This weekend, over 300 attendees
will gather to celebrate the
accomplishments of black women who are
trailblazing in politics, advocacy and
the media, and so for.
For more on this, we are joined by Mia Davis,
founder of Color Vision and Natasha Murphy,
who is representative of Black
Girls vote Ladies. I'm so excited.
Big event this weekend.
Mia for you. It's been five years.
You all have done this brunch.
How have you seen this?
Really encourage the community?
Gosh, we've seen it encourage
the community so much.
We feel like we're honoring
women who are extraordinary,
but don't always get their flowers.
So we are just thrilled that
for five straight years,
we've been able to bring this event
to DC and to let these women be be
seen and to also inspire other women.
We have a lot of college age
students and the audience,
and for them to be there and
attendance and be able to look
up to them is so important to us.
Natasha is that part of the way that
you've been able to further black women.
As we mentioned, the media, advocacy
politics. Absolutely yes.
Every year we are deliberate
about selecting honorees who are
Trail Blazers in their field.
So these are the women
who are shaping policies,
setting the narrative in media
and then leveraging their skill
sets to advocate for policy
change locally and nationally.
So it's exceptional to be
able to highlight and elevate
the work that they're doing.
Can we talk about some of
these honorees this year?
I mean, we you have Kathy Hughes,
the founder and chairperson
of Urban One incorporated.
Who else do we have this year?
Would be asamoa?
Who is the crown champion so I'm sure
you've heard a lot about the Crown
Act when it comes to black hair,
so she's been a major part of that and
we're thrilled to be honoring her minda.
Harts, who is a best selling
author also Chelsea Miller.
She is a rising star.
She is the founder of Freedom March in NYC
and she's really a great young activist.
We're also honoring Maya Rockeymoore Comings,
who is a former chair of the
Maryland Democratic Party.
So yeah, a lot of great
women spans. I mean look at
these names and what they do.
And they're all making their own
wave and impact on the community.
Absolutely, yes. Some powerhouse women.
Yeah, celebrating amazing.
I feel like being in that room
has got to be inspiring anything.
You could leave people if they're
not attending this weekend, right?
I wanna say, hey, there's,
but you can actually attend in
your own way this weekend so we
we have a few events going on.
One of them is a virtual event leading
up to it where we're featuring past
dope Black Girl winners, one of them,
Alicia Garza Alencia Johnson.
Who else do we have on there, Brittany.
I mean him, Stephanie Brown, James.
So we have a lot of great women who
can be featured on the virtual event.
So if you can't attend in person,
we would love for you to RSVP for that.
So
there is a way.
Get involved, get inspired.
What other initiatives are
you guys spearheading aside
from getting, gathering,
and celebrating these women?
Yeah, so we're 78
days away from the midterms and so black
girls vote is really amping up our efforts
to engage and educate the community.
So we have kalida chapters and ahead
of national voter Registration day.
On September 20th, we are prepared to
activate those young women on campus,
including our DC chapters at
American and Howard University.
Why is it so important for not
just women, but black women to get
out there and vote? Yes, you know we
are such active.
Members of the civic process.
And we want to ensure that
that activity continues with a
particular focus on our younger
voters who are 18 to 24. Yeah.
Yes. And alpharad color vision
will be concentrating on help
helping black women be empowered
in their careers and businesses.
So we'll be launching our national
mentorship program where young women
will be able to come in and get mentored.
You like, like young women like yourself
who want to be anchors but don't know
how to get their foot in the door.
So we're so excited to be providing
that type of resource as well
as our national membership.
Program launching right after Labor Day.
Sounds like it's only been
expanding in the last five years.
Incredible, it's going further.
Even thank you both for being here today.
Have a great brunch.
Yes, I know we'll be
hearing a lot more from you.
Black Girls brunch is happening Sunday,
August 28th. It will be at the Hamilton
restaurant, so will be good food too.