Ananda Leeke attended DigitalUnDivided.com's Focus100 Symposium with Xina Eiland, a PR Professional and BeBlogalicious.com Publicist, on October 6, 2012, at Oglivy & Mather's World headquarters in New York City. Leeke's key moments included: 1) Reconnecting with her digital sisters, Luvvie Ajayi, Cheryl Contee, Dr. Goddess, Elisa Camahort Page, Susan Getgood, Shireen Mitchell, and Felicia Pride. 2) Meeting some of her favorite digital sisters such as Dupe Ajayi Majora Carter, Elayne Fluker, and Sian Morson for the first time in real life (gotta love IRL). 3) Connecting with some of her favorite digital brothers such as Mike Street and "ILUVBlackWomen" Martin Johnson Pratt for the first time in real life. 4) Feeling Majora Carter's gratitude as she shared how powerful it was to be in the room with so many amazing Black women during her morning keynote. 5) Gathering wisdom from Mayor Cory A. Booker's afternoon keynote. 6) Hugging #FOCUS100 team members Nichelle Stephens and Alisha Miranda. 7) Chatting with Kailei Richardson, a Chicago-based entrepreneur, about her lifestyle site, Vyneworld.com. 8) Gaining pearls of wisdom during panel discussions featuring Monif Clarke, founder of Monif C Plus Sizes; Ella Gorgla, founder of I-ELLA (one of Leeke's personal sheros!); Heather Hines, founder of Pathbrite; Kelly Hoey, co-founder of Women Innovate Mobile; Deborah Jackson, co-founder of Women Innovate Mobile; Jess Moore, co-founder of StyleBook (one of her Leeke's personal sheros); and Zuhairah Scott-Washington, founder of Kahnoodle (Focus100 Ptichcamp winner). 9) Sitting next to Rachel Brooks and learning about her Chicago-based tech company, Citizen Made. 10) Talking with Marcia Cole, founder of Ivy Digital, about meeting each other at Heart and Soul in 2001 (H&S published an article about Leeke's life as an artist), 11) Having a deep sista-to-sista chat with Lena West, CEO of Influence Expansion, in the break room (powerful and deep). 12) Listening to Kathryn Finney's presentation of key trends, statistics, and emerging patterns regarding Black women’s engagement across a variety of technology sectors (amazing slides!). 13) Networking with several DC-based women entrepreneurs such as Ama, founder of FlyAirAffordable, a travel app (still in development). They reminded Leeke that DC women entrepreneurs rock! 14) Chatting about popsicles and the Miami tech scene with Felecia Hatcher, founder of Black Tech Miami. Leeke served as a Focus100 advisory board member. Her Digital Sisterhood Network was a media partner for the event. DigitalUnDivided.com develops programs, projects and forward thinking initiatives that serve Black women and bridge the digital divide. It was established by Kathryn Finney, founder of TheBudgetFashionista.com, in 2012. For more information, visit www.digitalundivided.com. Click on the links below for more event photos and recaps. 1) Focus100 Facebook Page - Photos www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.427371940656571.99005.2... 2) BlackEnterprise.com's Recap by Marcia Wade Talbert www.blackenterprise.com/technology/focus100-black-women%e... 3) Ope Bukola's Recap: Five Lessons from Focus100 blog.opebukola.com/post/33230436297/entrepreneurship-is-f... 4) Majora Carter's Recap: #Focus100 & the “Digital UnDivided” www.majoracartergroup.com/2012/10/focus100-the-digital-un... 5) Vyneworld.com's Recap: Nine Takeaways from Focis100 www.vyneworld.com/2012/10/09/nine-takeaways-from-focus100 6) Vyneworld.com's Facebook Photos www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151472871158438.58455...

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