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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MelaninCon Announces Broccoli City as Community Partner for Champagne Reign

MelaninCon is proud to announce Broccoli City as an official community partner for Champagne Reign, a live pitch competition and champagne mixer celebrating Black entrepreneurship, taking place June 28, 2026 at Realm Rooftop Bar and Lounge, located at 899 O Street NW in Washington, DC.

May 82 min read

Three Black women in elegant white, champagne, and gold gowns toasting with champagne glasses on a rooftop overlooking the Washington DC skyline at night, promoting MelaninCon's Champagne Reign event featuring a panel, pitch competition, and champagne celebration on June 6, 2026 in Washington DC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MelaninCon Is Bringing a Panel, a Pitch Competition, and a Champagne Celebration to DC, and This Might Be the Most Important Night of the Year

"MelaninCon has built something that does not exist anywhere else. Every time I am in one of their rooms I leave with something I did not have before. A contact, an idea, a sense of purpose. Champagne Reign sounds like everything they have been building toward."

Mar 214 min read

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mayor Muriel Bowser Formally Honors MelaninCON DC, the Black Excellence Summit That Has Been Feeding Communities and Elevating Professionals Since 2021

In a signed letter of appreciation, DC's Mayor recognizes the nonprofit summit that turned street-level community service into a national movement for Black professionals, now expanding to cities across the country in 2026

Mar 123 min read

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MelaninCon Is Taking the Conference Model Apart. Free Monthly Workshops and Real Investment for Black Entrepreneurs LaunchingNow.

"Too many Black professionals were spending money they did not have to attend conferences that sent them home motivated but still broke," said Donovan

Mar 114 min read