NBCDI 2025 National Conference

INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

TANGIBLE REALITIES
NBCDI National Conference
OCTOBER 24-26 | ATLANTA, GA

Join the most dynamic gathering of educators, advocates, visionaries, and change agents shaping what’s possible for Black children and families.

3 Days | 500+ Changemakers

Mainstage Talks, Peer Learning Labs, Healing Spaces

Grounded in Data. Rooted in Culture. Powered by Us.

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Three Bold Tracks.
One Shared Vision.

This year’s conference will explore three bold tracks that speak directly to the needs, dreams, and futures of Black children and families:

Track 1
EDUCATION

This track challenges systems that prohibit Black children from being seen and treated as children and restrict the teaching of Black history, identity, and culture, including through book bans and anti-DEI policies. Sessions should explore how to and the importance of creating imaginative, affirming, joyful, safe and culturally responsive learning and care environments that center Black children’s brilliance and belonging.

Track 2
HEALTH &
WELLNESS

Wellness is not a luxury—it’s liberation. This track centers a justice-based, expansive view of health that includes physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and ancestral well-being. Proposals should explore how to dismantle harmful systems, advance wellness equity, and build healing-centered environments for Black children and families.

Track 3
DIGITAL
SAFETY

Black children navigate digital spaces filled with both possibility and complexity. While technology offers opportunities for learning, creativity, and connection, it also reflects the same inequities present in society—bias, exclusion, and surveillance. This track explores how we can design and advocate for digital environments that affirm Black children’s identities, protect their well-being, and expand their access to joyful, liberating tech experiences.

New This Year:
The Inaugural

Infinite Possibilities Awards logo

NBCDI is proud to launch a groundbreaking awards program honoring the most culturally affirming children’s content created by and for Black communities. From storybooks to STEM toys to empowering media, this is the first recognition of its kind.

Winners will be announced live at the Conference on October 25th.

2025 Infinite Possibilities Book, Toy and Media Award Trophy

Bring Your Brilliance
to the Mainstage

Are you building something powerful for Black children? NBCDI is seeking transformative experiences, radical strategies, and big ideas for our 2025 conference.

We’re calling for speakers who are educators, caregivers, community builders, health leaders, tech innovators, policy advocates, artists, and anyone reshaping the world Black children grow up in. If you have lived experience, research-backed insight, or a culturally-rooted innovation to share—this is your platform.

Sessions may include:

  • Talks (inspiring, story-rich presentations)
  • Workshops (interactive, skill-building)
  • Panels (dialogue across disciplines or perspectives)
  • Experiential Labs (healing spaces, demos, artistic journeys)

Submissions should align with one of our three 2025 Learning Tracks: Education, Health & Wellness, or Digital Safety. We’re especially interested in offerings that are joyful, imaginative, and rooted in collective liberation.

Submission Deadline:
May 16, 2025
Notifications Sent:
Week of June 2, 2025
Confirm by
June 13, 2025

Sessions Criteria:

  • Alignment with NBCDI’s mission and values
  • Cultural relevance to Black children and families
  • Audience engagement and innovation in format
  • Bold ideas, clear takeaways, and vision for impact
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What’s Coming Next

Speaker Announcements Coming Soon

This year’s lineup will feature powerhouse thinkers, grassroots leaders, movement visionaries, and cultural creators—all moving with urgency, joy, and vision.

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