Juneteenth Slow Roll 2026: Black Collective Economics — Black to the Future
About this Event
Turn Your Bike Into a Time Machine.
On June 20, 2026 — Juneteenth — we are rolling through 200 years of Black economic genius on two wheels.
The Juneteenth Slow Roll: Black Collective Economics — Black to the Future is a community bike ride through the historic Black economic corridor of South Minneapolis, connecting the mutual aid societies of 1787 to the Grand Opening of Tribe Federal Credit Union today. Every stop on this ride is a chapter. Every mile is a memory. And every rider — on every kind of bike — is part of the story.
This is not a race. This is not a workout. This is a conversationally paced ride designed for discovery and joy. We ride together, we stop together, we learn together, and we eat together. No one gets left behind. No one rides alone.
Need a Bike? We Got You.
If you need a loaner bike, arrive by 9:15 AM. Bikes are distributed first-come, first-served while supplies last.
All riders 10 years and older are welcome. Children riding with an adult in a trailer, cargo bike, or tag-along are welcome at any age.
The Ride
Juneteenth Slow Roll: Black Collective Economics — Black to the Future
📅 Friday, June 20, 2026
📍 Starting at Venture Bikes & Coffee · 2834 10th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
🏁 Finishing at Midtown Global Market · 920 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN 55407
🚲 Approximately 3.5 miles · Flat · Paved · Accessible
💰 Free and open to the public
A Slow Roll is a conversationally paced ride — meaning we ride slowly enough that the person beside you can turn and talk to you without losing their breath. We stop frequently. We gather. We listen. We reflect. Then we roll again. This is a ride designed for discovery and joy, not distance or speed.
South Minneapolis was the commercial and cultural heart of the Great Migration in Minnesota. Between the 1930s and 1970s, more than twenty Black-owned businesses lined the 38th Street corridor. Black families — forced by redlining and racial covenants into specific neighborhoods — built institutions of extraordinary depth: a newspaper, community centers, mutual aid societies, cooperatives, and credit unions. On this ride, we visit what remains, honor what was lost, and celebrate what is being built right now.
Full Day Agenda
9:15 AMArrive if you need a loaner bike — first-come, first-served at Venture Bikes
9:30 AMCheck-in opens · Venture Bikes & Coffee · 2834 10th Ave S · Coffee available
9:50 AMOpening Circle & Community Comments — gather at Venture Bikes for welcome remarks, intentions for the ride, and community greetings
10:00 AM Reading of General Order Number 3 by a Community Elder — the order that freed the enslaved people of Texas and gave us Juneteenth by Elder Michael Chaney.
10:15 AM Slow Roll Departs — heading out through South Minneapolis's historic Black economic corridor
11:25 AM Arrive: Midtown Global Market · 920 E Lake St · Welcome back, riders!
11:45 AM Community Meal — post-ride lunch inside the Midtown Global Market with community vendors. Sit down, eat, rest your legs, and reconnect with your fellow riders.
12:00 PM Living History Panel: "The History of Black Collective Economics" — 90-minute moderated panel featuring re-enactors from five eras of Black economic history, moderated by Anthony Taylor
1:30 PMGrand Opening: Tribe Federal Credit Union — Ribbon cutting, torch-passing ceremony, and the opening of Minneapolis's newest Black-founded credit union
2:00 PM+Community reception · Tribe Credit Union membership sign-ups · Global Market vendors
The Route — Five Stops, Five Stories
Every stop on this ride is a real place with a real history. We don't just roll past — we stop, we gather, and a community voice shares what happened here and why it matters.
START — Venture Bikes & Coffee
FINISH — Midtown Global Market / Tribe Federal Credit Union · 920 E Lake St
We arrive together. The Midtown Global Market is a community-owned marketplace on one of the most multicultural commercial corridors in the Upper Midwest. And inside it, today, Tribe Federal Credit Union opens its doors — the first credit union in the United States to receive a charter under the NCUA's new provisional charter pilot program. The next chapter of 239 years of Black collective economics starts here.
Community Meal at 11:45 AM
When the ride is done, we eat. Inside the Midtown Global Market, community vendors from across Minneapolis's multicultural communities will be ready to feed you. Sit down. Rest. Talk to the person beside you. This is not a networking event — it's a neighborhood meal. The conversation from the ride continues at the table.
The Living History Panel begins at 12:00 PM sharp, so arrive, eat, and settle in.
What Is a Slow Roll?
A Slow Roll is a conversationally paced community bike ride — intentionally slow enough that you can talk to the person riding next to you without losing your breath. We ride together, we stop together, and no one gets left behind.
Slow Roll Twin Cities was founded by Anthony Taylor, Director of Equitable Development at the Cultural Wellness Center and founder of Melanin in Motion. Anthony has led Slow Rolls through the histories of Black churches, Black businesses, and Black corridors across Minneapolis. This Juneteenth ride is the most ambitious yet — five historical stops, a community meal, a living history panel, and a credit union grand opening, all in one day.
Slow Roll is for all kinds of people on all kinds of bikes. Road bikes. Mountain bikes. Beach cruisers. E-bikes. Cargo bikes. Hand cycles. Trikes. Kid bikes with training wheels. Bikes borrowed from a friend. Bikes that are a little rusty and haven't been out since last summer. All of them belong here.
All riders 10 years and older are welcome. Children in trailers, tag-alongs, or cargo bikes are welcome at any age with a responsible adult.
Questions or Concerns?
Call or text: 612-875-7803
We mean it. If you have a question about the ride, the route, your bike, accessibility needs, the community meal, parking, or anything else — call or text us.
After the Ride — The Living History Panel
At 12:00 PM, inside the Midtown Global Market, a 90-minute living history panel brings five characters from across 200 years of Black economic history into one conversation — moderated by Anthony Taylor. From Absalom Jones (Free African Society, 1787) to C.C. Spaulding (NC Mutual Life, 1898) to Stephanie St. Clair (Harlem's numbers economy, 1920s) to a Civil Rights-era credit union organizer — in direct conversation with the leadership of Tribe Federal Credit Union opening its doors today.
The central question: What is the difference between Black buying power and Black collective economics — and what does it take to turn one into the other?
At 1:30 PM, Tribe Federal Credit Union opens for its first members. On-site account opening begins immediately. You can become a founding member today.
About the Organizers
Anthony Taylor is the founder of Slow Roll Twin Cities and Melanin in Motion, and co-founder of the Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota. As Director of Equitable Development at the Cultural Wellness Center, Anthony has spent two decades building programs that use cycling, outdoor access, and place-based history to strengthen Black and multicultural communities across Minneapolis. He serves on the Metropolitan Council Parks and Open Space Commission and the Governor's Council on Aging Well.
The Cultural Wellness Center, founded in 1996, works at the intersection of culture, health, and community development in Minneapolis — grounded in the belief that losing culture and community makes people sick. CWC is currently developing the Dreamland Cultural Wellness Project on 38th Street, a $3 million cooperative community anchor on the historic Black corridor of South Minneapolis.
Tribe Federal Credit Union is a Black-founded, federally chartered, NCUA-insured credit union serving the multicultural communities of Minneapolis. The first credit union in the nation to receive a provisional charter under the NCUA's new pilot program (May 2024), Tribe's mission is equitable financial access, homeownership, and lasting financial literacy for communities historically excluded from traditional banking.
📞 Questions? Call or text 612-875-7803
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