Episode 3 - Resources - Finding Resources and Becoming a Resource (Part B): Genius Black and Sherry Butler discuss how giving exposure to Black-owned businesses around the Dallas - Fort Worth area was Sherry’s initial goal. Now she is the administrator of a large Facebook group called “Black Owned Businesses around DFW,” and actively curates the experience and promotions within the group. They discuss how Sherry utilized her local "Pan-African Connection," and the local SBA who is exploring diversity. Sherry encourages entrepreneurs to trust their intuition to guide them. She also exposed ‘front’ businesses who falsely appeal to African Americans, as if they are ‘Black’ owned. The trickery is real.
One Maine Group is a strategic partnership developed by Black Owned Maine (“BOM”) and Providentia Group (“Providentia”) to cultivate BIPOC economic agency and power that has been dampened by historical inequities and systemic disparities. One Maine is launching 2021 programming to determine what works to nurture and sustain the entrepreneurial aspirations for BIPOC Mainers.
Sherry's Resources:
Black Owned Businesses Around DFW
Instagram: Buy She
Pan African Connection
4466 S Marsalis Ave
Dallas 75216
907 E. Ledbetter Dr
Dallas 75216
Genius Black
Instagram: @realgeniusblack
YouTube: @realgeniusblack
Music: Search ‘Genius Black’ on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.
geniusblack7@gmail.com
Krystal Williams
Instagram: @providentiagroup
kwilliams@providentiagroup.com
Rose Barboza
Instagram: @blackownedmaine
rose@blackownedmaine.com