The State of Black Women in Tech is centered around amplifying the stories of amazing women that work in tech and tech-adjacent roles, despite the challenges they face in Baltimore and beyond. There will be networking before and after the panel discussion. Light hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided. This event is funded in part by the Baltimore Women in Tech (BWiT) Micro Grants Program and Conscious Venture Lab.

5:30pm - Registration & Networking

6:00pm - Panel Discussion

8:00pm - Event ends

Questions? Contact the event organizer, Sabrina, at sabrina@sabrinadepestre.com

Panelists:

• Danyelle Ireland - Associate Director, Center for Women in Technology at UMBC
  

• Tammi Thomas - VP of Marketing at TEDCO

• Crystal Coache - Director of Talent and Operations at Allovue

• Charlotte James - Director of Outreach at Common Curriculum
  

• Jessica Sackey - Instructor at B-360 Baltimore and Student Assistant, Center for Women in Technology at UMBC

About BWiT:

BWiT is a micro grants program designed to help women get more involved with the local Baltimore tech scene by providing funding to help get grassroots ideas off the ground.

About Conscious Venture Lab:

Conscious Venture Lab® is an early stage business accelerator with the goal of developing companies and leaders who embrace capitalism as a powerful catalyst for good in society.

CVL helps extraordinary entrepreneurs in their quest to build companies with societal purpose at their core; to give them all the tools and support they need to create engaged happy employees, loyal and joyful customers, deeply authentic partnerships, caring and safe communities and financial wealth for all their stakeholders.

About Ida B’s Table:

Ida B’s Table is a modern soul food restaurant with four distinct areas for guests to enjoy: the bar, the parlor, the drawing room, and the main dining room. The restaurant serves lunch, small plates during happy hour, and dinner. Weekend service extends from brunch through dinner.

Ida B’s Table is named in honor of Ida B. Wells, the pioneering journalist and anti-lynching activist. Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931) was a contemporary of W.E.B Dubois and Susan B. Anthony, writing and campaigning for justice around the world. She was one of the founders of the NAACP in 1909, and in 1990 the USPS issued a 25-cent postage stamp of her likeness. Her legacy lives on in her direct descendants, numerous journalism awards from the National Association of Black Journalists to the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and the Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation.