Hairitage: Our Stories, Our Power Panel

Hairitage: Our Stories, Our Power celebrates the beauty, creativity, and strength woven through Black hair as a living expression of identity and resilience. Through storytelling and cultural dialogue, this dynamic panel explores how Black hair shapes movements, challenges stereotypes, and redefines beauty and belonging—creating space for truth-telling, healing, and empowerment. Dinner provided. All are welcome!

The panel will feature:

- Chinenye Nkemere, CROWN Act Advocate & Project Noir Co-Founder

- Dr. Meredith Gadsby, Chair of Africana Studies & Associate Professor of Comparative American Studies

- Maya Akinfosile, Multicultural Specialist & Staff Psychologist

- Aurora Gray, Student & Sisters of the Yam Member