In an effort to end racism and police brutality, “Black Out Day” encourages consumers to shop with Black-owned businesses specifically. On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, black consumers and other voluntary allies decided to band together to withhold expenditures from all non-black businesses and organizational chains. Black dollars account for over a trillion dollars in both general and e-commerce combined. Twenty-four hours of sustainable non-spending will most drastically affect America’s pockets. And to make this day a little more memorable, it’s the day following #MyBlackReceipt exceeding its goal with over five million dollars spent with Black businesses.Â
The #MyBlackReciept’ Movement measures Blacks buying power as well as the power of buying Black. Economic catalyst and frontrunner, Kezia M. William and her team have been counting receipts spent with Black businesses from Juneteenth to July 6, 2020. They set a spending goal of $5M. They have exceeded that goal with receipts totaling $7,591,825.03 and counting!
In addition to uploading your receipt to the #MyBlackReceipt site, you can also browse through a directory of Black entrepreneurs located in the US and abroad. Black business owners sign up on Yelp and Yelp for Business.Â
Undoubtedly it has become a reliable go-to resource for so many by helping businesses stand out with information pertaining to company reviews, sales positioning, high-traffic Ads, etc. Businesses who invest in listing with Yelp build both an effective and quality connection with their target audience and consumer market. Go ahead and see for yourself! Feel free to hop on over to Yelp.com today!
The protests continue. But this time it is an economic dissent.
-Chrisnatha Derosier & Cherrie McRaeÂ
About Cherrie:
Cherrie McRae is a native South Floridian and Georgia transplant who relocated to Atlanta, Ga, Summer 2006, in pursuit of a better quality of life for both her and her son, CJ.
By trade, she is a business consultant with an 11-year tenure, of which she outsources human resources & administrative services to local clients and businesses. Cherrie is a serial entrepreneur with a professional portfolio comprised of both product and service brands such as an inspirational screen tee company, “Inspire Attire,’ self-publishing consulting resource, ‘CRae Publishing’ which birth her 3-part audio series, ‘Success Memoirs,’ her community effort, an intimate non-profit agency entitled, NCourage and NSpire Community Outreach, and a film production brand entitled, ‘Fade to Black Pictures,’ to name a few. Cherrie’s continuous tag on multi-platforms, ‘CherMpowers,’ where she pushes a powerful yet positive agenda to ‘aspire to inspire’ individuals from all walks of life to full-time Greatness.
About Chrisnatha:
Chrisnatha Derosier is a certified masterpiece coach, author, and speaker. She is the founder of the I am a Masterpiece movement.
She is funky, soft, and just plain fabulous! She has captivated countless audiences, including Florida Gulf Coast University and Nova University, to name a few. Named the Urban League of Broward County’s “Success Story,” Chrisnatha is making her mark in the community as well as in the world at large.
She has been seen on Lee Pitts Live, Tropik TV, and also featured in Bronze Magazine, Today’s Innovative Woman Magazine, Voyage MIA magazine, Voyage Houston magazine, and radio shows such as The Naked Truth, Soul Topics, Positive Teen Talk and Joyful Living for Women. She has also been featured on podcasts like DearSis podcast, Flo Girls podcast, and the Dr. Zoe Shaw show. In 2016, Chrisnatha was nominated as one of the many women leaders who are making an impact in the lives of women across this country by the United States of Women hosted by the White house.
Chrisnatha once struggled with her self-image and low self-esteem. Since then, she sees herself through the King’s eyes and helps other women see themselves through God’s eyes. She overcame that struggle and always vowed to inspire and uplift other women to love themselves.
This is where her organization was born. I am a Masterpiece is a movement designed to help other women discover the Masterpiece within. We want women everywhere to love themselves and accept who God created them to be. She helps women go from confusion to clarity by helping them get to the core of who they are and living everyday operating in their purpose. She does this through her group and one-on-one life-coaching program, the Masterpiece Institute.
