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Announcing Ashley Blaine Featherson as the 2021 NGLA Virtual Conference Sunday Keynote!
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NGLA is excited to announce Ashley Blaine Featherson as our Sunday Keynote for the 2021 NGLA Virtual Conference! Her presentation will be on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 2:30pm EST.
Continue getting ready - apply for awards as well as scholarships by January 18 and register as low as $70 per person by February 1.
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Who's in your corner? Are you in someone's? presented by Ashley Blaine Featherson
Whether you realize it or not, the people you surround yourself with each play a unique role in your life. In the moments of life where you feel exhausted, helpless, and doubtful of the direction you’re pursuing, your brothers, sisters, and siblings are there to support you. Featherson will focus on the importance of self-care and care for those in person or virtually around you, and its heightened impact in the time of social distancing/remote learning and working. Currently, we are operating under a "new normal" while everyone is experiencing feelings of separation and isolation all while navigating the Abolish Greek Life Movement, racial unrest, and a pandemic. Join Featherson as she shares her experiences, the good and bad, and why having a community of uplifting individuals has been the greatest weapon for her success.
The Sunday Keynote is supported by Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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Presenter Biography:
Ashely Blaine Featherson
Actress – “Dear White People” - Singer - Producer
Ashley Blaine Featherson is an actress, singer, and producer who currently stars in the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE. A force of talent on screen, Featherson brings that same level of passion and energy to her off-screen messages of empowerment, hard work, and self-discovery and acceptance.
Though she notes that positivity does not come easily, especially as a black actress, Featherson’s positivity is infectious and is felt in every interaction with her. She attributes her confident outlook on life due to divine alignment with her purpose: Changing the world through her artistry and serving as a resource for women of color.
After the DEAR WHITE PEOPLE debuted in 2017, Variety described Featherson as “pitch-perfect,” and TV Guide said the actress “is the comic force of the show.” In Volumes 2 and 3, Featherson continued to steal scenes and reviews. With her stunning cover of Erykah Badu’s classic, ‘Tyrone,’ she is also the only cast member featured on the soundtrack.
Recognizing a lack of mirrors for girls of color, Ashley co-created the groundbreaking web series HELLO CUPID alongside Emmy-winner Lena Waithe. Vulture selected HELLO CUPID as one of the best web series of 2014 and The Boston Globe went further, declaring the series, and Ashley, deserving of Emmys.
In 2019, Featherson again stood out and was hailed for her starring role in the Macro produced series, LEIMERT PARK, at Sundance. She also starred in Amber Tamblyn’s directorial debut, PAINT IT BLACK, the 2016 ABC pilot, DREW, and guest-starred in Fox’s GLEE.
Featherson received her BFA in musical theater from Howard University, and she currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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NGLA MISSION
NGLA educates leaders from a variety of fraternal experiences to transform and empower their community and align actions with values.
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