Black Wall Street Symposium

This dynamic, in-person convening will bring together local and national leaders to examine the Black economic landscape and what it will take to build a more just and inclusive future.

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The Symposium will grapple with the enduring harm of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and decades of policy-driven deprivation, while honoring the legacy, resilience, and potential of Greenwood. Participants will discuss the Greenwood Trust’s priority areas: housing, education, entrepreneurship, and cultural preservation. The program will bring together award-winning scholars, researchers, activists, cultural curators, athletes, entertainers, policy leaders, capital providers, and historians for candid, solutions-oriented dialogue on systems change and the partnerships required to drive it. We will also celebrate the 1921 Awards, Build in Tulsa’s premier recognition honoring the entrepreneurs whose enterprise reflects the genius and community of Black Wall Street.

Featuring:

  • Mayor Monroe Nichols, City of Tulsa
  • Alaina Beverly, Executive Director, The Greenwood Trust
  • Rukaiyah Adams, CEO, 1803 Fund
  • Dominick Ard’is, Founder, ACT House
  • Shanita Brackett, Acting Director, The National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Tiffany Crutcher, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Terence Crutcher Foundation 
  • Dwan Dandridge, President, Black Leaders Detroit
  • Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, Executive Director, Ashé Cultural Arts Center
  • LesLeigh Ford, Associate Director, Urban Institute
  • Amber Guipttons, Office of Financial Empowerment and Community Wealth, City of Tulsa
  • Errin Haines, Editor At-Large,The 19th and President, National Association of Black Journalists 
  • Darrick Hamilton, Founding Director, Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, The New School
  • Jocelyn Imani, Ph.D, Senior Director, Black History and Culture, Trust for Public Land
  • AJ Johnson, Founder, Oasis Grocery Stores
  • Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., MPA, Emma Bloomberg Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School, Faculty Director, Good Services Lab, Bloomberg Center for Cities
  • Michael Lomax, President, UNCF
  • Tim Newton, Executive Director, Tulsa Dream Center
  • Andre Perry, Founder, Center for Community Uplift, Brookings
  • Maisha Simmons, Associate Vice President for Equity and Social Justice, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Ashli Sims, Managing Director, Build in Tulsa
  • Shanelle Smith, SVP, National Community Engagement Director, Key Bank 
  • Anthony Scott, President, CommonGround Housing Partners, Tulsa
  • Ashley Thomas, President, National Association of Real Estate Brokers
  • Dominic Williams, Senior Expert, McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
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Mayor Nichols - A Road To Repair Speech

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