Release the Fro Reflections

Feedback to make this years event better:

● More vendors - target more towards natural hair products not accessories
● Structure within the panel - more informative and instructional
● Suggestion for (a) live demonstration(s)
● Bigger and better! We’ll plan in advance in attempts to secure a bigger location
● Emphasis on RTF Expectations for attendees: know what you want, how you want it, the
vision for RTF etc.
RTF “Vision”:
● Interaction! Attendees can walk around to different stylists’ booths at their own pace to
explore.
● Vendors will also be at booths in the same area as the stylists so that their products can
be broadcasted as well
● Interaction between the panel
- Prepared questions as well as questions from the audience
- Panelists need to be of variety but also of knowledge about natural hair. It is a
natural hair exposition therefore most of the questions will be targeted towards
that topic
● Bigger locations but relatively close so that attendees do not have to walk far from
exhibit to
Location Ideas:
● Student Union
● Cone Center - McKnight Hall, Lucas Room, Cone Plaza, McKnight Lobby
● SAC
● Student Union 340 multipurpose room
● Underground?
Food:
● Company called Chartwells (YBLA has worked with them before)
● Jointly Provide (We may need to obtain food on our own in addition to what they may
provide. This is depending on the amount of people we expect to attend)
- Budgeting committee
Stylists:
● Solidify roles
- If we did a live demonstration, which stylists would like to participate in that?
- Which stylists would like to participate in the hair show?
- Could a stylists do both?
- Some stylists may not want to do either
Models:
● Push for stylists to bring their own models! And our own
● Expand to other student organizations?
- DIVAS, 100 Black Women, Sororities etc.
Panel:
● Have a more organized panel with secured questions depending on panelists
 ● Have a diverse group of panelists
● Make sure stylists are not rushed to do hair in order to participate in the panel
- Scheduling Committee

Contact Information

Shawn
704-687-0033
s.simmons@uncc.edu

Yasmine
434-609-7552
yhuggins@uncc.edu

India
336-251-9908
ipitts@uncc.edu