Women of Color and Culture Need To Start Businesses
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Posted By: William Jackson on May 25, 2017 Women of Color and Culture Need To Start Businesses by William Jackson Social Media Visionary “My Quest To Teach” “Xplosion 2017 A Break Through to a New You” “There has never been a quiet Xplosion - live life!!!” Terri Drummond, Community Activist and Entrepreneur The ability to make significant changes in homes, communities, or even in cities must be accomplished through education and business involvement. Being an entrepreneur offers the opportunity to create not just financial stability, it creates opportunities for generational financial stability and continued successes. The recent “Xplosion 2017: A Breakthrough to a New You” summit has shown that women of color and culture can be successful in business and being entrepreneurs. To have progress people must have control of their finances, they must be able to determine where their monies are going and what to invest in to make qualitative and quantitative change. Present at the summit where over 50 women that earned higher educational degrees and involved in some form of business and entrepreneurialism. Attending also where young women with dreams of owning their own business, not just working for someone else. The Keynote speaker Dr. Monekka Munroe, Virginia Union University, TEDx Speaker, and CEO of Great Minds Publishing shared her educational and professional journey. Achieving educational success and business success are only accessible through determination, having a plan and the under- standing that you must set goals, monitor your associations, value education and learning. Life is a life-long journey of living and learning. The “Xplosion 2017: A Breakthrough to a New You” allowed women to share their testimonies of having to overcome challenges from family issues, educational challenges and even medical challenges that may strike unexpectedly. The importance of a strong prayer life and walking with a purpose are fundamental keys to remaining mentally and spiritually stable. The summit encouraged the opportunity of unity and collaboration of future projects and initiatives that will benefit more families in their respective communities. Business cards were readily shared to provide a platform of community resources that showed economic strength and the influence of commerce. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt #WomenInBusiness #BlackGirlsRock Women have historically been denied access to the resources to build their dreams, education provides the necessary mental materials to understand the process and purpose of how to start, manage and expand a business. Stated several times that women are already great managers because they understand how to balance a family, organization and planning are key, long range goals and the implementation of strategies to move from week to week or month to month are required. A successful home is only accomplished from proper planning and scheduling, women are trained already by their mothers, grandmothers and even aunties that inherently pass this knowledge down through the generations. Transferring these skills into a business is second nature. The workshops provided by veteran entrepreneurs and business leaders ranged from how to start a business, to the passion needed to sustain a business, to personal challenges of finance, investment, family contributions and hindrances. Presented was a fashion show by Yvonne Cooney, feat. Traci Lynn Jewelry. Vendors styled and profiled their products and services to those attending. Events like this are not just a quick hit, they are expanding the opportunities for women to grow because they provide a professional learning network of women that are like minded and passion driven. The access to professional learning communities that offer mentorship and role models. “Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual.” – Natalie Clifford Barney One of the embers to spark the fire of discussion of why women should go into business and to become entrepreneurs is that fear can keep you from working towards your dreams. Stated several times, “Your past can paralyze you or propel you,” women should not allow their past mistakes in relationships, finances and other business ventures to stop them from working towards their goals. They are the engineers of their future successes and accomplishments. No one can share their passion and excitement because it is within them like birthing a child. The pain is worth the outcome…… Wyatt Reid – Edward Waters College Student “Trust- trust in your brand as well as trust through the community. With trust you can build a successful organization and team. Trust takes time and you need to define who you are. Develop your culture and allow you to take off…” The relationships formed and the trusts gained that each person is a support system could be seen and felt. There are increasing women businesses that are influencing communities and generations. Resources: Xplosion 2017 Photos via William Jackson http://s1211.photobucket.com/user/williamd... Why Blacks Have To Start Businesses a serious discussion on why Blacks need to have businesses to influence commerce and build generational stability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALEodaehZf... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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William Jackson
Educational Technology and Social Media Instructor, Edward Waters College South Carolina State University class of 1985 Member Since September 2008 |
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