Major Taylor Community Outreach is a North Carolina nonprofit. We produce rides, races and gatherings that bring people to the places where Black communities built something worth moving through.
We take our name from Marshall "Major" Taylor, the world champion cyclist who won at the turn of the twentieth century against a sport that did not want him in it. That name set the standard for how we work.
Our work started on the bike, bringing cyclists together for rides across North Carolina. What kept happening was bigger than the ride. The same people came back year after year, and strangers stopped to ask what we were doing and why we were there.
That is the thing we build now, and we are no longer building it only for cyclists. Runners and walkers belong in it too, and so do the people who come for the food, the history and the company.
North Carolina holds more of these places than almost any state in the country, along with ten HBCUs, more than any state in the nation. There is a lot of ground here worth moving through.
The club is where this started and where the community lives. Group rides, ride season programming, and a membership that stretches across the state. MTCO is the nonprofit behind it. Visit majortaylorccnc.org
A walk, run and ride that raises money so people without insurance can get a mammogram. Since 2021 the program has given more than $21,000 to the Cone Health Mammogram Scholarship Fund, and it has supported the Bridgeview Foundation's work for women in Jamaica. Survivor and memorial teams ride alongside families, workplaces and first-time riders. Early detection saves lives.
Community rides that carry voter education out of meeting rooms and into neighborhoods. Riders register, check their status, find their polling place and make a plan, then wear the community jersey to the polls. We do not tell anyone who to vote for. We make sure people know how, and why it matters in every election, not just the presidential ones.
MTCO produced the 5th Annual MTICA convention, bringing cyclists from across the country to North Carolina for a multi-day event of rides, programming and gathering.
A multi-day heritage athletic festival on the four downtown blocks that earned the name Black Wall Street. Cycling, running and walking distances for every level, plus cultural programming, a vendor market and a gala. Join the notification list.
Parrish Street is four blocks in downtown Durham that W.E.B. Du Bois visited in 1912 and described as an unmatched display of Black entrepreneurship in America. Most visitors walk those blocks without knowing what they are standing on. In 2027, cyclists, runners and walkers will start and finish there.
Cycling, running and walking distances for every level, from a 5K walk to a century ride.
Heritage programming and storytelling woven through the whole weekend.
Live music, a curated vendor market, local food and a gala dinner.
Room for Black entrepreneurs, organizations and attendees to find each other.
Registration opens later this month. Sponsorship and vendor inquiries welcome.
More than 30 years in healthcare, spanning clinical care, patient safety and quality improvement. Provides strategic leadership and oversight of MTCO’s programs and community initiatives.
Thirty-five years at Cone Health in early childhood and medical education administration. Coordinates events and welcomes new riders into the sport.
More than ten years in internal audit and risk. Designs and directs MTCO's events, including the Parrish Street Legacy Bike, Run, Walk.
Twenty years in risk management and human resources. Leads registration and athlete experience.
In 2027, cyclists, runners and walkers will line up on the four Durham blocks that earned the name Black Wall Street. Founding rates are limited, and this list hears first.
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