BEN

The Black Events Network.

Black people who work in the events industry.

(And keep the industry alive.)

Well… there’s a website.
You don’t sign up, someone invites you.
You join.
That should already tell you something.

Lol, no silly.

It wouldn’t be the Black Events Network without a few events now would it?

Morning: A Standard Breakfast Meet-up

(the name you tell your boss)

We discuss money, access, and gatekeeping
over Nigerian breakfast canapés (think one-bite chin chin & suya bites)

No icebreakers.
Just real conversation before capitalism kicks in.

Good luck explaining why you’re late to work 😅

Evening: Black Bingo

Score a point every time you’ve experienced:

• Being the only Black person on the crew

• “What do you think? You’re cool.”

• Someone touching your hair on an event.

• Being referred to as diverse.

First to bingo wins…
nothing.
Because surviving the industry is the prize.

• A filter, not a funnel

• A place where Blackness isn’t explained

• A network that doesn’t beg proximity to power, it reallocates it

Call it “networking” under a new name.

No mission statement on the homepage.

No explanation why it’s important.

No self-nomination.

Just:

If you know, you know.
If you don’t, you’re not late, you just haven’t been invited yet.

Are you in?