For the fifth consecutive yr, Tradition Creators will rejoice its “Empowered Girls Marketing campaign.” The imaginative and prescient of the marketing campaign is for Black ladies to redefine what it appears to be like like when ladies present up for themselves, one another, and the communities the place they work, serve and reside. The Empowered Girls Marketing campaign marks an evolution of the group’s mission to foster “trustworthy, thought-provoking conversations round mentorship, management and allyship.”
This yr’s theme demystifies the concept of the “Superwoman” by specializing in how ladies can forge methods of natural assist and thrive in each space of their lives.
Based by Joi Brown, Tradition Creators originated as a ardour undertaking whereas she was an government at Atlantic Data, as she was “pushed by the concept of bringing folks collectively to rejoice each other.” With a star-studded occasion in October 2015, helmed by iconic DJs D-Good and the late DJ Clark Kent, together with the assist of Jessica Rosenblum and a game-changing sponsorship from her buddy Carolene Robinson at VH1, Brown’s dream had change into a actuality. To at the present time, Tradition Creators is on a transparent mission to advertise, uplift and protect the tradition.
Following a profitable tenure at Atlantic and briefly working as an agent at ICM Companions, Brown went all in to show Tradition Creators from her ardour undertaking right into a thriving and recognizable platform that has made an indelible imprint on the leisure business.
This yr’s honorees embody:
Sports activities: Daybreak Staley, Girls’s Basketball Head Coach, South Carolina Gamecocks; Keyeriah Miles, founding father of Women Who Golf Membership; Erin Jackson, Olympic Velocity Skater; Autumn Lockwood, Affiliate Efficiency Coach, Philadelphia Eagles; Yolett McPhee-McCuin, Girls’s Basketball Head Coach, Ole Miss; Tina Sloan Inexperienced, Co-Founder, Black Girls in Sport Basis; Portia Archer, CEO, Girls’s Tennis Affiliation; Genisha Metcalf, Head of Partnerships, NBA Basis; and Monica McNutt, Sports activities Commentator, ESPN.
Enterprise and Tech: Brianna Thompson, Founder & CEO, Spiked Wellness; Kay Miranda, Artistic Lead, Tradition Con; Modupe Congleton, CEO, Lastly Free Store; Kobi Wu, Founder & CEO, Cache AI; Daisha Roberts, Director of Programming (Trend, Magnificence, Tradition), AdWeek; Amy Oraefo, International Leisure Legal professional; Stephanie Alexis Smellie, Head of Enterprise Growth, Patreon; Aisha Bowe, Rocket Scientist, Entrepreneur & Speaker, Blue Origin; Sherrese Clarke Soares, Founder, HarborView Fairness; Melissa C. Potter, Paramount Co., Content material for Change; and Kim Blackwell, CEO, PMM Company.
Artwork and Fashion: Attraction La’Donna, Artist, Choreographer, Director; Georgina Ogirri, Model Strategist & Designer, Grisé NYC; Megan Gabrielle Harris, Mannequin & Multi-Disciplinary Artist; Kaci Merriwether-Hawkins, CEO & Founder, Black Ladies in Artwork Areas; Kreshonna Keane, Photographer & Inside Designer, Ok Studios; Mashonda Tifrere, CEO, ArtLeadHer; Storm DeBarge, Choreographer, The Land Casting Community; Danielle Scott, Combined Media Artist; Ebony Obsidian, Actress & Ambassador; Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye, CEO & Founder, Ami Colé; and Elizabeth Acevedo, Poet & Author.
