Girls from 13 states attend Black Girls Dream Conference in Atlanta

ATLANTA – More than 1,300 people from 13 states attended the annual Black Girls Dream conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis this weekend.

This year’s event focused on the theme of Afrofuturism and featured several panels on technology, artificial intelligence, coding and robotics.

Dr. Bernice King of the King Center hosted a fireside chat on how to advance your legacy for the next generation. Additionally, an actress had the honor of speaking on a panel discussing how black women are portrayed in the media.

Participants expressed a sense of community and empowerment, with one participant emphasizing the importance of seeing everyone together for positive reasons, laughing, talking and networking.

The workshops aimed to cultivate the self-confidence of young black girls in the South, emphasizing that they are enough to take up space in any room they enter.