Now Accepting 2025 Conference Proposals
The Black Excellence Summit committee members are now accepting proposals for potential presenters to lead engaging conversations around innovative thoughts, conversations, research, mentorship and best practices exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the Black experience.
This year our theme will be Ownership of the experience: “How to uncover your superpower”:
- Challenging experiences that shape you (Your origin story)
- Who’s your sidekick (Networking & discovering who’s on your team)
- The different ways you show in different spaces.
- The moment of Sacrifice(the fork in the road)
The overall pillars of the Black Excellence Summit
- Being: Identity: (The Black experience and how you show up)
- Empowering: (Finding the middle ground (A balance of Excellence and Notoriety)
- Thriving: (Equipping Black students and faculty/staff with the tools to navigate experiences at UMBC and in the outside world)
Submission Deadlines
All proposals are due by Saturday, January 18, 2025.
Proposal Review Committee Timeline
Evaluations of all submissions January 19 – January 25, 2025.
Notification to presenters about selections on January 27, 2025.
Submit a Proposal
If you have any questions regarding session proposals, sponsorship or any other aspects of the conference, please contact Amery Thompson at 410-455-1653 or ameryqt@umbc.edu.