Watch Black Girl Freedom Week 2022
DAY OF INTENTION
Dream with us! What would you do with one billion dollars? Help us envision an abundant future for all Black girls! Create an image using our Photobooth and post your visions on Instagram & Twitter and tag @blackgirlfreedomfund and use #1Billion4BlackGirls.
Share with us! We'd love for Black girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth to tell us what they would do with a $1 billion investment in them, their families and communities. Take this survey and help ensure a more beautiful, just, free, and joyous tomorrow for Black girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth!
FASHION, BEAUTY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
1:25pm ET: Opening and Welcome
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1:30pm ET: Black Girls as Storytellers and Culture-makers
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5:00pm ET: Fashion & Beauty & Black girls: Leadership & Making it in the Business
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MENTORING & LEADERSHIP
5:00pm ET: Mentoring Black Girls and Gender-Expansive Youth
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5:35pm ET: Masterclass with Dr. Salamishah Tillet
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Investing in Black Girls, Femmes, and Gender-Expansive Youth
2:00pm ET: Black Girls Driving the Culture: Fashion, Beauty, and Narrative Change
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5:00pm ET: The Importance of Investing in Black Girls, Femmes and Gender-Expansive Youth
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6:00pm ET: Black Girls as Philanthropists
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CELEBRATING CREATIVES, Toni Morrison’s & Audre Lorde’s Birthdays
3:30pm ET: Black Girls: We Do Big Things
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5:00pm ET: Interactive Activity
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5:30pm ET: DJ Set featuring DJ Sophia
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6:00pm ET: Rashida Jones Celebrates With Us
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6:30pm ET: We Got Each Other! — Meet Us On Hopin
Description
PICTURING BLACK GIRLHOOD
A viewing of the “Picturing Black Girlhood” exhibit at Express Newark, NJ, curated by Scheherazade Tillet and Zoraida Lopez-Diago, featuring over 70 artists, ages 8-94, with journalist Sydnie Collins.
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Featured Guests & Speakers
Amal Issa
Anyia Williams
Brooklyn White
Cidra M. Sebastien
DJ Sophia
Dr. Monique Couvson (formerly Dr. Monique Morris)
Dr. Ramatu Bangura
Dr. Salamishah Tillet
Ebony Morris
Eva Reign
Jamison Ford
Jessica Johnson
Joanne N Smith, MSW
Kenya Bryant
Kyndall Osibodu
Lorelei Williams
Mahogany Morris
Marley Dias
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Monica Peavy
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Monique Davis
Mushtaq Barqab
OnRaé LaTeal and Freedom Futures Collective
Rashida Jones
Sanaa Lathan
Scheherazade TIllet
Susan L. Taylor
Sydnie Chandler Monet
Tracee Ellis Ross
Zoe Tripp
Zoraida Lopez-Diago
Interactive Space Co-Hosts
Cenné Anderson
Chloé Rae Ashford
Dominique Lowe
Kamryn El’woods
Kyra Pagan
Leyani Bryant
Lizzie No
Mikaila Ulmer
Natalie Henry
Ponny White
Rissy McDonald
Safiatu Diagana
Sikirat Mustapha
Temple Lester
Zyahna Bryant
In Deep Appreciation
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#1Billion4BlackGirls is a 10-year philanthropic initiative designed to invest in the brain trust, innovation, health, safety, education, artistic visions, research, and joy of Black girls and their families. The Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) is an initiative of Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC), and leads and hosts the organization of Black Girl Freedom Week.
