The 2024 Black Space Summit & Symposium is a conference curated to amplify and promote the African Descent Community, heritage, and culture. This summit will focus on highlighting the depth and diversity of the African Descent community while encouraging the development of practical solutions to pervasive systemic inequities experienced by those living in the margins. We invite you to celebrate the art, culture and heritage of African Descent people and community. The Summit will consist of various in person events and virtual offerings including multiple panel discussions, workshops, and artist performances throughout the Greater Vancouver area. The Black Space Summit & Symposium unites artists, educators, and professionals within the diaspora to explore critical themes and realities related to the African Descent community.

The programming taking place from the 19th to 22nd of September will be free entry or pay-what-you-may-admission. We will have a donation box which will be placed at our info table. All proceed recived form The 2023 Black Space Summit and Symposium will go to supporting local artist and creatives within the African Descent community.

The purpose of The Black Space Summit and Symposium is to create accessible and safe spaces for those living in the magins. We will priotize accessiblity to people of African Descent and thoise in the margins to ensure that all community members interested in attending can. This Summit is a hybrid event all panels will be streamed virtually via a registered online platform. The links to each live stream panel will be given to registered participants the day before the panel via there registered email.

*We prefer all paericipants intereted in attending register via eventbrite platform, so we can send you your checkin tickets and program for your registered event.

Warmly,

The BSM Team