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BizWorld launched its summer cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses. YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We had a chance to interview Blank cosmetics, loomi hair, and body’s CEO, Cassandra McKay, who is focused on creating a hair product that will not only make you look your best, but also make you feel your best. We asked Cassandra some questions so we could learn more about how she plans on making a difference in the hair care industry. Tell me a little bit about your company and what inspired you in starting Blank Cosmetics, Loomi Hair, and Body? I was inspired by my family. I live in an all girl household, all of us have really beautiful natural hair. Me and my older sister’s hair is a little more manageable than my little sisters. I grew up watching my mom and my sisters struggle with finding hair products that worked. We finally found something that semi-worked, but then we realized that we didn’t even know what was in it. Once we looked up all these big words, we realized we were in the dark about our hair care- something that’s deeply rooted both physically and emotionally for many people, including us. I was then devoted to starting a line of cosmetics that customers could identify with. Not just an all natural line, but a fuse of science and nature to bring curly hair of all types to its best form. What do you hope to learn and get out of the Yes! Program? I want to learn more about the technological and legal side of a business. I want to gain social capital amongst my fellow cohort peers and beyond. Where do you see your business in 5 years? Hopefully at this point I will have enough revenue and fundraising money to have started my charity to families in need of quality hair and body care. What inspired you to want to help boost girls’ self confidence? Seeing my sisters and myself struggle with our hair during the school year and how it affected academic and at home behavior. At the end of the day, I am a scientist but any one can observe that when you don’t look your best, you don’t feel your best. Who is your role model? My older sister and mother. They have both shown me two very respectable but different paths in life. What is your favorite hairdo? Locs, I have never had them but my father did. I appreciate their beauty.

BizWorld launched its summer cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses. YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We had a chance to interview Uniart’s CEO, Connor Chatterjee, a 16 year old who is determined to solve world issues and make the world a better place. We asked Connor some questions to learn more about UniArt, the website he started for students to sell their creative works and earn money to pay off college debt. Tell me a little bit about your company and what interested you in starting Uniart? UniArt started off as a company designed to reduce college debt. I’m a speech and debater and one of the things I do as a speech and debater is find a problem and solve it through hypothetical legislature. However, with UniArt I realized I didn’t need legislature and that I could make a business to solve problems that trouble my generation and America’s future generations. Where do you see your business in 5 years? I see UniArt doing sales nationwide, starting to expand internationally, and possibly include other items to sell and or new tax advantaged accounts to deposit profits into. What do you hope to learn and get out of the Yes! Program? I hope to learn how to start a company from the ground up, make connections, and have a chance at competing at Demo day. Who/what inspired you to be active in resolving national issues? Are there any other national issues you are passionate about? My father and mother have always been big picture people and raised me to try my hardest to influence the world in a positive manner. With that upbringing, I was always fascinated with issues around the globe and across the nation. Some notable issues I’m passionate about solving, or at least researching further, include are obesity rates and how agricultural subsidies exacerbate the current crisis, medical devices malfunctioning and injuring millions, millions of children being sex trafficked under our noses, homelessness (specifically in San Jose and San Francisco), WIFI deficiency negatively impacting schools in low income communities, the opioid epidemic, fentanyl being laced in everyday street drugs, climate change and how to mitigate it, healthcare reform, airplane safety regulation, unjust striking’s of POC jurors based on the color of their skin, and a plethora of other issues that I have researched less. Can you explain a little more about how you see college debt affecting your community and those around you? College debt affects my community because it deters kids from trying to obtain a higher education due to costs. I have two friends who have told me that they were unattracted to college because it was so expensive and that they wouldn’t be able to pay if they got into the colleges they wanted to go to. Both of them brought college debt to my mind, as I had dismissed it as an issue previously. If you could sell one product on your site, what would it be? If I could sell one product, it would be a landscape/seascape painting due to the fact that I highly adore those types of paintings.

BizWorld.org Expands to Japan On May 19th, we announced that BizWorld expanded to Japan. Sayuri Tanaka, CEO of BizWorld Japan, is leading the new entity operated by IKIRU LLC. We now have 11 international partners outside the United States – it’s very exciting! “BizWorld.org’s goal is to reach one million children around the world by 2025” said Charlene Vaca, Interim Executive Director of BizWorld.org. “We believe in inspiring youth to do extraordinary things by preparing them early with an entrepreneurial mindset to reach their highest potential. We are pleased to help our newest partner in Japan be proactive in providing their students an opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship.” By providing children (in the primary education levels) with opportunities for entrepreneurship education, BizWorld Japan hopes to foster an entrepreneurial “mindset” that is not widely spread in Japan yet. According to a survey by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), Japan ranks 50th out of 50 countries in terms of “business knowledge and skills”. The country also does not rank very high in the category of “not afraid of failure”. In addition, although Japan consistently ranks high in the OECD’s PISA academic achievement survey, both its motivation to learn and it’s self-esteem are low compared to other countries. This is a very serious problem for Japan. “Just as BizWorld has 20 years of history, entrepreneurship education for primary education in Japan has 20 years of negative history”, says Sayuri Tanaka, CEO of BizWorld Japan. “We are very happy to have joined the BizWorld family. The introduction of a full-fledged entrepreneurship education is both innovative, exciting and needed.BizWorld will finally open the door for this critical type of primary education in Japan, and I am very grateful to BizWorld for giving us such an opportunity.” BizWorld Japan’s goal is to restore the self-esteem of all children through the BizWorld program. They would like to support the ability, willingness, knowledge and experience to create value for someone else. If the academic skills of the Japanese people are combined with the “skills,” “knowledge,” and “mindset” of entrepreneurs, the number of people who can play an active role in the world will definitely increase even more in the future. In order to achieve this, Bizworld Japan will focus on training instructors who can teach the entrepreneurial mindset. BizWorld Japan will start inviting Japanese entrepreneurs and businesspeople who are active in the world to participate in this project. In the near future, as entrepreneurship becomes a commodity, the organization will introduce BizWorld’s entrepreneurship education into Japan’s curriculum guidelines. “Our growing list of International partners are motivated by a desire to increase awareness about financial responsibility and business, and build an entrepreneurial mindset in their young citizens,” said Charlene Vaca, Interim Executive Director of BizWorld.org “Like our teachers in the U.S., our international partners are focused on preparing their youth for the global economy and marketplace.” Want to learn more about becoming an international partner? You can join the family too (what link would you send them to?)

BizWorld is excited to feature creative and determined, young entrepreneur Itzel Delgado and her business idea of creating BaZoink. Her company would offer a safe and fun space for the youth in her home mountain resort town in Colorado to spend their time and connect through engaging activities. Though she hasn’t launched BaZoint yet, read about her vision and strong desire to create community connections for youth to help level the playing field for young people living there and those folks that are visiting. 1) What has interested you in starting BaZoink? I actually have not launched BaZoink yet. I am still in the works of planning, logistics, and finalizing the design. But the inspiration for BaZoink came from growing up in an expensive mountain resort town in Colorado. I noticed that there is a big wealth gap between the local residents and those that come as tourists. Our community caters to those second homeowners and tourists and much of the local population is ignored or sidelined in the picture. There are many amazing recreational opportunities to take advantage of but the majority of local teens and youth cannot afford to participate in them. Various studies done within the county demonstrated the deep impact this lack of community connection has on our local youth such as unstable housing, higher rates of mental health struggles, higher substance abuse, and such. My goal with BaZoink is to create a safe and fun space for the youth of the county to spend their time and connect. This shall be achieved through the love for comic books, boba, and coffee. Additionally, I want to offer illustration and graphic design, and comic art classes within my space at an affordable rate. My hope is that by combining comics, food, and engaging activities, BaZoink will become the center hub for the local youth and community. 2) What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? My goal for participating in YES! is to receive feedback and have some sort of guide as I design and finalize the details of my business. I want to launch, but I want my business to be successful. With that, learning from others and hopefully gleaning feedback from others entrepreneurial mistakes. 3) What do you feel has helped you with launching BaZoink? As mentioned, I have not launched yet (mostly financial reasons) but being in the YES! program and participating in the workshops has given me new ideas and ways to slowly build up BaZoink. My dream is to have it as a brick-and-mortar place for people to hang out, take classes, or shop. But before I can do that I might have to take smaller steps towards that and start fully online. 4) What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? I am very determined and I never give up. I always try to challenge myself, push myself to my limits and learn from that. My personal motto is “if you start something, you HAVE TO finish!” This is a philosophy that I have always had and guides me through every aspect of my life. 5) Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I am nonbinary and I’m pronoun indifferent, but if I have to chose I prefer they/them or she/her pronouns. I also speak both English and Spanish, and am currently learning Korean. Itzel, we are thrilled you are going through YES! Program with your fellow cohort members. Through a combination of rigorous business planning concepts, mentorship, introductions to other businesses and access to capital, we look forward to seeing BaZoink truly come to life. The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th, and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th, and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.

BizWorld launched its winter cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses! YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We are thrilled to feature Nitya, an ambitious, 16-year old young entrepreneur who wants to help teens better understand the value of money by using a new and engaging app that teaches them to make informed financial decisions. We asked Nitya a few questions about what inspired her to start her company, Doughkeeper, and what she hopes to achieve by participating in our Young Entrepreneur Success (YES!) program. 1) Tell me a little bit about who your company is and what interested you in starting Doughkeeper? Doughkeeper is a teen-friendly app that leverages AI and combines expense tracking and restrictions with a little bit of friendly competition to help teens understand the value of money. By fostering healthy relationships between money and young adults, members of Generation Z will be more likely to make informed financial decisions, as opposed to lugging their student loan debt at age 18 into their retirement at age 60, like close to half of the population. I was motivated to start Doughkeeper, because in my school district, financial literacy skills aren’t reinforced outside of a semester-long macroeconomics class offered exclusively to high school seniors. I hope that Doughkeeper, a free tool that requires little resources to use, can set teens around the world up for financial success in college and beyond, not just in my community. 2) What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? Through the YES! Program, I want to gain a better understanding of how startups transition from the ideation to execution stages. At the YES! workshops so far, I’ve already learned so much about the importance of identifying a target audience and tailoring your product/service to them, and the impact of strong branding and seamless UX. As the program progresses, I seek to learn more and apply these skills acquired to develop a robust business plan that I can use to garner support for Doughkeeper. By interacting with mentors who are experts in their respective fields and a community of like-minded peers, I also hope to walk away with diverse insights that originate from hearing everyone else’s business ideas, challenges, and experiences and leverage these new perspectives to improve my own business. 3) What do you feel has helped you with launching Doughkeeper? I think experiencing and seeing the lack of financial education firsthand, and extensively researching the magnitude of the issue has been really helpful in informing the direction Doughkeeper’s headed. I also think that being unable to find any apps that could be used to teach financial literacy in a classroom setting helped me launch Doughkeeper as well, since, in my head, I could clearly define what value I would be adding by creating this app and plan next steps. 4) What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? I think my superpower is my love for art. This has guided me in developing Doughkeeper because my objectives for the business revolve around developing an app that not only makes financial education accessible, but is also fun and engaging, in a unique visual format that appeals to Gen Z. 5) Tell us a fun fact about yourself. In my free time, I love experimenting with animation and making short films! Congratulations on identifying such an important financial need for teens, Nitya! We are happy that you are participating in YES! Through a combination of rigorous business planning concepts, mentorship and introductions to other businesses, we look forward to seeing your robust business plan for the Doughkeeper app come to life! The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th, and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th, and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.

BizWorld launched its winter cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses. YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We had a chance to interview TLeggings’ CEO, Bella Lin, who is a determined and ambitious 14-year old who wants to provide high-quality leggings to customers at reasonable prices. We asked Bella some questions so we could take a peek into her ideas on legging innovations and her desire to provide affordable activewear to all. 1) Tell me a little bit about your company and what interested you in starting TLeggings? My company is an e-commerce startup focused on bringing customers high-quality items at affordable and realistic prices. I started TLeggings when I realized that sportswear is often so expensive and unfairly priced. I was motivated through my own personal experience, and I now know that many others also struggle with balancing quality affordability when shopping. 2) What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? I would just love to hear new things and be asked questions from different perspectives. I think it’s awesome that I get to meet many other young entrepreneurs and I would love to try out their products! Learning from professionals of different backgrounds is also very important to me, and I think that speaking with them can maybe give me a wider view of the ‘adult world’ and how they think people react to different things. 3) Can you share a fun fact with us about yourself? A fun fact about myself is that I can guess if you’re a dog person or a cat person! Another fact is that I’m actually neither; I would consider myself a guinea pig person 🙂 4) What do you feel has helped you with launching TLeggings? I think that support from peers and also just wanting to improve my company constantly helps me keep going. Things like always thinking about how to run things more smoothly, or just suddenly thinking about checking on things like shipping helps keep the momentum going. My parents are constantly helping me out when I get stuck or even lose motivation for a bit. 5) What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? My superpower would probably be the fact that I am an extrovert and a people person. I find it easy to reach out for help, and talking to new people or individuals within my company comes naturally. It has specifically helped me in the YES! program as well, because I find it easier to interact with new people that I am constantly talking to in this program. Bravo on your success with TLeggings so far, Bella! The retail and activewear market is a competitive one, so we look forward to seeing how TLeggings continues to grow and thrive through your YES! Program learnings and connections. Good luck to you! The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.

BizWorld launched its winter cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses. YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We are pleased to feature Bear Matthews, an authentic and successful 19-year old entrepreneur who is passionate about helping communities in need with tech apps developed by Astra Labs. Learn about how he and his team members are developing innovative apps to address mental illness and personal security issues for his customers at a fraction of the cost of traditional models of healthcare. 1) Tell me a little bit about your company and what interested you in starting Astra Labs? Astra Labs is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that builds technology for communities in need. Currently, with roughly 250k active users, and an annual reach of over 6m people, we’ve been fortunate to work alongside some of the largest names in tech towards a brighter future for those who need us most. With just under two dozen team members, we all hail from startup and tech development backgrounds, and collectively are driven by the impact of our technology. In the past two years, we’ve released two applications – Aetheria and Verena, for which respectively address issues of mental illness and personal security. Our team also deployed a rapid-response COVID-19 platform, for which through our private business partners, provided free telehealth counseling to over 200k U.S based frontline workers! 2) What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? The YES! Program is extremely appealing to our team as a wonderful stepping stone out of the shadows where Astra Labs has previously been operating. As a registered 501(c)3, we often find ourselves in a unique position operating like a startup with the impact of an international NGO. As such, connecting with industry professionals and taking a deeper look at the long-term sustainability of our business model and strategic growth plan will be paramount to the future success of our organization; and that’s precisely the opportunity YES! offers us. 3) Can you share a fun fact about yourself? Sure! I’m a huge lover of art, and have previously served as a public art commissioner for the Town of Basalt in Colorado! 4) What do you feel has helped you with launching Astra Labs? Wow! Well, every day I remind myself of how fortunate we are to learn and build alongside our users. It’s an attribute that I refer to as a patient-designed success. That being, when you develop a product not only for, but with your target user, or what we would refer to as a “community in need”, Astra inherently removes all risk in deployment. Additionally, we operate with several simple, yet effective mantras in business. We remind ourselves to always execute with excellence; to engage and build for other humans, not profits; and finally, that impact as a measurement of success is usually the product of dialogue. So as much as I may not be able to tell you what has helped us the most, I can tell you what helped us yesterday. 4) What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? Listening and repeating. Operating in a market like Astra’s requires consistent and open dialogue. Whether it be of internal operations, external community research, or integral partnership negotiations – Astra has a habit of opening every conversation with “how can we help?” It’s through such ethos that we build strong and lasting relationships for which secure sustainable, cost-effective, and measurable impacts within communities of need around the world. Bear, you and your team have accomplished so much since you started the organization in 2018. You have some impressive stats — your tech tools have helped 204,392 people, your apps are on 104,962 smart devices, and your content has reached 304,981 people! We look forward to seeing Astra Labs grow through the YES! Program by strategically looking into your business plan and by connecting you to the BizWorld business ecosystem… good luck! The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.

BizWorld launched it’s winter cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses. YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. We had the pleasure of interviewing 15-year old JeNoah, founder of URBAN Stereotype, a one-of-a-kind apparel brand that supports positive cultural and ethnic diversity globally. Learn about how the founder’s strong and resilient attitude propelled him to launch “US” which is not only the acronym for his company but also signifies unity among all diverse ethnic groups. Way to go, JeNoah! Tell us a little bit about who your company is and what interested you in starting Urban Stereotype? My company is URBAN Stereotype, a unique apparel brand and movement supporting positive cultural and ethnic diversity worldwide. Most of our clothing is designed with uplifting quotes, so that all racial groups feel good about who they are. An important aspect and focal point of our apparel is our iconic and uniquely designed logo I created myself. I mention this, because our logo not only stands for our company name URBAN Stereotype, it also spells out the word US. The US is extremely significant, because it bridges the gap between those who experience ethnic stereotyping and those who are against those negative behaviors. I really want to get the point across that my brand is about unifying all diverse ethnic groups in an uplifting way. What interested me in starting my company is quite a story. I started URBAN Stereotype as a positive response to the racial bullying I endured at school. My dad fought for three years seeking justice on my behalf. However, I didn’t want to continue going that route. So I asked my dad to stop all proceedings to help me with my business idea. And even he will admit, he’s glad he did. We are currently working on bigger concepts regarding our business model. However, my company will always be a reminder that negative situations can be for the greater good. What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? I hope to learn more about myself and my business model. I’m excited to take full advantage of this process and opportunity. I also appreciate having access to all the wonderful business mentors who are a part of the YES! program. Ultimately, I’m looking forward to receiving assistance with creating a solid business plan that can help me secure a spot at Demo Day. What do you feel has helped you with launching URBAN Stereotype? First, I’d like to mention that my dad has been a huge support system in helping me to launch my business. He’s a long time freelance entrepreneur and his encouragement has made me feel like anything is possible. In addition to my family’s support, I’ve been fortunate to receive lots of media attention, as a result of my positive story and business idea. This has helped me gain confidence and create awareness for my brand, and we’ve been able to get some sales as a result. Can you share a fun fact about yourself? A fun fact about me, is that I’m a vegetarian. The funny story about how I became a vegetarian, is that it started off as a challenge. I wanted to see how long I could go without eating meat. Little did I know this it become a permanent lifestyle change. I was influenced to live this life by my mother who has been a vegetarian for over 10 years. My parents taught me the importance of a healthy diet and I’m so glad I have followed this path. What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? I’d say my superpower is my ability to be resilient in almost any situation. My resilience and tough skin is the foundation of my business. It’s the reason URBAN Stereotype was started and I believe it’s the reason we will stick around for the long term. I also wanted to share a recent magazine article that was published about my business. If you want to see more on URBAN Stereotype, please visit the media section of my website. What a creative logo you have for URBAN Stereotype, JeNoah! We look forward to offering you mentorship and coaching during your entrepreneurial journey in the YES! Program. Good luck in preparing for Demo Day – you’ll have a solid business plan, no doubt! The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th, and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th, and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.

BizWorld launched its winter cohort of the exciting, life-changing YES! Program where high potential young entrepreneurs create and develop thriving businesses! YES! builds confidence and breaks down barriers to propel youth businesses to success. Here, we feature Akki’s Cupcakery & Tea whose CEO, Akeila Tejwani, is a determined and ambitious 14-year old who wants to provide healthy sweet bakery options to her customers. We interviewed Akeila so we could take a peek into her exciting world of healthy, baked goods and her desire to practice philanthropy by giving back to kids’ charities in San Antonio, Texas. 1) Tell us a little bit about who your company is and what interested you in starting Akki’s Cupcakery & Tea? I wanted to come up with healthy, vegan options for people to enjoy the baking savories. Lots of people are not able to enjoy all the baked goods due to an unhealthy amount of calories found in baked products at grocery stores. Also, the ingredients used by them are not healthy for overall health and fitness. Through my bakery, it will help the community in San Antonio and also fulfill my desire to be a health-conscious baker. I started with Tea but very soon realized that it is not a feasible business and can get messy, so I’m only focusing on cupcakes and cakes. 2) What do you hope to learn and get out of the YES! Program? I want to learn: a) better financing and budgeting skills b) sales skills c) customer management d) time management for an equal balance between business and personal/school life e) How to grow my business in other cities f) What are the challenges other entrepreneurs face and collaborate with them 3) What do you feel has helped you with launching Akki’s? I feel the support from my family and my passion for baking have helped me tremendously to get started and get the business to this point. I have had a passion for baking since I was four years old. I also believe that sticking to my family core values of HUGPC (Health and Happiness, Upright, Gratitude, Pay forward, and Continuous learning) has brought me here. I have implemented Health and happiness by encouraging organic eating, and Pay forward with profit-sharing with five kids charities in San Antonio. My sister, Nikita, pushed me to learn new recipes along with her. My mom helped us taste and find new recipes that can fit our customers, and my dad made an awesome website and is conducting online marketing that kept us ahead of our competitors. Currently, we spend a minimal amount on our marketing and still get plenty of orders! Lastly, my grandma has always encouraged me to do my best, helps me in the kitchen, and inspires me to be happy like her at 80! 4) What is your superpower? And how has it guided you in developing your business? My superpower is determination when I want to get something done I will push through and get it done. I want to stick by my core value of being upright and say what I mean and mean what I say. My determination has pushed me to get better at baking, to learn new skills like website development, and to improve my sales skills. I also set a goal of giving back $3,000 and kept that note in front of my eyes every day so that I knew what my end goal is for all my efforts. I was able to open the business and give back more than $3,000 to kids charities in San Antonio in 2020. My determination has allowed me to learn and make recipes to deal with multiple dietary restrictions. I started with 5 recipes and now we have more than 50 recipes on our website! Congratulations on your success, Akeila! We look forward to helping you to learn finance and sales skills, as well as how to grow your business in other cities. We applaud your forward-thinking mentality and your philanthropic spirit by giving back to various kids’ charities! The YES! Winter Cohort opened on January 25th and is scheduled to run until April 8th, 2021. The summer cohort application deadline is May 14th and is scheduled to run until August 27th, 2021. Both cohorts will have the opportunity to participate in the YES! Demo Day and pitch for start-up investment scheduled on September 17, 2021.