When you want your voice heard, you need to stand for something. I like to think you need to stand for something meaning.
This week I am truly inspired how many citizens of the United States have come together in Brooklyn, New York to create a living document on Black-Owned New York businesses, and they did not create this directory for the holiday season. They created this directory to empower people.
If you would like a link to the Google Doc( to add to it or you want to know where to shop for the holidays that supports YOUR community), I am happy to share.
So far we have developing directories for New York, Baltimore, and DC.
If people are interested in creating a Google Doc of Black Owned Business in your state, I am happy to circulate that.
Healthy communities invest inward as well as outward, but you have to start within first.
Have a look at the existing directories of Black Owned Businesses now and add to it if you feel inspired!