Black Unity Summit
The Black Unity Summit is an annual event that seeks to bring together Black students, staff, faculty, and alumni of Babson College to foster a network and build community, offer a space of celebration of Black excellence and leadership, and develop a greater capacity for entrepreneurial leadership that will benefit Black leaders of all kinds.
Black Unity Summit: Black Babson—Past, Present, and Future
Agenda at a Glance
| Friday April 1, 2022 | |
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| 6–9 p.m. | Welcome Dinner & Networking |
| 6–7 p.m. Cocktail Hour | |
| 7–9 p.m. Dinner Updates from: The BSU, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, the Black Babson Alumni Alliance, DEI Trustee Committee, DoIE Spotlight Address by: Keynote Speaker Jeff Perry ’87 P’23, Chair, Board of Trustees |
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| Saturday April 2, 2022 | |
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| 8–9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9–10 a.m. | Breakout Sessions focusing on Black Mental Health Option 1: Caring for our brothers: Black Men’s Mental Health Option 2: Meta-stereotypes and their impact on Black Women |
| 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Alumni Panels Topics include: Stories of Success/Failure, Black Wealth Management Growth and Maintenance, Generational Wealth & Building within Communities |
| 12–1 p.m. | Lunch Remarks by: President Stephen Spinelli Jr., PhD, MBA’92 |
| 1–2:30 p.m. | Collaboration Competition |
| 2:30–3 p.m. | Leadership Spotlight Keynote Speaker: Donna Levin, Chief Executive Officer Arthur M. Blank School of Entrepreneurial Leadership |
| 3–3:30 p.m. | Collaboration Competition winners announcement & Closing |