Afro Van Connect Society & BlackSpace Media Inc. present Balck Spaces Summit & Symposium 2026
Leadership, Access, Black Power & Community Futures
One evening. Two conversations. A shared vision.
Panel One, led by Ilhan Abdullahi and Raphael of RADIUS SFU, begins at the human level—exploring leadership, care, access, belonging, relationships, and how we create conditions in which people and communities can thrive.
Panel Two, Beyond Representation, expands the conversation toward civic participation, policy, institutions, community infrastructure, and collective power.
Together, these conversations ask:
How do we centre humanity while building stronger institutions?
How do we remove barriers while creating new pathways to opportunity?
How do we move from representation toward meaningful participation and community power?
And what can we build today that future generations can inherit, strengthen, and transform?
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