Seeding, Equity & Entrepreneurship - In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

3000 Northeast 151st Street,North Miami Beach FL 33181

13 January, 2022

Description

Network and mingle alongside diverse hospitality leaders and organizations W/ dinner & signature cocktails. Featuring and hosted by Brian Barker M.A., CHE, Ph.D. Candidate, Tracy Prigmore Founder of She Has a Deal., and Samella Watson Founder & CEO of Sebiya. To honor Dr. King's dream of economic equality and hopes for prosperity, this networking mixer and dinner is a community event intended to inspire a select pool of graduate students by highlighting minority-owned hospitality businesses.This event will create synergy amongst the minority entrepreneurship community, raising money forDEI Endowed Chair programming, as well as start-up capital support for She Has a Deal and Sebiya. 6:00 - 6:30 Networking + cocktails 6:30 - 7:15 Entrepreneurs Panel Discussion (Kristin Kitchen owner of Sojourn Accommodation, Lonzie Joyce owner of House of Lonzie J Events, Keisha Hankerson founder of FiveTwoNine Miami Airbnb, Deontae Mack founder of 420BNB -Vibesbnb, Stephanie Haughton, Immaculate Touch Management Group, Co-owner and Tiara Miles founder of Koki Experiences) 7:15 - Dinner 8:15 - 9:00 - Fireside Chat with Tracy Prigmore & Samella Watson, moderated by Professor Barker 9:00 - 9:30 - Networking & showcase local artists We are the leading international hospitality and tourism management program in the country; leveraging a personalized, diverse, student-centric culture to prepare industry leaders. The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management’s vision is to transform hospitality and tourism… one learner at a time, for a lifetime. We support the enrichment fo the hospitality and tourism industry by hosting local and global events, like the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, that support education & awareness of these great crafts.