Black Love Summit 2022 (Credit: Kai Byrd Photography)
Black Love Summit 2022 (Credit: Kai Byrd Photography)
We’re back and headed to Hotlanta! Black Love, Inc. is thrilled to announce the return of its highly anticipated annual marquee event — the BLACK LOVE SUMMIT! As we celebrate our 6th year in Atlanta, we are dedicated to fostering love, unity, and growth as we connect with our Black Love fam!
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Year after year, we focus on the many nuances of what Black Love is. Black Love isn’t just about romantic love. Black Love is friendship. Black Love is family. Black Love is entrepreneurship. Black Love is community. Black Love is healing, Black Love is certainly connecting with all of you, and Summit is where it all goes down! This year’s summit promises to surpass all expectations, offering an unforgettable experience filled with high-profile talent, our signature panels, and compelling conversations that will impact the way you live and love!
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Since our Co-Founders Tommy & Codie Elaine Oliver launched Black Love Doc in 2017; the Summit has been a catalyst for bringing together renowned couples from the show and thoughtful speakers from the extended Black Love family. With an enthusiastic audience eager to learn and grow, the summit serves as a platform for candid and honest conversations about love, wellness, partnership, and the essence of building a thriving community.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT BLACK LOVE SUMMIT
Black Love Summit 2022 (Credit: Kai Byrd Photography)
Conversations and Real Feedback From the Speakers Who Attend:
Our panel discussions, workshops, and interactive activations are like no other experience! We create a space where you get to talk up close and personal with your favorite Black Love family as they give share their perspective on love, marriage, and more in panel discussions such as The Husbands and Wives panels, managing money, navigating evolving friendships, leadership as entrepreneurs, and more!!
Community That Wants to See You Win in Life and Love
Black Love has a strong community of US. The Summit is the place to celebrate the Black experience, both locally and globally, with hundreds of members of the Black Love family that are ready to connect with one another as well as local Black vendors! And this year, we are planning a little matchmaking fun!
Connections and Events From the Welcome Party to Family Fun!
The Summit is a day for friends, lovers and family to spend time together and to get to know new people! As one of our areas of expertise is dating and relationships, we’ll keep the connection going with experiences surrounding the day!
Now that you’ve gotten all the deets, let’s look back to some of our best moments of Black Love Summit as we prepare for the big day. Check out the clips below, and if you’ve attended past summit experiences, share with us what moments were your favorite!
Lead by Example for the Next Generation
Black Love is brotherhood, and this discussion between actors/friends Melvin Gregg and Algee Smith showed us the importance of not just showing up for your friends, but showing up for the next generation as a parent wanting to do things better.
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Don’t Hold Your Mate Hostage to Expectations You Never Communicated
We loved this moment from #BlackLoveSummit 2021 with Singer Erica Campbell, where she reflected on the unfair expectations she placed on her husband Warren. Shout out to those of us who are working on our communication skills because it ain’t always easy!
@blackloveinc “I realized…that’s very unfair: when you have a problem with something, and you hold someone hostage, but you never told them.” #blacklovesummit ♬ original sound – Black Love
Check in With Your Partner
The Husbands Panel is always filled with so many gems, but Bill Bellamy really took us to church last year! Check out this clip on the importance of CHECKING IN with your partner so you can stay on the same channel from #BlackLoveSummit 2022.
@blackloveinc Bill Bellamy on the importnace of CHECKING IN with your partner so you can stay on the same channel 👏🏾 #blacklovesummit ♬ original sound – Black Love
Trust Work is Key
Raise your hand if you know what it’s like to wanna doubt, pressure, and push your partner into something you want so badly. We’re loving Bre’s self-pep talks to stawwwp and trust her man from #BlackLoveSummit 2021.
@blackloveinc Raise your hand if you know what it’s like to wanna doubt, pressure, and push your partner into something you want so badly. We’re loving Bre’s self-pep talks to stawwwp and trust her man. #breanddevin #blacklovedoc ♬ original sound – Black Love
Figure Out Your Needs, Then Learn to Articulate Them
One thing about our girl Melissa Fredericks, she’s going to leave us thinking about how we can show up better for our partners and ourselves. Doing a better job of understanding our and THEN finding a way to articulate them to our partners is a necessary step toward fulfillment in marriage.
@blackloveinc We can’t get away from having expectations in our relationships, but we can work on communicating our desires in healthy ways. #blacklovedoc ♬ original sound – Black Love
When We Are Judging, We Are Incapable of Practicing Love
“The cognitive process of judgment interrupts the ability to love.” Say it again, Karega Bailey! This moment from #BlackLoveSummit 2021 with Karega & Felicia’s discussion of loving abundantly always hits home for us.
@blackloveinc “The cognitive process of judgment interrupts the ability to love.” #blacklovesummit ♬ original sound – Black Love
Get your early bird ticket for the Black Love Summit, and meet us in ATL for a day to celebrate 360° of Black Love!
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