{"id":6379,"date":"2024-02-12T22:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T03:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=6379"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:47","slug":"building-our-future-celebrating-black-innovators-founders-and-business-leaders","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/event\/building-our-future-celebrating-black-innovators-founders-and-business-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Our Future: Celebrating Black innovators, founders and business leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original.jpg\" alt=\"Building Our Future event banner\" class=\"wp-image-6387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original.jpg 940w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original-160x80.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original-240x120.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_693382729_20414429654_1_original-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/building-our-future-celebrating-black-innovators-founders-and-leaders-tickets-823806897607\">Register today to reserve your free ticket<\/a> to this special Black History Month event at the Brookstreet Hotel, inspired by the 2024 theme <em>Black Excellence &#8211; A Heritage to Celebrate; a Future to Build<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us in celebrating current and aspiring Black innovators, entrepreneurs and businesses that drive our economy, enrich our communities and enhance our quality of life. This event is free for all to attend &#8211; you can look forward to networking, light refreshments, a showcase of Black-owned businesses and artists, and incredible speakers and panel discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.investottawa.ca\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investottawa.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Invest Ottawa<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyclover.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyclover.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Wesley Clover<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blackchamber.ca\/\">Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.kanatanorthba.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kanatanorthba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kanata North Business Association<\/a>&nbsp;are honoured to host this special Black History Month event with, and for, our ecosystem in partnership with&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/ottawatourism.ca\/en\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawatourism.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Tourism<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/ocobia.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/ocobia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">OCOBIA<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.ottawabot.ca\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawabot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Board of Trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[75],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-6379","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-community-events"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2024-02-29T08:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2024-02-29T12:30:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6391,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/6379\/revisions\/6391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}