About This Event

In celebration of Black History Month, we invite you to join us for this interactive breakfast about how women of color are succeeding in tech and fostering the next generation of leaders in Chicago.

The breakfast will feature lightning talks by a handful of amazing women in the Chicago tech scene and take a deeper dive into the issues they face in the tech industry and solutions to how to rise above the obstacles and thrive in this growing field.

• Breakfast + Mingling 7:30am-8:00am
• Lightning Talks 8:00am-8:45am
• Connecting + Sharing 8:45am-9:30am

Speakers 

Felicia Shakespeare 
Founder, mClass

Afenya Pongo Montgomery 
Founder, The iCAN Collective

Nneka Ude 
Founder & Managing Editor, Welcome to THE PATH (WTTP)

Nauje Change 
Founder, Beaudentity

Amanda Spann 
Marketing Consultant & App Entrepreneur