BUP/DSM

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

Tonight beginning at 5pm! FREE entry, light bites provided from Palm's DSM Caribbean Cuisine, social games and prize giveaways!
Additional refreshments available for purchase🍹
RSVP to secure your spot, arrive & vibe with us. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6_pgCJU-LVDfleSS1Izufgvwn4CjuRtDtGLNvCiNI4YTwCw/viewform

02/09/2026

❤️ BUP Singles Networking Event | Valentine’s Edition ❤️

Join Black Urban Professionals for a Valentine’s themed singles networking event designed to bring together Black professionals who are building their lives, careers, and community in Des Moines.

At BUP, we know that talent stays where connection lives. Creating spaces for real relationships, whether friendships, collaborations, or something more, is a key part of building a city where people feel rooted and choose to stay. This event is about more than networking or dating. It’s about cultivating community, strengthening social ties, and creating the sense of belonging that helps professionals plant roots and thrive here long term.

Expect a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere, intentional connection, and the opportunity to meet other single Black professionals who care about personal growth, community, and the future of our city.

Come solo, bring a friend, and show up as yourself.

📅 February 9
⏰ 5:00 – 7:30 pm
📍 Palms DSM | 1905 Ingersoll Ave

Singles only. Valentine’s vibes encouraged.
RSVP requested. Scan the QR code to join us.

04/18/2025

Ayyyy BUP is back in the month of May!
When the world is feeling wild, how do you reset? Come talk vacations and staycations with fellow BUPs and make some new connections.
Hear from local subject matter experts, and maybe share a few opinions😂✌🏝
🔗RSVP: https://forms.gle/PcjRNTUUqKw7W9pN6

12/27/2024

Share the link, and encourage folks you know to apply!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AALA, sponsored by Life at PwC! Click here to learn more and apply: https://www.tdcdsm.org/african-american-leadership-academy
- Develop the next generation of leaders for our community and beyond.
- Combine the unique perspective of the Black community (from the African diaspora) and address leadership from a variety of lenses including politics, education, media, justice, and both non-profit & for profit business.
- The cohort meets once a month beginning February 22nd.
- APPLY NOW! The deadline to apply for the 2025 African American Leadership Academy is January 6, 2025.

10/05/2024

Byron Jarrett was born and raised in the heart of South-Central Los Angeles. He was educated in the LAUSD. Byron achieved lots of academic and athletic success while a prep student-student athlete at Cleveland High School in Reseda, California.
Byron’s academic and athletic talents attracted many coaches and scouts. In 1991, it was a chance internship at Camp Vernon Kilpatrick (YEP Byron tutored many the original athletes of Gridiron Gang) that Byron got bit by the mentoring bug. Later that year after transferring to Iowa Wesleyan College, In Mt Pleasant, Iowa (of course on a football scholarship to play football) He was once again charged to complete an Internship so he implemented the same tutoring and reading program at Mt. Pleasant High. After Graduating from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1994 with a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, Byron Moved to Des Moines.
Once in Des Moines Byron immediately began working with youth and families in the central Iowa region.
Byron Jarrett brings a host of Mentorship experience to the Central Iowa region.

10/04/2024

Tomorrow's the day! Here's our last panelist profile, Mr. Rob Johnson! See him and more tomorrow.

FYI, we'll have free drink tickets for the first 25 people. It's gonna be a vibe!