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Business Services
Local to International
Voice Over Artist
Local & national established clients
The Village: Denver, Colorado
Story: Owner, Linda C. Shaw is a gifted woman who is known for her Praise Poetry with insightful words of honoring The Creator. She's an author, creative lyricist & producer of Symphony of Sound Podcast on Sunday's. Her ability is to be acknowledged as the associate producer for Black Pearl MarketPlace.com. A thirty minute radio show.
Technology Coach
The Village: Henderson, Nevada
Works locally, nationally and internationally
Story: Cognitive Prototyping LLC is provides resources and services that cultivate cognitive and emotional creativity through aesthetic freedom and wellness. Services offered are Business & Technology Consulting, Wellness & Creativity Coaching. Resources provided include Sunsum Intention Candles.
Talent Agency
The Village: New Orleans, Louisiana
Local & national established clients
Story: It's been eleven years, that philanthropist, owner, community organizer and youth advocate, Rowena Kay McCormick-Robinson has been the head of Chic Nouvelle Model Management. Along with her husband, they wear several hats with RRMurals Photography, and Chic Nouvelle Magazine.
The agency specializes in providing models for fashion shows, run ways show and print work. There's a division within the agency that handles speciality talent as performers & stilt walkers.
Artist PR Support
The Village: New Orleans, Louisiana
Story: Elaine Vigne
of Grammarly Depot can fix creative and visual artist writing dilemmas. We have an honest team of cross-cultural experts that customize visual and creative artist marketing materials that will clear the clutter in marketing and branding. At a young age, she understood that asking for money for art supplies was not an option. Her family already had financial struggles that left them relying on government assistance at times. This didn’t stop her hunger for the arts, she received her Bachelor’s in Psychology with a concentration in Art and her Master’s in Museum Studies. Her education opened the door for her to be an Expressive Art Therapist and Museum Curator. Elaine's unique combination of skills she has impeccable people skills, heighten problem-solving abilities, and data management skills. This epitomizes her willingness to work together with the artist towards their common good.
The Collaborative Community Organization
The Village: New Orleans, Louisiana
Works locally to change policies
Story: The Collaborative is a group of small business owners who share a common purpose: the acquisition of economic parity and equity for all local, small and disadvantaged businesses in the city of New Orleans. We believe that access to business opportunities is vital to growing a stable and sustainable minority business class in New Orleans - a business class that in itself is vital to the stability and sustainability of the local economy at large. We are about creating a culture of wealth for communities of color. If you can't say it, you can't do it!
Fashion Purses
The Village: Mali, West Africa
Office based: Boulder, Colorado
Ships locally, nationally & internationally
Story: djimi djama is from Agile International, the parent company. It embraces sustainability as it empowers women farmers in Mali to also, sustain themselves through making hand-crafted fashion purses.
Jewelry
Louisiana
Ships locally & national
Story: Owner, Jacquel Dianne, the girl behind the pliers at Decor8d Jewelry Co.
Born and raised in New Orleans who started making jewelry in high school.when she couldn't find what see liked in stores. With her vivid imagination, inspirations as her Jewelry for The Journey Line, introduces natural stones that is a blessing for the wearer of the conscious jewelry.
Fashion Products
Massage Therapist
The Village: New Orleans, Louisiana
Local New Orleans area
COVID19 Safety Practices
Story: Owner, Dwayne "Dreamer" McKee has more than sixteen years in the massage therapist business. The name Dreamer's Touch simply, states what to expect. He specializes in movement with mind body connection for children and adults.
One on One or Group
Based Services
Beauty Products
Intention Candles
The Village: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ships locally, nationally & internationally
Story: Owner, Akilah is a small black owned business who makes candles for self-care and mindfulness practices. Providing high-quality, all natural luxury candles to buyers with brick-n-mortar or online stores. Sell by case.