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Duke Black Alumni Host Inaugural Summit in Washington, DC

Black Duke alumni from across the country gathered to discuss and confront the next generation of issues facing the black community
Black Duke alumni from across the country gathered to discuss and confront the next generation of issues facing the black community
Colin Colter, Duke Government Relations

The Duke Black Alumni (DBA) Association recently held its Inaugural Summit at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., to bring attention to issues of importance to black alumni and their elected representatives.

The morning sessions offered two moderated panel discussions, the first with senior members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the second with notable Duke black alumni that included professors, activists and media executives. Both panels focused on upcoming legislation and wrestled with important issues of policy, social movements and academic exploration to give voice to a new black agenda.

“The Inaugural Duke Black Alumni Summit brought together alumni from around the country and members of Congress to dissect issues of importance to the black community and offered new opportunities for alumni to deepen their engagement with the university, and with each other,” said Sanders Adu T’94, national vice president of Duke Black Alumni and a board member of the Duke Alumni Association (DAA). 

The evening’s festivities began with a DBA pre-reception at the U.S. Department of the Interior and culminated with a Duke Alumni reception and tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, one of the nation’s newest cultural landmarks.