SOulFully Textured, A Natural Hair Festival is a celebration of our crowns, community and culture through the lens of afro-textured natural hair. It is an experience in and celebration specifically designed to educate, eradicate, and inspire! This family-friendly Festival is highly interactive and features creative expression, natural hair education, an array of specially curated vendors for attendees to shop, cultural discussions to understand it's not "just hair," lawn games and curated fun with a like-minded community. Join us in a fun space that focuses on  and  amplifies our beauty and culture, adjust the lens on natural hair to move the culture forward.  

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Panels*

1. Creating Our Space: Infusing the culture and normalizing inclusivity through self-advocacy and the invisible work that fosters an inclusive culture for natural hair and protective styles.

2. Breaking the Bias: With bans on books and efforts to limit discussions on race and American history in public education, how do you foster a sense of self that includes embracing and appreciating natural hair.
      -If BIPOC kids do not see themselves and their lived experiences in the classroom, how do they show up as their full selves.

3. The World of Braids

Additional Panels To Be Announced

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Curated Beats By | The Legendary Chris Washington

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*panels and panelists subject to change

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