BlackWeek
No Skips.
You know the times you listen to music all the way through, not wanting to miss a song?
That's what BlackWeek was like. Stage after stage of powerful content thoughtfully curated to help advance opportunity and economic growth in Black and Brown communities and “move the culture forward.”
One of the things that stuck with me when I first heard about BlackWeek: they offered pay equity pricing in acknowledgement of the pay disparities between women, women of color and male counterparts. That intentionality showed up throughout the entire event, from the onsite barber services by Bevel to the BlackWeek app, which I'm still revisiting a week later.
Congratulations and THANK YOU to the BlackWeek founders and planning team for this much-needed space, vision, and the greatness it’s inspiring!
Photo description:
1. Joe Anthony, Dabo Che and Gabrielle Shirdan present at the “Black Lemonade” panel. Gabrielle is standing near a large screen displaying a slide that reads:
Systems over Seats
Presence in the room (with a strike through these words)
Power in the Room
2. The Bevel activation: two barber stations, a red and white barber pole in the foreground, and black walls with quotes such as ‘nothing beats a fresh fade’ printed in white text.
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