Black Women at Work event on Oct. 2 in Midtown

Black Women at Work will bring more than 100 Black businesswomen and executives on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at the .Zack Theatre in Midtown.The event will focus on Black women navigating the workforce, the unique challenges they experience related to race and gender, and the solutions that will help them thrive in their careers and achieve economic success.Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States, but research suggests that this exodus into entrepreneurship is a strategy to escape the racialized and gendered dynamics of most workplaces. “Black women deserve workplaces that are psychologically safe and supportive, that affirm their talents and coach them through mistakes,” said Jennifer Drake, organizer of Black Women at Work and founder of Drake Strategy Partners,.
“In some cases, Black women need opportunities to gain skills and strategies to succeed in workplaces that weren’t designed with them or their life circumstances in mind. But if certain groups —- like Black women —- are predictably having a worse time at work than anyone else, the system is the culprit.”The event will include an opportunity for Black women from various industries to network and  share what is working for them in their careers as well as where they are experiencing challenges.For more information about the event, please visit the registration site or Instagram (a website will be available soon). 

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