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Professional network and academy.
The flagship. A member-owned professional network and academy for the Black investment ecosystem. The Founding 100 are assembling now; the platform opens January 1, 2027.
The newBWS Ecosystem
One ecosystem. Owned by its members.
newBWS is the flagship: the member-owned professional network and academy. Around it stand standalone platforms that carry the same work into history, agriculture, and culture. Each keeps its own name and its own front door. All of it belongs to the same village.
The standalone platforms
ledger.newbws.com
The Ledger
The digital monument to Black American history.
A permanent archive of what Black America built and what was taken. The achievements institutions left out, the record they are removing from shelves now.
harvest.newbws.com
Harvest
Black farms, institutional tables.
Connecting Black-owned farms, ranches, and co-ops to HBCU kitchens, churches, schools, restaurants, hotels, and institutional buyers. 32,000+ Black farms. 107 HBCUs. One directory.
thecookout.net
TheCookout
The cultural members club.
A member-owned club for Black cultural experiences. Curated dinners, sessions, salons, and the annual Marquee, hosted by members across cities. Where the culture gathers.
Inside newBWS
These are not separate platforms. They are pillars of newBWS itself: sections of the flagship, one membership, one front door.
- The WorkThe public feed of essays, notes, talks, and holdings published by members.
- The AcademyPersonal finance, entrepreneurship, and investing, taught by practitioners. First course opens Fall 2026.
- The Village DirectoryThe public directory of verified Black-owned businesses.
- BWS StudioPublishing and podcasting infrastructure. On the long-term roadmap, 2027 and beyond.
Built for us.
Every property in the ecosystem is built on the same conviction: wealth that circulates in the village compounds for the village. Join the flagship and the rest of the ecosystem opens with it.