Contact
Olatunji Oboi Reed
Chief Executive Officer, Equiticity Ventures
1956 South Hamlin Avenue, #3
Chicago, Illinois 60623
oboi@equiticity.org | @theycallmeOboi
(773) 916-6264
Consultancy Rates
Please contact Olatunji Oboi Reed directly to inquire about consultancy rates for speaking engagements, training workshops, project based opportunities, retained expertise, and embedded staff deployments.
Competencies
Racial Equity Training
Planning and Operationalizing Racial Equity
The Economics of Racial Equity
Social Impact Strategy and Implementation
Equitable Community Engagement Strategy and Implementation
Elected Officials and Stakeholder Convening
Mobility Justice Training
Benefits of Mobility Road Show
The Power of Mobility in Transforming Neighborhoods
Organizing Community Bicycle Rides
Ride Management Training
OLATUNJI OBOI REED
CHAIRMAN & CEO, EQUITICITY VENTURES
Olatunji Oboi Reed’s passion lies at the intersection of community, culture, and health. He works globally as a racial equity tactician, increased mobility advocate, and racial justice activist.
With an extensive background in both nonprofit management and corporate social responsibility, he is most proud of his work to create a diverse coalition of people, organizations and businesses all working together to achieve racial equity and mobility justice across the City of Chicago.
Oboi serves as the founding President & CEO of Equiticity, a racial equity movement, programming and advocating for racial equity, increased mobility, and racial justice to improve the lives of Black and Brown people across the United States. Equiticity’s vision is a mid- to large-sized U.S. city where racial equity is fully integrated at the policy and legislative levels into every function, department, budget, and resource associated with the city’s operations, services, and programs.
Oboi co-founded and recently served as the President & CEO of the Slow Roll Chicago bicycle movement. Slow Roll Chicago is working to build an equitable, diverse, and inclusive bicycle culture in Chicago, by organizing community bicycle rides and advocating for bicycle equity.
In 2015, Oboi was awarded The White House Transportation Champion of Change award by The White House and the United States Department of Transportation, under the administration of President Barack Obama.
Oboi is a member of 2018 Grist Fixers cohort, Chicagoland Equity Network’s Steering Committee, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Human and Community Development Committee, and PolicyLink’s Transportation Equity Caucus. He served as a Community Representative Member of the City of Chicago Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council and as a member of the Board of Directors of Streetsblog Chicago. He is a frequent speaker, panelist, and facilitator at conferences around the world.