Being a Black woman in the American workforce demands that we learn to make strategic compromises. The cost of bringing our authentic selves to the workplace is even steeper for sisters without the privilege of class or education. But all working Black women have to fight to exist authentically while protecting ourselves and our ability to support our families from the damage of people’s biases. Black women can determine how much we are willing to “pay” to inhabit spaces where our authentic selves might be unsafe or unwelcome. Is that high-paying corporate job worth the ways you must sacrifice your identity to fit in? There is no wrong response, but a free Black woman must know the answer. Everyone can gain from this workshop where Tamara Winfrey-Harris shares the pillars of liberation from her forthcoming book, A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free, and explores navigating work and identity from a position of strength.