Morgan DeBaun is the CEO and founder of Blavity, Inc. and has brought the company’s annual conference to Atlanta. Blavity Fest is a gathering for creatives, builders, and people looking to connect and make an impact on their community and culture. This year’s conference emanated from Atlanta for the first time. She says in its early days, Blavity sought to elevate conversations happening in group chats and social media, which were not being covered by traditional media. Why? Those conversations surrounding social justice and change weren’t being platformed.

“Nobody wanted to talk about police brutality on their website,” DeBaun explains. “So we’re going to talk about it because we’re already talking about it in our group chat. So how do we create a platform that allows our conversations,

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