Two of the nation's largest organizations that cater to Black professionals say they're moving their annual conventions out of Florida because the governor and state lawmakers have become increasingly insensitive to people of color.
The fraternity's move came a few weeks after members of the National Society of Black Engineers announced the group will no longer be holding its 2024 convention in Florida as previously planned.
"We're celebrating our 50th annual convention in 2024 and decided after much deliberation that the environment in Florida would not be conducive to an ideal membership experience nor an ideal setting for such a milestone event," Avery Layne, NSBE's chairperson, said in a statement. "This is an example of what a revolution looks like in modern-day terms," the group's CEO Janeen Uzzell said in a statement."It's about young people having the ability to pivot and change course of direction."
The event would have brought millions of dollars in visitor revenue to the Orlando area, the group told CBS MoneyWatch on Thursday. Both organizations are responding, in part, to the recent actions by Florida's education board to censor the teaching of African American history. Some of the curriculum changes entail a positive spin on slavery that includes lessons on the how"slaves developed skills" that could be used for"personal benefit," according to a
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