OHUB is headed to New Orleans for its annual Juneteenth 4.0 Celebration. This year’s experience produced in collaboration with First Boulevard Bank and 1532 Tulane Partners includes a virtual summit, an official Shark Tank casting call and ribbon cutting for the OHUB x NOLA Innovation & Equity District. Featured speakers include Congressman Ro Khanna, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Donald Hawkins [First Boulevard], Dr. Debra B. Morton [Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church], Sevetri Wilson [Resilia; Author, Resilient], Brandon Andrews [Sharktankl Gauge App], Natalie Madeira Cofield [Small Business Administration], Brad Feld [Foundry Group, Techstars], Seth Levine [Foundry Group; Author, The New Builders], Davyeon Ross [ShotTracker; Coalition Venture Studio]; John McElligott [York Exponential], David Weild IV [Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ & Godfather of The JOBS Act], Sherrell Dorsey [ThePlug] & Rodney Sampson [OHUB; 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund].

Context

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.

One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most significantly with:

"The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer."

The reactions to this profound news ranged from pure shock to immediate jubilation. While many lingered to learn of this new employer-to-employee relationship, many left before these offers were completely off the lips of their former 'masters' - attesting to the varying conditions on the plantations and the realization of freedom.

156 years later, Black Americans are still fighting for freedom - freedom from racism, police brutality, and poverty.

While we are navigating a global pandemic, the hideous and unnecessary murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others; and the peaceful protest all over the world, the planet has entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4.0). The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second, and third industrial revolutions.

To this end, while big tech, large venture funds, and brands have made public statements signaling their support of the Black Lives Matter Movement, is essential that our entire ecosystem of academics, researchers, technologists, professionals, executives, big tech CEO's, founders, funds, philanthropists and government back up their performative rhetoric with financial resources into the Black Tech, Startup & Venture Ecosystem to ensure scalable and sustainable racial.

Not diversity. Not inclusion. Equity. Racial equity.

There is a direct connection between the negligible investment in the Black ecosystem and the personal, systematic, and institutional racism that has existed since the first enslaved Africans were brought to this soil in 1619? If we don't correct course, Black people everywhere will be permanently positioned for a zero wealth gap; and the social determinants of police brutality, health, illiteracy, and beyond with continue to grow.

To this end, OHUB, First Boulevard,1532 Tulane Partners & Shark Tank are joining forces to commemorate Juneteenth and present the new order of opportunity to ensure that Black Americans and beyond are equitably represented in the future of work, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and beyond as a path to shared prosperity and multi-generational wealth for all with no reliance on pre-existing multi-generational wealth. Branded Juneteenth 4.0, this three-hour virtual event will feature influencers, Black technology ecosystem builders, and white allies that are committed to this definitive purpose of creating #racialequity. Let's make history!

Celebration Thesis

Juneteenth 4.0 will bring together the supply and demand sides of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The content thesis will parallel our Economic Development Pyramid as outlined in our guide with The Federal Reserve Bank (Dell Gines) on Building Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Communities of Color.

Co-Chairs

Speakers & Presenters

Live Entertainment

DJ Doop

Schedule

1.00P - 1.15P CT

Virtual check-in/ Music Presentation of Lift Every Voice

1.15P - 1.35P CT

Opening remarks

Rodney Sampson, Chairman & CEO, OHUB; Joseph Stebbins II, Cofounder, 1532 Tulane Partners; Donald Hawkins, Cofounder & CEO, First Boulevard Bank; Dr. Debra B. Morton, Senior Pastor, Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church; Congressman Ro Khanna, Representative, California 17th Congressional District; Congresswoman Barbra Lee, Representative, California 13th Congressional District; Congressman Troy Carter, Representative, Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District

1.35P - 2.05P CT

Fireside Chat # 1: The New Builders w/ Seth Levine

Seth Levine, Author, The New Builders; Elizabeth MacBride, Author, The New Builders; Founder, Times of Entrepreneurship

2.05P - 2.10P CT

Special Investor Announcement & Presentation

Brad Feld, Founder, Tech Stars; Seth Levine, Author, The New Builders; Rodney Sampson, General Partner, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund; Davyeon Ross, General Partner, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund; Dane Simmons, General Partner, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund;

2.10P - 2.40P CT

Fireside Chat # 2: Building Black Wallstreet in The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Brandon Andrews, Minority Casting, Sharktank; Cofounder, Gauge; Bridget Chisholm, Economic Chair, The Links, Incorporated; David Weild IV, Founder, Weildco; Former Vice Chairman, NASDAQ; Akeem Shannon, CEO, FlipStik; Sherry Gamble Smith, President, Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce

2.40P - 2.45P CT

Announcement & Presentation: The Links Investment Syndicate & Certification Initiative

Bridget Chisholm, Economic Chair, The Links, Incorporated; Vickie Gibbs, Director, UNC Chapel Hill Kenan Flagler Entrepreneurship Center; Rodney Sampson, General Partner, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund; Marcia Bowden, LEEP Co-chair

2.45P - 2.50P CT

Special Skills Partner Announcement & Presentation

Brian Bar, CEO, Victory Lap; Kieran Blanks, Chief Growth Officer, OHUB

2.50P - 3.10P CT

Fireside Chat #3: The Case for Digital Banks, Blockchain & Crypto Platforms & NFT's

Donald Hawkins, Cofounder & CEO, First Boulevard Bank; Rodney Sampson, Executive Chairman & CEO, OHUB; Natalie Madeira Cofield, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

3.10P - 3.30P CT

Fireside Chat #4: The Case for Innovation & Equity in The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Panelists include: Joseph Stebbins, Co-founder, 1532 Tulane Partners; Rodney Sampson, Executive Chairman & CEO, Opportunity Hub; Sevetri Wilson, Founder Resilia; Author, Resilient; John McElligott, Founder, York Exponential

3.30P - 3.35P CT

Words of Wisdom

Dr. Debra B. Morton, Senior Pastor, Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church

3.35 - 3.40P CT

Closing, Wrap & What's Next

Rodney Sampson, Executive Chairman & CEO, Opportunity Hub

3.40P - 4.00P CT

Vibes w/ Live DJ

4.00P - 4.15P CT

OHUB x NOLA Innovation & Equity District Ribbon Cutting

4.15P - 6.00P CT

Celebration

Official Shark Tank Casting Call

3P - 5P CT

OHUB is excited to announce the sponsorship of a virtual Shark Tank casting call as part of a joint effort with Values Partnerships, and Shark Tank, to increase Black & Latinx representation on the show and in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

OHUB x NOLA Innovation & Equity District Ribbon Cutting

4P CT

Presenting Sponsors

OHUB

Founded in 2013, Opportunity Hub (OHUB) is the leading future of work, startup entrepreneurship, early stage investment and wealth creating platform to ensure that everyone, everywhere has early exposure to the tech, startup and venture ecosystem; in demand technology education, training and talent placement; inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems; and early stage capital. This is driven by our geographically placed technology hubs, citywide communities and campus chapters that include thousands of college students, young professionals, entrepreneurs and new investors from hundreds of colleges and universities across America and beyond. Welcome to the ecosystem.

First Boulevard Bank

First Boulevard is a digitally native neobank building generational wealth for Black America. Though unbanked, underbanked and underserved, the Black community's $1.4-trillion in annual economic impact provides a significant base to build upon. By providing a platform focused on improving financial livelihood through incentive-based financial education, black-focused spending by giving Cash Back for Buying Black™ and automated wealth building, First Boulevard helps members remove the stress out of managing their money while also developing positive financial behaviors and habits to reach goals faster. Learn more about First Boulevard at https://bankblvd.com. Donald Hawkins and Asya Bradley are the cofounders.

1532 Tulane Partners

1532 Tulane Partners, Inc. is a Louisiana corporation created for the purpose of redeveloping the former Charity Hospital Building. It is owned by a local developer, Joseph Stebbins, and a New York based developer, Yoel Shargian. Both have extensive backgrounds in real estate planning, financing and building.