Day 1
WEDNESDAY, October 21st
10:00-10:30 ABE Summit Opening Remarks
10:30-11:30 Take Inventory: What Healing Is Needed In This Moment? with Karen L. Culpepper
11:30-12:00 Break/Self Care
12:00-1:30 How Being a Black Creative Is A Form of Resistance: Moderated by Keith Major with Jean Paul Dia and Claude Easy
1:30-2:00 Break/Self Care
2:30-3:30 Why Black Graphic Designers And Illustrators Are Needed In The Lexicon: Moderated by Nia Lawrence with Gail Anderson and Jarret Lampley
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:30 How To Find Your Authentic Voice And Point Of View As A Black Creative: Moderated by Diarrha N’diaye with Salone Monet and Olivia Dope
5:30-6:00 Small Business Resource Hub with Matthew Story with Matthew Story from Visa
6:00-7:00 Break
7:00-8:30 Fireside Chat: Constance White in conversation with FeNoel
Day 2
THURSDAY, October 22nd
10:00-11:30 Why Marketing & PR Are Necessary moderated by J. Bolin with Brittany Antoinette and Amber Tolliver
11:30-12:00 Break/Self Care
12:00-1:30 The Business Of Blackness: Creating The Image moderated by Karl Ferguson, Jr. with Itaysha Jordan and Tracey Woods
1:30-2:00 Break/Self Care
2:00-3:30 How To Be Your Own Leader In A Crowded Field moderated by Delina Medhin with Danessa Myricks and Karen Dupiche
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:30 The Black Hair Myth: Breaking The Chains moderated by Derick Monroe with Gabrielle Corney and Mahisha Dellinger
5:30-7:00 Break/Dinner
7:00-8:30 Steps To Creating Generational Wealth And Abundance-Fireside Chat: AJ Crimson in Conversation with Girard Hardy, Bevel’s Director of Marketing
Day 3
FRIDAY, October 23rd
11:00-12:00 Black Creatives As Black Visionaries: How We Are Imagining The Future with Ebonee Davis
12:00-12:30 Break/Self Care
12:30-1:30 Why Black Creatives Must Start Building Their Own Table with Crystal Wright
1:30-2:00 ABE Summit Closing Remarks