The Blank School engages Babson community members and leads research to create entrepreneurial leaders.
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 |