Why You Need to Be in Tulsa

This Is Not Just Another Nursing Conference

Black Nurses Week® 2026 is a return to sacred ground; a strategy space, a healing space, and a family reunion energy all in one.

You need to be in Tulsa if:

• You’re done normalizing harm and want language for what you’ve lived through as a Black nurse.
• You want to talk about what’s owed — pay, safety, leadership, recognition, respect, and not just “resilience.”
• You’re ready to connect your story to a bigger purpose of Black nursing history, legacy, and Black Wall Street.
• You want to help design what reparations in nursing could look like in real life, not just hashtags.
• You want a room where you’re not the only one, and you don’t have to code switch to take up space.

Inside the Experience

What You’ll Experience

Even before the speakers are announced, the experience is clear: legacy, liberation, joy, and the future of Black nursing curated with intention.

Why Tulsa

Why Tulsa & Black Wall Street Matter

Tulsa, Oklahoma was once home to one of the wealthiest, most self-sustaining Black communities in America, the Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street. Not because access was given, but because Black people built it.

Nurses, midwives, teachers, doctors, business owners, and families created their own hospitals, clinics, schools, banks, farms, and care networks without permission, without funding, and without inclusion.

It wasn't just about economics. It was about power, care, ownership, community, and collective healing. It was proof that when Black health, wealth, and leadership exist in the same place, we build more than businesses. We build futures.

That progress was violently attacked, but the story doesn’t end there. They burned the town, but they can't burn the blueprint. The blueprint was never just in the buildings, it was in the people.

Returning to Tulsa for Black Nurses Week® 2026 is intentional. We’re gathering on sacred ground:

• To witness what Black health, wealth, and leadership once looked like when funded and cared for own.
• To honor not just what was lost, but what was possible.
• To restore what’s owed in how we lead, earn, and practice today.
• To connect Black nursing to a larger story of legacy, purpose, and liberation.

You’re not just attending a conference. You’re standing in a place that proves what’s possible when Black people own our work, our businesses, and our future, and what happens when we refuse to let that story end in destruction.

Who This Is For

Who Needs to Be in the Room

• Black nurse leaders, educators, policymakers, and visionaries who are shaping not just care, but the future of the profession.
• Black nurses who are tired of being the only one in the room and are ready to be in a room built for us.
• Nurses who feel the emotional weight of Black fatigue, racism, and moral distress. .
• Nurses who feel a calling toward something bigger even if they don’t have the title for it yet.
• Nurses ready to shift from exhaustion to activation and from just showing up to showing purpose.
• Student nurses and new grads who don't just want mentorship, they want looking professional inheritance, direction, and community.

Tickets

Choose Your Experience

Early-bird pricing is available for a limited time when you pay in full using the code listed for your ticket. Flexible 5-month payment plans are also available for in-person tickets with a one-time setup fee. CEUs will be awarded for qualifying sessions.

Note: Travel, accommodations, and hotel rooms are not included in the in-person registration fees. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging.

Final Call

Are you ready to restore what's owed?

If you’ve ever felt unseen, underpaid, overworked, or out of place in nursing, this space was built for you. For three days in Tulsa, we’re gathering on sacred ground to remember, restore, and reimagine the future of Black nursing together.

Coming soon: Exhibitor, sponsorship, and speaking opportunities for maximum impact.