Super Forum: Wealth for Generations: A Blueprint for Financial Empowerment

Time:
July 30, 2026 - 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room:
Music City Center (Convention Center) // Room 209ABC

Day 4, Thursday, July 30

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Today is packed with must-attend events and unforgettable experiences at the National Urban League Conference. We begin the day with the unveiling of the 2026 State of Black America® report during our powerful Opening Plenary.

At 10:30 AM, the Urban League Connect: Experience & Lounge opens — a dynamic hub for culture, innovation, networking, and engagement.

The day continues with the Women of Power Awards Luncheon, celebrating extraordinary women leaders and changemakers.

Then close out the evening Nashville-style at Urban League Live: Bowling, Boots & Southern Roots — an unforgettable night of music, networking, entertainment, and Southern-inspired fun.

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New challenges call for better, more creative solutions. It’s time to revise the “Wealth Blueprint,” starting with this dynamic, impact‑driven conversation about how to build, protect, sustain wealth in today’s economic environment. This super forum gathers our most effective financial experts, community leaders, non‑profit innovators to address systemic barriers while sharing tools for economic mobility, entrepreneurship, and intergenerational wealth. Attendees will walk away with an actionable plan of action to build wealth as individuals, as well as across communities.

Moderator: Alfred Edmond, Jr., SVP/Editor-at-large of BLACK ENTERPRISE

Panelists: 
Derrius Quarles, Chief Product Officer, EcoHealth Strategies
Jessica Caffrey, Executive Director, Cook County Land Bank Authority
Dr. Boyce Watkins, Founder,  The Black Business School, Best-selling Author
Roiana Reid, Vice President, Lead Economist North America, US, Mastercard Economics Institute

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