Attorney Jasmine A. Robinson Talks Hampton, ATL Black Pride Weekend

That mission has remained on the coronary heart of Atlanta Black Satisfaction Weekend since its inception, driving the gatherings and celebrations that proceed to uplift the neighborhood yr after yr.

“We have now totally different wants,” Atlanta Black Satisfaction Founder Melissa Scott beforehand advised BOSSIP about Atlanta Black Satisfaction Weekend’s Labor Day weekend celebrations. “We have now totally different monetary wants, psychological well being wants, academic wants, and in all transparency, we utterly vibe otherwise. It’s simply been about creating our tribe and making a protected area for folks of shade to do the issues that we take pleasure in doing and the fellowship that we take pleasure in.”

“What makes Atlanta actually particular as effectively is that that is actually the largest Black Satisfaction celebration in the US,” she added.

Throughout the dinner, the “5 Star Lawyer” will probably be acknowledged for her transformation work and her pivotal position in safeguarding Atlanta Black Satisfaction’s trademark. Her journey to this second, she advised BOSSIP, started removed from the town’s authorized and social scenes; on the sun-drenched, waterside campus of Hampton College.

“I noticed Black people I had by no means seen earlier than,” stated the Richmond, Virginia native, describing a social stratum that felt each aspirational and deeply rooted. As an alternative of feeling intimidated, she felt galvanized, finally turning into a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Gamma Theta chapter.

The values instilled in her at Hampton, objective, professionalism, and neighborhood, have grow to be the bedrock of her authorized profession. After legislation faculty, she established a solo apply in Atlanta, the place she has leveraged her authorized experience to serve a neighborhood near her coronary heart: the Black LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

Her most vital skilled achievement up to now, she says, was her work to avoid wasting the Atlanta Black Satisfaction Weekend trademark. When the group was challenged in courtroom, Ms. Robinson, a solo practitioner, efficiently took on a big legislation agency. The victory not solely secured the group’s authorized standing but in addition established Ms. Robinson as its basic counsel.

For her, this work is about extra than simply authorized victories. It’s about preserving a significant neighborhood area. She argues that Black Satisfaction occasions are important as a result of they deal with the distinctive wants and challenges of Black LGBTQ+ folks that mainstream Satisfaction occasions usually don’t.

“The struggles and the issues and our objectives and our views are totally different,” she defined to BOSSIP.

In her apply, Ms. Robinson has made her id knowledgeable asset, creating an area the place purchasers really feel snug and understood.

“You don’t at all times hear about legal professionals so assured of their sexuality,” she famous.

She believes that by being authentically herself, she will higher serve a neighborhood she deeply cares about. This philosophy, she says, has guided her total journey.

“Provision occurs if you end up actually chasing your objective,” she advised BOSSIP.

This weekend, as Atlanta Black Satisfaction celebrates its wealthy tradition and neighborhood with a packed schedule of occasions, together with the Pure Warmth Group Pageant and advocacy panels, Robinson’s work will probably be highlighted, demonstrating how her journey from the “Residence by the Sea” led to her turning into a beacon of excellence in ATL.

Atlanta Black Satisfaction Weekend 2025 Schedule

Atlanta Black Satisfaction Weekend is jampacked with occasions held at venues throughout Midtown Atlanta, with the Starling Hilton Midtown serving because the official host lodge. Organizers observe that they’re open to all gender identities.

A portion of the proceeds will help homeless LGBTQIA+ youth and people affected by HIV/AIDS via The Imaginative and prescient Group Basis.