JOEY WOMACK
Founder/CEO
@joeydigital
HEROES & HASHTAGS
PATH TO INCLUSIVE ECOSYSTEMS
RAPID PROBLEM-SOLVING
TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS
CREATE SOCIAL IMPACT
WE BUILD TRIBES OF
CHANGEMAKERS +
ENTREPRENEURS
INNOVATIVE PROCESS TO
HELP UNDER-SERVED
COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY
COMMON THEME:
WE ALREADY HAVE
EVERYTHING WE NEED
BUGATTI VEYRON
10.4 MPG CITY
THEY GOT 99 PROBLEMS
+JOBS
+EDUCATION
+HEALTH
+SAFETY
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
TOO MANY BIG PROBLEMS
WHY I’M SO PASSIONATE
PEOPLE WILL SUFFER UNTIL
WE SOLVE THEM
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE
USE TECH INNOVATION
“I’m trying
to make a
dollar outta
fifteen
cents…”
HELP PEOPLE FIND
THEIR CALLING
I FOUND MY CALLING:
HASHTAGS
LET’S TAKE IT BACK TO
THE OLD SCHOOL...
WARREN REESE
(1842 - 1898)
● Civil War Veteran
● Mayor of Montgomery (1885-89)
● Raised $ For Confed. Monument
● World’s 1st Electric Streetcar
#LEADERSHIP
WARREN REESE, JR.
(1866 - 1953)
● US Attorney in Alabama (1897 -
1905 & 1909 - 13)
● Prosecuted Peonage (aka Slavery
By Another Name) Cases From
1903 - 1940
#SOCIALIMPACT
REBECCA WILLIAMS
(1900 - 1988)
● Had 8 Children
● Ran Floral Shop Out of Her Home
#ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FLORA FLOWERS
(1915 - 2013)
● Oldest of 8 Siblings
● 2nd Black Teacher in Montgomery
to Teach White Kids
● Lifelong Member of Dexter Ave.
Baptist Church
#EDUCATION
#HELPPARENTS
ROSCOE WILLIAMS
(1922 - 1985)
● Charter Member of Alpha Phi
Alpha @ Tuskegee
● Owned Electrical Company
● Opened The Laicos Social Club
#ENTREPRENEUR
#NIGHTLIFE
#STORYTELLER
JULIETTE WOMACK
(B. 1953)
● Human Facebook
● Director of Small Business
Assistance Center @ BSCC
● Strategic Planning/Fundraising for
BSCC
#CONNECTOR
#HELPENTREPRENEURS
JOE WOMACK, JR.
(B. 1950)
● Racial Complaint Against Dupont
● 90’s: Wrote on Race Relations
● Works on Environmental Justice &
Community Building for
AfricaTown
#SOCIALIMPACT
#STORYTELLER
#TRIBEBUILDING
CUDJOE “KAZOOLA” LEWIS
(1840 - 1935)
● Last Person Born in Africa to be
Enslaved in the United States
● 1860: Brought on Clotilde
● Settled Near Mobile, AL
● Established Africa Town (Tribe)
#TRIBEBUILDING
ME
(B. 1979)
#ENTREPRENEUR
#NIGHTLIFE
#CONNECTOR
#TECH
#HELPENTREPRENEURS
#TRIBEBUILDING
#EDUCATOR
#SOCIALIMPACT
REFUSING THE CALL
23, RECENT GRADUATE
GEORGIA STATE
CECILIA JUAREZ
TYRIQ JACKSON
JUNIOR, GRADY HS
3.6 GPA
THEIR PROBLEM
TECH INNOVATION IS NOT
CULTURALLY-RELEVANT
THE SOLUTION
USING HIP-HOP CULTURE
USING HIP-HOP CULTURE
DESIGN DOPE
USING HIP-HOP CULTURE
DESIGN DOPE
IDEATION LABS
USING HIP-HOP CULTURE
DESIGN DOPE
IDEATION LABS
AROUND HASHTAGS
NEW SKILLZ
ACCEPTING NEW ROLE
WHAT ARE
YOUR HASHTAGS?
WHAT SUPPORTING
CHARACTER ARE YOU?
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Please direct all inquiries regarding
this presentation to:
Joey Womack
+ joey@amplify4good.org
+ 850.528.1022

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