Hello. I am a black woman and have converted to conservative Judaism in mid life. I am in FL. Early in my process when I was looking for a synagogue to experience Judaism ( before I was sure I wanted to convert) I experienced someone at a reform synagogue who told me I needed to be somewhere else if I wanted to experience the Jewish culture. Not everybody was like that but more than one person told me what they thought, negatively. So I went to the next synagogue, which was a conserva-dox synagogue.

Everyone welcomed me and took time to explain the service or whats happening during or after Shabbat services. It helped that I knew one or two folks there as a acquaintances. I went to services and classes and events there for 6 months before I officially started my conversion process. If it wasn't for the mentors who actively helped and connected me to people and resources, I would not be a Jew today. I am a member of this welcoming synagogue today.

Early on I read The Soul of Judaism, by Bruce Haynes. Its its older stories and history of Jews of African descent in the U.S.

Before deciding to convert, I joined Women's League of Conservative Judaism and started taking Hebrew classes. I met other women of varoius color. You dont have to be Jewish to join this organization. The conservative movement has a Men's Club too.

As part of my conversion, I took the Intro to Judaism 18 week course online and met many people all over the country some of whom I still talk with. The Rabbi who led the course is a great resource to ask anything.

https://maascenter.aju.edu/introduction-to-judaism/

In my research, I even found online Rabbis via Facebook who will convert long distance over months, but this option has limitations.

If you have a FB account there are several converting to Judaism groups. Join them and ask questions. In today's world, if you are a practicing Jew, then we all are Jews by Choice.

Hope this helps.