2024 Black Marriage Week Event

DID YOU KNOW THAT BLACK AMERICANS DISPLAY LOWER
MARRIAGE RATES THAN OTHER RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS?
In 2012 The US. Census Bureau released a report that studied the history of marriage in the United States. They discovered some startling statistics when calculating marriage by race. They found that African Americans age 35 and older were more likely to be married than White Americans from 1890 until something around the 1960s. Not only did they swap places in the 60s but in 1980 the
number of NEVER married African Americans began a staggering climb from about
10% to more than 25% by 2010 while the percentage of white women remained under
10% and just over 10% for White men.

In addition to being at a later age for their first marriage, black women
also have relatively high rates of marital instability.

50% of African Americans have never been married compared to 28% of Whites.
In addition to Black women marrying in life, there are higher rates of cohabitation
which does not yield the same benefits of marriage, and that negatively
impacts family wealth.

Contrary to popular belief 42% of Black children live with two parents
(compared to 70% of all children) while 51% live with one parent
(compared to 25% of all children)

DID YOU KNOW THAT BLACK AMERICANS DISPLAY LOWER
MARRIAGE RATES THAN OTHER RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS?

In 2012 The US. Census Bureau released a report that studied the history of marriage in the United States. They discovered some startling statistics when calculating marriage by race. They found that African Americans age 35 and older were more likely to be married than White Americans from 1890 until something around the 1960s. Not only did they swap places in the 60s but in 1980 the number of NEVER married African Americans began a staggering climb from about 10% to more than 25% by 2010, while the percentage of white women remained under 10% and just over 10% for White men.

The research also states that in addition to Black women having their first marriage being at a later age, Black women also have relatively high rates of marital instability due to systemic issues.

50% of African Americans have never been married compared to 28% of Whites.
In addition to Black women marrying later in life, there are having higher rates of cohabitation, which does not yield the same benefits of marriage, and negatively impacts family wealth.

Contrary to popular belief 42% of Black children live with two parents (compared to 70% of all children) while 51% live with one parent (compared to 25% of all children).

When YOU join us at Black Marriage Week LIVE event you will experience tips and tools for SINGLES and COUPLES to have healthier relationships discussing sex, dating, & marriage.

YOU WILL ALSO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO:

How to avoid becoming roommates
How to disagree and have difficult conversations without having a full-blown fight.
Communication that builds connection, consistency, consideration, and commitment
How to break toxic family patterns: Survival vs Thriving
What destroys vs what makes relationships work in the Black community
Cracking the code to successfully dating
How to find Marriage Material
Get the bag together Panel: Overcome barriers blocking generational wealth
Get the relationship success toolkit
Ask and You Shall Receive-Women's Panel
Being in love without losing yourself – The self-love journey
Get your man to open up and be more vulnerable - Men’s Panel
Healing wounds that will destroy your relationships when your single, dating, or married
Spice up your sex life (sex and non-sexual intimacy)

With all of our topics, we promise not to ignore issues impacting the Black Family and the community so you can stop them from impacting your family.

The Relationship Boosters are Licensed Therapists with Master's and Doctorate degrees in the counseling field. They have been featured in magazines and on radio programs to provide information that helps people build strong relationships.

They have a busy private practice in Laurel, Maryland, and years of experience and proven success with helping women and couples build strong relationships, let go of toxic patterns, and use strategies to improve their quality of life.

Dr. Kia, Monika, and Carol-Ann have 18 years of experience providing therapy and have helped thousands of people get the life that they want and get the relationships that they thought they could never have.

EMPOWERING BLACK COUPLES WHO WANT TO BESTOW THE LEGACY OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS!