The National Society of Black Engineers has changed the location of its convention next year away from Florida.

Its 18,000 members across 800 worldwide chapters were made aware of the change in a Facebook post last month without any reason cited at the time. Orlando, Florida, was originally selected as the host city for the society's 50th anniversary convention in October 2024, but it has since changed to Atlanta, Georgia on March 20-24, 2024.

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“When we are thinking about the things that are in the history and the founding of our organization and the experience that we want to provide for our members going forward, that's really what our move is about,” NSBE national chairman Avery Layne said, according to a report.

America's oldest intercollegiate black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, similarly will not be returning to Florida for its biennial convention. Instead, it will be hosted at a yet-to-be-announced location because of the, as the fraternity alleges, "harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community” from the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

This comes after the Florida Board of Education approved a new K-12 curriculum for African American history that critics say incorrectly frames the history of slavery. DeSantis rejected the College Board's Advanced Placement course on the topic.

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The apparent catalyst for the relocations was the NAACP's decision to issue a travel warning for the state despite the fact that the chairman of its board of directors, Leon W. Russell, lives in Tampa, Florida.

Florida remains the state with the highest number of black-owned businesses, according to the Pew Research Center.