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San Francisco, CA. – Mayor London N. Breed today announced the City of San Francisco is planning a new public art installation to honor Black lives and the history of African Americans. The installation is planned to be located in Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse next month, in time for Juneteenth.
The installation, ‘Monumental Reckoning,’ by Bay Area sculptor Dana King, honors the first Africans stolen from their homeland and sold into chattel slavery in the New World. The installation consists of 350 sculptures representing the number of Africans initially forced onto the slave ship San Juan Bautista for a journey of death and suffering across the Atlantic in 1619. A handful of these original 350 ancestors became America’s first enslaved people.
A new Black-owned food collective is opening a marketplace in West Oakland
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Red Door Catering owner Reign Free (left) speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Alex Padilla during a visit to West Oakland’s Red Door Catering. The kitchen will host the new Black Culinary Collective.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
A new collective of Black-owned food and beverage producers is officially forming on Wednesday and the group is looking for five more members. Together, they’ll share a commercial kitchen space in West Oakland, sell their goods at an on-site marketplace and collaborate on community service projects.
We stan for Black female entrepreneurs and thankfully, we aren’t the only ones!
Barefoot recently partnered up with the New Voices Foundation to award five women with $10,000 to help develop their businesses and support their entrepreneurial endeavors. What better name to ignite this initiative than #WeStanForHer? The campaign celebrates and supports Black women entrepreneurs in order to drive toward economic equity for the Black community. The grants celebrate, recognize, and uplift Black women-owned businesses and their founders’ unique journeys.
“The #WeStanForHer program is a celebration of the Black community. To continue to see positive change, Barefoot is committed to recognizing the talents and gifts that stem from resilient Black-women,” says Shannon Armah, Sr. Associate Brand Manager for Barefoot. “As a brand that strives to bring people together by creating moments of fun for everyone, directly supporting the efforts of Black women-owned businesses is essen
Barefoot Awards $50,000 in Grants to Black Female Entrepreneurs through its #WeStanForHer Campaign
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MODESTO, Calif., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ After receiving a record number of applications, Barefoot is pleased to announce the five new recipients of the 2021 New Voices + Barefoot #WeStanForHer Grants. The #WeStanForHer campaign celebrates and supports Black women entrepreneurs in order to drive toward economic equity for the Black community. The grants, awarded in partnership with New Voices Foundation, celebrate, recognize, and uplift Black women-owned businesses and their founders unique journeys.
Each 2021 grant recipient will receive $10,000 to help develop their businesses and support their entrepreneurial spirit. The grantees will also receive business coaching and mentorship from the New Voices Foundation to further their business endeavors. New this year, Barefoot will also amplify the 2021 grantees bu