Today we’d like to introduce you to Savannah Flagg.
Hi Savannah, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
As I voyage through my 24th year of life, I think of the 24 hours in a day and the accomplishments attainable within this timeframe. I remind myself that failure is healthy. Fail often, actively, and openly. In other words, let your light shine so that you may illuminate everything surrounding it. In sharing your gift, you increase your ability to surmount any impediment, whether inaction, lack of inspiration, or lack of mental clarity. The concept of The Black Inn (TBI) came to me in 2021 and has grown with me; I am so excited to see how it will continue to do so. To evolution!
The Black Inn is intended to provide a platform for young Black professionals pioneering in various industries—established to encourage partnership, patronage, and professional relationships. A literary salon, The Black Inn is a place of residence, cultivated as a host of connection, cultural acknowledgment, collaboration and curated soirée affairs. Fashioned as an examination of groundwork, a preface to the exploration necessitated for personal and professional progression and preeminence, TBI embraces stories of tradition, innovation, and all betwixt. Welcome Inn!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Productivity and perfectionism are perpetually significant aspects of my performance and persona. Too often I remain immobilized, halted, paralyzed by perfection—unattainable. I release that. I reclaim my ability to ideate and create without such self scrutiny and without the influence of imposter syndrome.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Currently, I am a MS-ISPI graduate student at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. With roots in the charming Lowcountry of Charleston and a deep appreciation for Washington, D.C., where I earned my bachelor’s degree at Howard University, I am a proponent of duality. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in Afro-American Studies at H.U. in May 2023 and completed a summer study-abroad program in Puerto Rico at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in 2022. Primarily dedicating myself to leadership in service, diverse experiences, and dynamic discussions—I am a young communications and public affairs professional—each of my endeavors engaging my passions for community, art, and advocacy.
I previously served as a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation State Farm Communications Intern for Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), honored with a CBCF Alum superlative: The Life of The Party. I was named a 2019 Alain Locke Scholar by Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Chapter, as well as a French Bi-Literacy Award Recipient by Porter-Gaud School earlier that year. I am a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and a former member of its Eastern Region Leadership Development Committee.
An avid reader and fond of traveling, I appreciate sharing cultural experiences with various people. Intrepid, cardinal, and multifaceted are a few words others have used in describing me. Approaching the world as my unique self, maintaining humility, and placing an emphasis on relationships has been my modus operandi and has afforded me many opportunities and friends. I hope to pursue my Juris Doctorate to further lead in real-life opportunities to improve and engage with my various communities.
What matters most to you?
Education, open-mindedness, and literacy—whether financial, functional, cultural, or any alternate mode—are essential elements of life. Education jettisons apathy, encouraging empathy instead. It allows one to liberate, aid, and equip others. It strays far beyond the classroom; it is everyday life––being aware of the mores and cultural experiences of other communities. The more educated one is, the easier it is to relate to others’ problems and solve them––resulting in a more holistic, diplomatic world. I intend to do both: educate and remain a student of life, The Black Inn acting as a conduit.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/theblackinn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssflagg?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@theblkinn?_t=ZT-8tHKly6xgqY&_r=1
