Signed,

Y-Vonne Hutchinson, CEO, Readyset | Aniyia Williams, Executive Director, Black & Brown Founders | Maurice Wilkins, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Fastly | Darrell Jones III, Healing, Liberation, & Joy, Just Cities; Co-founder, TechEquity Collaborative

With support from,

Michael Seibel, Y Combinator | Erica Joy | Arlan Hamilton, Founder, Backstage Capital | Bärí A. Williams | Leslie Miley, Former CTO, Obama Foundation | Ruben A. Harris | Charles Hudson, Managing Partner & Founder, Precursor Ventures | Wayne Sutton | Sarah Kunst, Managing Director - Cleo Capital | Monique Woodard, Angel & Venture Capital Investor | Megan Rose Dickey | Marco Rogers | Kaya Thomas, Engineer and Founder of We Read Too | Chris Bennett, CEO and Co-founder | Sevetri Wilson | Everett Harper, CEO and Co-founder | Brian Brackeen, General Partner - Lightship Capital | Sian Morson, Founder & CEO Kollective Mobile | Ulili Onovakpuri, Partner, Kapor Capital | Erin Teague | Brian Dixon, Partner, Kapor Capital | Stephen Green, Founder PitchBlack | Tiffani Ashley Bell, Founder & Executive Director, The Human Utility | Danielle Leslie | Felecia Hatcher, Co-Founder Blacktech Week | Mina Markham | Julia E Collins | Elliott Robinson, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners | James Jones Jr., Esq. | Kristina Jones, Founder and CEO of Guardianlane.com | Brittany Davis, Principal, Backstage Capital | Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto, Visa | Sydney Thomas, Precursor Ventures | Catherine Bracy, Co-founder and Executive Director, TechEquity Collaborative | Albrey Brown, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Airtable | Cedric Brown, Chief Foundation Officer, Kapor Center | Jaron Shipp, Assistant General Counsel, Facebook | Jeremy Richardson, VP of Product, Catch&Release | Taj Ahmad Eldridge, Senior Director Investments - LACI | Terell Sterling, Founder and CEO, Go Paladin | Regina Gwynn, Co-Founder, Black Women Talk Tech & TresseNoire | Lauren Olivia Ruffin | Chris Lwanga | Cynthia Overton, Director of Tech Workplace Initiatives, Kapor Center | Jacky Alciné, Engineer | Iman Gibson | Allison Scott, Chief Research Officer, Kapor Center | Richard F. Purcell | Abisola Adedokun | Corey L Weathers, Developer Evangelist, Twilio | DeVaris Brown | Joshua Encarnacion, CEO, Outco Inc.| Harold Hughes, Founder & CEO of Bandwagon | Esosa Ighodaro, Co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech & Maskgrant  | Robert Gordon IV, Director of Partnerships, /dev/color | Sibyl Edwards, Co-founder of Black Female Founders | Lauren Washington, Co-founder of Black Women Talk Tech and Fundr | Lisa Francoeur | Yulkendy Valdez, CEO of Forefront | Dr. Roshawnna Novellus, CEO & Founder, EnrichHER | Wahab Owolabi, Founder URx | Arion Long, Founder at Femly | Opéola Bukola, Founder, Lillo Consulting | Chelsey Lowe | Tiffany Lorraine Shumate | Clarence Sanon | LeShane Greenhill, Co-Founder, Sagents | Shelly Bell, Founder/CEO of Black Girl Ventures Foundation | Marcus Whitney | Damola Ogundipe, Civic Eagle | Willie Jackson, DEI Speaker, Consultant & Facilitator | Deloris (Dela) Wilson | Marie Rocha, Founder, Realist Ventures | Kiera Smalls, Executive Director of Philly Startup Leaders | Russell Ladson, CEO, Drop | Lauren A. Reeves, Software Engineer | Travis Sheridan | Chinedu Enekwe, Partner Aux21 Capital & Producer Venture the World | Ope Bukola | Leigh-Ann Buchanan, President & Exec. Dir., Venture Cafe Miami | Doug Speight | Ed Ross | Riana Lynn | Aaron K Saunders, CEO Inclusive Innovation Incubator | Madison Maxey, CEO & Founder of LOOMIA | Christina Celuzza, Program & Experience Design Lead at Venture Cafe Global Institute | Kelly Burton, CEO, Founders of Color | Quest ‘Digital Mercenary’ Moffat | Tarryn Henry | Sterling Smith, Sandbox Commerce | Calvin Williams, CEO of Freeman Capital | LaShana Lewis, CEO, L. M. Lewis Consulting | Jason M. Coles, Founder, Katika, LLC | Mark Hamblin, Industrious | Erica M. Plybeah, Founder, MedHaul | Dee Poku, Founder, WIE and Black Women Raise | Dr. Reginald Parker Sr., Founder of Optimal Technology Corporation | Lisa Osborne, Director of Emerging Media, Black Public Media | Thkisha Sanogo, Founder & CEO MyTAASK, Inc. | Vanessa Mason, Research Director, Institute for the Future | Jessica Norwood, Runway Project | Terik Tidwell, Executive Director, Smith Tech-Innovation Center at Johnson C. Smith University | Kevin Dedner, Founder & CEO, Henry Health | Darren Jackson, Founder, All Black Creatives | Thomas K.R. Stovall, Process Architect, Intention Mastery | Shaun Randolph | Bea Arthur, Founder + CEO of The Difference | Jean Brownhill, Founder and CEO of Sweeten | Tuoyo Louis, Co-founder, Seae Ventures | Natalie Self | Ryan Triggs | Jason Robart, Co-Founder, Seae Ventures | Cordelro Brown | Modjossorica (Rica) Elysee, CEO, BeautyLynk | André Davis, Founder, Humble Genius Media | DeShuna Spencer, kweliTV | Ciara Imani May, CEO and Founder of Rebundle | Netia A McCray | Sonya Fox, Founder & CEO, Vurde, Inc. | Boris Moyston, Co-founder, Black Men Talk Tech | Angelic Williams, Founder and CEO of MyUmbrella | Aneesha HargraveKatrina Jones, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Changemaker | Mimi Fox Melton, Code2040 | Dawn Dickson, CEO, PopCom | Jackson Cummings | Remound W. Wright III | Erin Horne McKinney, Founder & CEO - Black Female Founders (#BFF) | Denisha Kuhlor Chandler | Malone Atento CapitalSterling Smith / Sandbox Commerce | William Spruill | Domonique Fines, Director of Engagement, All Raise | Ed Ross | Kelcey Gosserand | Hadiyah Mujhid, CEO and Founder, HBCUvc | Jason Lorne Giles | Rodney Sampson, Executive Chairman & CEO, OHUB; General Partner, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund | Jean Nicole Morelos, Upwards & Onwards | Danielle Kayembe, CEO GreyFire Impact | Louise Broni-Mensah, CEO, Shoobs | Michele Heyward, PositiveHire FounderCEO and Founder | Denisha Kuhlor | Shari Sweeney, A Certain Aesthetic | Asha Owens, Co-Founder & CEO - BestFit | Ola Ayeni, CEO, Claim Academy | Kerry Bowie, Managing Partner, Msaada Partners| Camille Hearst | Alton Glass, CEO & Co-Founder GRX Immersive Labs | Lincoln W Daniel | Talib Graves-Manns | Naya F. Powell | Tyler Dean | Kezia M. Williams, CEO of The Black upStart | Natalie Self | Lindsey E. 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