, a 3-city networking event for Black and Brown creatives. After years of searching for networking communities where she felt comfortable and understood.
Ellis decided it was time to create the space herself. “For a good period of time, I was waiting for someone to create [CultureCon] and then I would go to it,” she tells Glamour. “I was hopping around different networking events that I just didn't feel like I could be myself there.
I remember President Obama making a speech and saying, 'We are the ones we've been waiting for.' It was like a light bulb when in my head and I'm like, 'Wow, I've been waiting for someone to come along and create this brave space.' Am I supposed to be that person?’ Sometimes you spend a little bit of time running away from it because you're just so sure that someone else is gonna do it.”The idea started as a potluck in Ellis's apartment, when she invited her close friends who happened to be in creative industries for a night of food and conversations.
Founded in 2017, the self-coined “Ultimate Creative Homecoming” takes place throughout the year in major cities like New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, connecting creatives of colors and featuring guest speakers like Tracee Ellis Ross, Taraji P.
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