Women in Business & Entrepreneurship
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EBONY MEDIA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HILTON AND EFFEN® VODKA, HOSTS EBONY WOMEN UP: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH WOMEN OF COLOR IN BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
On Saturday, July 21, 2018, EBONY hosted its Women Up brunch, featuring an intimate conversation with women of color in business and entrepreneurship. The brunch included a lively panel discussion, was held in Chicago at the luxurious LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton. The panel featured Diane Primo, founder and CEO of IntraLink Global; Kris Williams, founder of FAME Enterprises and Chicago French Press; and Tarrah Cooper, partner at Rise Strategy Group. The discussion was moderated by Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist LeeAnn Trotter, who is currently a feature reporter at WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago.
High-profile notables, including Andrea Richardson, Director of Multicultural & Diversity Engagement at Hilton, Fay Ferguson, Co-CEO of Burrell Communications Group and Kendra G, co-host of The WGCI Morning Show.
"Hilton is proud to support important events like the EBONY Women Up brunch in order to celebrate and recognize the trailblazing work of women of color and provide a safe forum for collaboration and fellowship," says Richardson.
The EBONY Women Up brunch series is dedicated to women of color doing extraordinary work, in very ordinary ways, in their respective fields. During each event, more than 200 influencers in a variety of professions are invited to fellowship and discuss the successes they have achieved and the challenges they must overcome.
"Events like EBONY Women Up are very important. It’s important for us to be able to share things like fellowship and friendship and to get to know one another. My hope is that you will get to see friends that you know and get to make new friends. New friends can turn into new business acquaintances and new businesses. You just never know how that goes. It’s just very important that we take this opportunity to be with one another," says Linda Johnson Rice, chairman emeritus of EBONY Media Operations.
View exclusive photos and video of the panel discussion from EBONY Women Up here.
Photos and Video From The July 2018 Event
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