Using the lens of endarkened feminist epistemology, two women of color think through the question of how we use adult education to create brave spaces and develop practices for teaching, research, and service in an unsafe, fear-laden, and punitive context shaped by White Christian nationalism (WCN). Because of the cultural-historical context of the United States, we argue that the starting point for all anti-racist work must be understood through anti-black racism. To situate the context, we propose Pro-Blackness as anti-racist philosophy. We then offer a pedagogy of courage and joy, with suggested practices drawing on the concept of brave spaces and Tisby's A-R-C (awareness, relationships, and commitment) racial justice framework to help adult educators to learn together, build relationships, stay connected through community, take action for racial justice, and thrive in joy.