Black Parent

Innovation Lab

The Black Parent Innovation Lab is an opportunity for Black parents to experiment, iterate and hone new strategies to help their communities thrive.

Design Fellowship

The Black Parent Innovation Lab is P4L’s flagship program. Each year Parenting for Liberation awards up to $5,000 in funding and wrap-around support for up to 10 Black Parents Fellows for testing their innovative ideas which aim to create solutions to problems impacting Black families.

Through intentional community building and hands-on design intensives, California-based Fellows embark on a 6-month journey anchored in liberatory design and healing justice that sparks innovation, radical abundance, joy and play rooted in the power and possibility of Blackness.

Ready to Innovate?

The 2026-27 Black Parent Innovation Lab Application opens Juneteenth 2026 and closes July 19th, 2026.

Apply today!

Application PDF

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Meet the Fellows

News

Welcoming 2025-26 Innovation Fellows!

Culminating Celebration

Enjoy our closing 2023-2024 Cohort's culminating Celebration event highlighting our panel discussion and Fellows' projects.

I LOVED being in community with other Black parents, being playful and creative together, being dragged through my process and facing my fears of the unknown and doing ALLLLL of that on a foundation of love for Blackness and commitment to our healing and thriving into the future.

Program Participant
The Black Innovation Lab was an amazing way to learn about how we can bring our Ideas to fruition by examining our mindsets, strengthening our creative and critical thinking skills as a collective and individually.

Program Participant
I loved all of the many ways that we could learn and participate throughout our weekend together and the valuable mentorship and guidance received the whole P4L facilitation team. I loved the altar space as well as all of the materials and resources available to make sure we could maintain good health. Super thoughtful!

Program Participant

Black Parent

Innovation Lab

Design Fellowship

Ready to Innovate?

Meet the Fellows

Culminating Celebration

I LOVED being in community with other Black parents, being playful and creative together, being dragged through my process and facing my fears of the unknown and doing ALLLLL of that on a foundation of love for Blackness and commitment to our healing and thriving into the future.

The Black Innovation Lab was an amazing way to learn about how we can bring our Ideas to fruition by examining our mindsets, strengthening our creative and critical thinking skills as a collective and individually.

Healing