdrop of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, BE HELD invites women into a day of meaningful conversation, intentional networking, immersive activations, elevated dining experiences, music, reflection, and community-centered healing. Through panels, curated experiences, and intimate moments of connection, attendees will walk away feeling inspired, grounded, energized, and deeply supported in both their personal and professional journeys.
This first gathering serves as the beginning of a three-part community series designed to cultivate deeper connection, emotional wellness, leadership, visibility, and possibility among Black and Latina women across New York City.
Dress Code: Chic. Elevated. Soft Luxury.
THE EXPERIENCE
10:30 AM -Welcome Ceremony
Guests will officially enter the HELD experience through a grounding welcome ceremony centered on intention, connection, and community. Together, attendees will set the tone for the day while being welcomed into a space intentionally created for softness, honesty, expansion, and belonging.
PANEL I
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Hosted by Alexandra Tatis-Cummings
Discover new possibilities for connection, friendship, and community while learning how to trust yourself throughout the process. This conversation explores the realities of building meaningful relationships as women navigating adulthood, entrepreneurship, healing, transitions, motherhood, and growth.
PANEL II
Making Money Moves
Hosted by Syntyche Clarke
A powerful conversation centered on financial growth, entrepreneurship, visibility, and creating lives rooted in abundance and alignment. This panel invites women into honest dialogue around money, ambition, leadership, and what it means to build boldly while remaining connected to purpose and community.
✨ VIP EXPERIENCE
The PowHer Circle Lunch
Hosted by Audacious Healing
An intimate, beautifully curated lunch experience exclusively for VIP guests, speakers, and community leaders. Join our seated dining experience with elevated details, candlelight, intentional conversation, and thoughtfully curated hospitality, the PowHer Circle Lunch creates space for deeper connection, reflection, collaboration, and aftercare.
2:30 PM ACTIVATION I
Community Activation Experience
Facilitated by Alexandra Tatis-Cummings
An immersive activation designed to deepen connection, encourage vulnerability, and create moments of reflection, visibility, and community care among attendees.
ACTIVATION II
A Soft Landing: Closing Ceremony
Hosted by Hey There Beautiful
As the experience comes to a close, attendees will gather for a final community-centered ceremony devoted to reflection, gratitude, softness, and possibility. Together, we will bear witness to an experience rooted in healing, ambition, connection, and the beauty of Black and Latina women imagining bigger lives together.
JOY IN PRACTICE FOR THE BUSY LEader:
JULY 21, 2026 — 5:30 PM PST & 8:30 PM EST
This July, join our FREE evening sessions designed to help you take a breath, reconnect with yourself, and access practical mindfulness tools that actually fit real life. These sessions offer guided reflection, embodied practices, and emotional grounding to support your wellbeing, strengthen self-leadership, and restore authentic connection across generations. Come as you are. Tired is welcome. Overwhelmed is understood.
Sponsored by Hey There Beautiful Foundation + Soul Care Alchemy
Theme: Reconnecting with joy across generations
Learn: Joy as a resilience practice
Practice: Movement or sensory mindfulness
Takeaway: Weekly joy ritual
Sponsored by Hey There Beautiful Foundation + Soul Care Alchemy
Stay tuned for more 2026 events coming soon!
Some of Our Past Events
uft - Emerging from Hibernation: Shaking the winter blues
March 4, 2026 — 6:00PM EST
queens uft office 118-35 queens blvd 8th floor
Join HTB and UFT to Shake the Winter Blues! As winter fades, March becomes an invitation to awaken. This workshop focuses on releasing heaviness, seasonal blues, and emotional stagnation. Participants will reconnect with hope, energy, and possibility while setting gentle intentions for the spring season ahead.
When Leadership Feels Heavy: A pause for the ones who carry it all
February 17, 2026 — 8:30 PM EST
This February, join our FREE evening sessions designed to help you take a breath, reconnect with yourself, and access practical mindfulness tools that actually fit real life. These sessions offer guided reflection, embodied practices, and emotional grounding to support your wellbeing, strengthen self-leadership, and restore authentic connection across generations. Come as you are. Tired is welcome. Overwhelmed is understood. But don’t wait — February sessions are limited.
Sponsored by Hey There Beautiful Foundation + Soul Care Alchemy
Navigating the Many Faces of Love
February 4, 2026 — 6:00 PM EST
queens uft office 118-35 queens blvd 8th floor
Join HTB in Queens this February for Navigating the Many Faces of Love! The month of February invites us to gently unpack the idea of love beyond romance. Together, we will explore self-love, boundaries, forgiveness, and how our past experiences shape the way we give and receive love. This session creates a safe space to reflect, heal, and redefine love in ways that feel authentic and nourishing.
uft - leadership engagement
october 8, 2025 at 6:00 pm est
queens uft office 118-35 queens blvd 8th floor
At this free workshop, attendees will learn to communicate and lead effectively in their communities. These leadership techniques can help individuals make strides as members of their companies, organizations, teams, schools or neighborhoods.
A Brothers Collective
June 15, 2023 - East New York - I.S. 171 partnered with us to co-create a safe space for 150 boys and men to share stories, connect, grow, and circle in their truth as a collective. Over 15 speakers, three performers, two workshops, with two keynote speakers built to inspire the youth.
Junior league
June, 11, 2023 - Roslyn, New York - Social Emotional Learning for the Positively Me Conference for ages 10 and up.