INNOVATE.
EDUCATE.
INSPIRE.

The Premier Conference Unapologetically
Focused on Black Students

August 6 – 8, 2025

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SEE YOU AT SBL 2025!
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3 DAYS OF
EVERYTHING
BLACK LEARNING

Energize your teaching journey at the leading educational conference for educators working with Black students. Ignite your innovative spirit and develop new skills to help enrich your classroom alongside a community of dedicated educators from across the United States.

No matter where you are in your teaching journey, you’ll gain practical insights that will positively instigate the impact you have on your students’ learning experience.

Become a speaker

Share your knowledge at SBL

Speaker applications for SBL 24 (August 7 – 9, 2024, in Pittsburgh, PA) will be accepted from Feb 1, 2024 – March 31, 2024.

Special
Events

90+

speakers

90+

sessions

450+

educators

1

goal

why attend

Grow your skills with insights from 90+ industry experts and practitioners.

Unlock new skills with sessions on student and adult mental health, innovative teaching methods, best practices, and cultural inclusionary practices, among other topics.

Discover the newest products & services from our industry’s most valuable brands and innovative vendors.

Connect with 450 educators from across the country.

Find everything you need to start your school year refreshed, refocused, and energized.

Gain new skills, and put them into practice right at the conference!

This conference was definitely one of MY BIGGEST highlights of 2023 🎉 !!

It felt amazing to share space with like minded educators who want to transform the educational system one classroom or school at a time by disrupting the very system that was created for our Black youth’s demise.

Yes 🙌🏽 !!!! I am beyond excited for this next conference! You guys CERTAINLY know how to do it right!

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