Our signature event is back for its seventh year, and it’s still the realest room we know.
Black women living with MS, lupus, or NMOSD and their support squads
From weareillmatic.com/wellness-weekend-2026 ↗Our signature event is back for its seventh year — and it’s still the realest room we know.
Wellness Week(end) is a safe space for our sisters in MS, Lupus, and NMOSD and their support squads to come together in person to connect, learn, and grow.
Expect honest conversation, expert insight, true rest, and the kind of sisterhood that reminds you that you’re not doing this alone. Come as you are, leave lifted. This is where community becomes family.
Together, we create space to feel seen, supported, and strengthened.
At its heart, Wellness Week(end) exists to empower, equip, and inspire our community to live well with autoimmune disease — not someday, but right now. Through meaningful panel conversations, expert-led talks, and restorative wellness sessions, attendees gain practical tools, renewed confidence, and lasting connections.
Living with MS, lupus, or NMOSD looks different for each person. For Black women, the journey often includes additional layers that deserve recognition, care, and community-centered solutions. That’s why this gathering matters so deeply.
Black women are often the anchors of their families and communities. When they are supported, entire circles are strengthened. By bringing their support systems into the room with them, Wellness Week(end) expands what healing and advocacy can look like — and helps raise awareness about autoimmune disease in ways that are personal, powerful, and far-reaching.
This is more than an event. It’s a space to reconnect with possibility. It’s a place to be poured into. It’s community in action.
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