The Road to Essence is BACK and we're bringing it back to Houston to celebrate BLD PWR Day & Juneteenth for The SLAB!

Join us on the Road to Essence, a national tour bringing Black Joy and community organizing to the forefront as we build power across movements. As we journey toward the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, we're making powerful stops across the country.

For us, SLAB means:

Slow. Loud. And Building.

Slow down enough to be in community.
Loud enough that nobody misses what we’re saying about Black power and liberation.
And Building, because that is the actual work needed to achieve and sustain power.

What’s Going Down

We’re gathering for:

✨ The Road to Essence Living Room Experience with SisterSong & Global Black Economic Forum: Blding PWR at our Intersections
✨ Mafia Game Livestream with Keke Palmer & Friends

✨ Screenings of Free Joan Little & Sincerely Brad and Storytelling
✨ Live Music Experiences
✨ Block Party Energy
✨ Food, Drank, Dancing, and Thangs
✨ Vendor Activations and Food Trucks
✨ Talk Yo Sh$# Soapbox
✨ Community-building with partners including SisterSong and The Global Black Economic Forum

This is more than an event, it's a movement.