Submit a Session Proposal

Now Accepting 2024 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. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following themes:

  • 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, November 30, 2024.

 

Proposal Review Committee Timeline

Evaluations of all submissions December 2- December 13, 2024.

Notification to presenters about selections December 16, 2024.

 

 

 

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.