So I Visited Atlanta…
This blog post is going to set the precedence for future posts, as I have recently visited a city where minority prosperity is abundant and the possibilities for black and brown entrepreneurs is expansive. The past blog posts may have been less passionate, but after this recent trip, I have a newfound passion for the work that I do and the people that I work alongside.
My vision with Prosperity Link is to create an opportunity for BIPOC individuals to truly create their own way through generational and economic empowerment. It has been reiterated over this past week about the importance of business ownership as a path to economic empowerment and Prosperity Link wants to help you along the way through a truly new and innovative approach to mindful generational wealth.
Recently, we have been given the opportunity as an organization to co-develop rural land in Minnesota to further advance our mission of closing the racial wealth gap. These projects will focus on creating rent-to-own properties and mixed use buildings with apartments and commercial space to lease for entrepreneurs, as well as a community center. The focus being in rural Minnesota is to extend the BIPOC community impact outside of the Twin Cities. The contribution of minority businesses to the national GDP is almost $2 Trillion, per year. This goes to show the reality of the importance of BIPOC businesses and creating opportunities for these businesses to further their wealth through real creating generational wealth with strong financial literacy knowledge while ensuring housing is stable and affordably consistent.
While in Atlanta, I was in attendance to the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council Conference. The purpose of this beautiful entity is to ensure that minority business enterprises are given the opportunity to do business with large corporations and be the diverse supplier for their business needs. During this conference, Ms. Stacey Abrams was a keynote speaker and she reiterated the importance of DEI and the reality that busineses that don’t incorporate diverse practices, are going to be less profitable, that being said, it reminds me to continue doing the work that we are doing, the way that we are doing it.
If you are ready to join us on the journey to prosperity, drop a line and send me an email. I would love to connect further; alivia@prosperitylink.org.
Check out the recap of the event in the Powerpoint below!
https://www.prosperitylink.org/s/NMSDC-Conference-Recap.pptx
