#ourblackyear

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Day 28: Ebony Costain is the owner of Ujamaa Box; a monthly subscription box that makes supporting black businesses easy and fun! Since November 2014, Ujamaa Box has been delivering carefully curated items from black businesses to our doorsteps! The idea for Ujamaa Box was sparked by Black business advocate, Maggie Anderson's book Our Black Year:One Family's Quest to Buy Black in a Racially Divided Economy. The plight of Maggie's family made Ebony see the need for a more accessible way for people to buy from black owned businesses. Thus Ebony used her background in fashion merchandising to build her brand into what it is today; the premier black business subscription box! Follow @ujamaabox now and check what's in next month's Box!#HUBuysBlack #BlackOwnedBusiness #BuyBlackHistoryMonth #BuyBlackDMV #BuyBlack #OurBlackBook #BlackHistory #Fashion #Books #Accessories #OurBlackYear #BlackHistoryMonth #Curated #Virginiabased #UjamaaBox

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My black year: Maggie Anderson at TEDxGrandRapids

Margarita Anderson and her family were featured in national headlines as they lived exclusively off Black businesses, professionals and products for an entire year. Her stand, chronicled in her book, Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy, was called The Empowerment Experiment. Now, she tours the country to increase awareness about economic inequalities that starve Black neighborhoods and deny Black businesses, and how proactive support of these businesses can create jobs and curb crime in America.

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#TBT The day I met the woman that changed the course of my life forever. #MaggieAnderson #OurBlackYear #OurBlackBook

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"You want to see the Black neighborhoods be strong, safe, and have the capacity to be self-sustaining too. You want our economy to be just and enable everyone's dreams. You believe in me, because I proved that I am willing to put this mission before myself." - Maggie Anderson

What are you doing to #StopTheLeakage? Join Maggie Anderson, the author of Our Black Year, in her movement to gather 1 MILLION conscious consumers. It's free. Visit www.onemillionconsumers.com to sign up for free.

[thesoukchicago]

Join the 1M/1Y Movement. Maggie Anderson is asking one million conscious consumers to unite for economic empowerment of struggling communities. This yearlong campaign is called The NEW Empowerment Experiment.

What are you doing to #StopTheLeakage? Join the movement.

[thesoukchicago]

What will you do to #StopTheLeakage? #SupportBlackBusinesses #OurBlackYear #support #Chicago #business Sign up for our free weekly newsletter at www.thesoukchicago.wix.com/thesoukchicago! LINK IS IN THE BIO

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