Celebrating Black Creators
In Conversation with
#BlackOwnedFriday: A Look at 2020’s Most Purposeful Campaign
In this session, Wyclef Jean, a Global award-winning artist; Amani Duncan, President of BBH USA; and Madeline Nelson, Co-Founder & CEO of Heads Music, will speak about their campaign with Google, which reimagined Black Friday as #BlackOwnedFriday to support shopping at Black-owned small businesses.
Storytelling to Truth-Telling: The Strategy Behind Creating Great Work
Blaq App and LayerUp! present Curating Algorithm Equity: Reclaiming BIPOC Narratives for Mental Wellness & More
Adaptive Leadership During the Modern Era of Creatorship
Wellness for Every Body and Mind: Brand Leaders Discuss
How Music Can Create Positive Social Change with Aloe Blacc
The Critical Role of Creators in Advertising
What Global Response to Black Lives Matter Tells Us About Brand Activism
Unconscious Bias: How to Support with a New Lens
In Conversation with
Byron Allen
April Ryan, TheGRIO.com and CNN White House Correspondent, joins Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of ALLEN MEDIA GROUP/ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS, to examine the state of the advertising industry in America.
Allen, who has led the BLACK OWNED MEDIA MATTERS movement in the last year with webinars and the first-ever BLACK OWNED MEDIA UPFRONTS, reveals how the yoke of systemic racism is still plaguing the industry.
He also shares the fascinating story of how he went from comedian to media executive. In an incredibly candid keynote, Allen discusses the importance of black-owned media and how it is currently being underserved by those who should be paying attention to it the most.
Allen, who has led the BLACK OWNED MEDIA MATTERS movement in the last year with webinars and the first-ever BLACK OWNED MEDIA UPFRONTS, reveals how the yoke of systemic racism is still plaguing the industry.
He also shares the fascinating story of how he went from comedian to media executive. In an incredibly candid keynote, Allen discusses the importance of black-owned media and how it is currently being underserved by those who should be paying attention to it the most.
SATURDAY MORNING
Jayanta Jenkins, Keith Cartwright, Kwame Taylor-Hayford
Let’s Talk About Bias. Let’s Talk About The Look
SATURDAY MORNING and P&G talk about shifting perceptions on unconscious bias with their campaign “The Look,” creating work with profound social impact and new models of partnership between creative agencies and marketers.
A Moment or Movement: A Town Hall with SATURDAY MORNING
An open conversation from the leaders of SATURDAY MORNING, creators of the Emmy nominated The Look, on the role of creativity in driving economic change in racial equity and the role that brands and companies must take to make this not a moment but a real movement.