So THIS is what they meant by #brownGirlMagic….WOW!!!
13 year Mikaela Smith created Brown Girl Magic with the support of her mom Kia Morgan-Smith, and they held their first Brown Girl Magic Empowerment Conference-Mother/Daughter Dinner in Douglasville, GA!
It was soooo awesome! The theme was “Activating Your Inner Magic”, and it was way more exciting than I could have imagined. Ms. Kia said that activating your inner magic means, “all about teaching girls of color how to find and appreciate the beauty in themselves while using their power and voices to help change the world. We will hold sessions that will feed into the hearts and minds of so many young girls of color: whether Black, mixed raced, Latino, Native American, Middle Eastern or Asian”
They had great food, children vendors (yes, we are entrepreneurs too), and the speakers had great messages just for us. (You guys know speakers can get boring, but they were great!)
Mom and I had a great time connecting with the people
There was also a panel discussion with girl enterpreneurs:
Check out some of the people that were there:
*Denene Millner, New York Times best-selling Author
*Jay Barnett, former NFL Player, Author
*Alasia Ballard, model, America’s Next Top Model
*Joyce Brewer, Emmy Award winner, MommyTalkShow host
*Symone Cantey, Don’t Be a Bully Foundation
*Gabby Goodwin, Founder Gabby Bows
*Dai Time, Founder Dai Time Magazine
*Zoe Turner, TLC show, Little Miss Atlanta
*Bailee Knighten, BaileesNailbox.com
*Rose Genter, winner, Chopped Junior
*Bernetta Knighten, the Knighten Project
I even got a chance to meet Christopher Pearman, Raven Symone’s dad!
We even received TWO gift bags filled with goodies!
And of course, I cant leave you without the #redCarpetShenanigans!
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Great job Mikaela!