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Where Beauty, Culture, and Creativity Bloom

Our Essence

​The Crowned In Essence Collective is a cultural enterprise dedicated to creating space for Black and diasporic communities to learn, connect, and invest in their collective futures by affirming and deepening their understanding of Black hair. Through handcrafted Afro-resin jewelry, hair-care workshops, and community based and global programming the Collective aims to uplift and center Black hair as a site for shared knowledge production, connection, and empowerment and to highlight and allow participants to contribute to collective efforts that empower Black hair. 

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Our Products

Our jewelry shop has hand-crafted Afro-resin earrings, necklaces, combs, keychains, and more intricate jewelry pieces dedicated to uplifting culture, creativity, adornment, and care. 

Black Girl Joy

Our Programs 

Below are dynamic programs at the heart of The Crowned In Essence Collective designed to nurture, empower, and uplift Black girls and youth. Each program blends creativity, exploration, community, and care and utilizes hair as a pathway to connect youth across cultures through mentorship, storytelling, exploration, and creativity.

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Crowned Beyond Borders 

A global/states based webinar series that explores Black hair traditions and  natural hair activism around the world, dedicated to connecting Black communities across the diaspora through virtual conversations with artists, stylists, educators, and organizers. 

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Crown and Care 

A self-care initiative centered on joy and rest, offering group trips designed to provide restorative moments for youth and community members. 

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Crowned Chronicles

A youth-centered reading group and writing circle where children and teens explore books, films, and television related to Black hair and create their own stories for a collective publication.

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Crowned Futures 

A career and educational program that uses Black hair as a lens for career exploration, exposing youth to diverse professional pathways, career fields, and creating a concluding visual project connected to their personal passions. 

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Innovation Lab

A lab designed to inspire innovation through crafting workshops dedicated to allowing youth and community members to explore their passions, skills, and paths to entrepreneurship.

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Curls and Cupcakes Ceremony

An annual celebration that honors youth and communal participation across all programs with awards, a, guest speaker, cupcakes, and more aimed at reflecting on our growth throughout the year. 

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Hair Care

The "All About Loving Our Crowns" Initiative

This initiative is a joyful, empowering program dedicated to bringing youth, families, schools, and communities together through pop-ups, workshops, and creative hair care experiences. Centered on self-love, cultural pride, and advocacy, we explore hair as a powerful site of identity, healing, and celebration.

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"Adorning our truths. Reclaiming our roots."

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