TULSA, Okla. — State of Black Food will host a Black Wall Street Edition four-day conference centering on Black and Brown culinary excellence from August 28-31.

The event will be presented by Chef Kulture and PBCi in partnership with Tulsa and Black Wall Street organizations. 

The theme for this year will be “Our Table. Our Story. Our Future.” The conference says it “bridges past and future, blending cultural celebration with skill-building, creative expression, and purpose-driven storytelling.”

Featured speakers will include KJ Kearney, the founder of the James Beard Award-winning Black Food Fridays, Chef Daryl Shular, the first African American Certified Master Chef in the United States, Debra Freeman an Emmy Award-winning food writer, podcaster, culinary anthropologist, Quraysh Ali Lansana, a Tulsa poet, civil rights historian and award-winning radio producer, and Apollo Woods, Founder and Executive Director of Bigger Than Food Foundation.

People who attend can take part in panel discussions, workshops, tours of Greenwood and Tulsa, curated exhibitions, live demos, and wellness-centered activations.