(7)
Today we celebrate 106 year anniversary of the U.N.I.A., one of the most influential movements in Black history. Swipe for some literary gems by Marcus Garvey.
#unia #marcusgarvey #blackhistory #baobob #blackbusinessbayare #bayareablackbusiness #bayarea
There’s been a lot of talk about a Black dollar #blackout today, Tuesday, 07.07.20, and we’re all in.
Really, there’s no question that with capitalism, respect is connected to economics. But don’t y’all get it twisted. A day off from commerce doesn’t equate to a day of rest. Put that time you would’ve spent shopping to work demanding #justiceforBreonnaTaylor #sayhername
Today is the day to work that keypad!
s/o @kelseyulrich for the concise call list.
#arrestthem
#nojusticenopeace
#blackouttuesday
#nocommerceallcalls
#07072020
Our roots are in UBUNTU! Today especially, that's our cause to celebrate INTERdependence over INdependence. Here are four ways you can be in UBUNTU, too!:
1. Buy with intention to support your community
2. Invest in Black owned business fundraising campaigns (1000 $1 investments is a $1000 dollars!)
3. Share positive reviews publicly, give constructive feedback privately.
4. Expand your barter network
What would you add to our UBUNTU list?
(photo from Scott Olson/NPR)
New BAOBOB App ❤️🖤💚
Download it here: https://beta.baobobdirectory.com/
With more than100 businesses listed, it's a good start but we want the app to work for everyone! Don't see a biz that you know should be on here? There's "suggest a business" tab. Please use the feedback tab to share thoughts on clean up. Let us know!! Tag ya' folks! Thank you!!
#blackbayarea #blackowned #bayareabusinessowners #bayareacommunity #wealthbuilding #blackownedapp #mobileapp #mobiledirectory #freedownload #supportblackbusiness
Major Announcement!
Step 1: Watch the Video
Step 2: Click this Link: https://beta.baobobdirectory.com
#blackownedapp #mobileapp #mobiledirectory #freedownload #supportblackbusiness #supportblackownedbusiness #supportblackownedbusinesses #baobob #bayarea
We are highlighting #blackbusinessdads on Father's Day. First up is @exclusiveshoesrich!
🖤❤️💚
#baobob #blackbusiness #blackdirectory #supportblackbusinesses #supportblackowned #supportblackownedbusinesses #blackowned #blackfathers #blackfathersmatter
EXCITING NEWS! This Friday is Juneteenth and to celebrate, we are launching our Black Business Directory beta APP!
What to do now? Visit our site to recommend a Black Owned Business! Especially service providers (mechanics, cleaning companies, electricians, etc.)
Juneteenth is a week away and we are here for this @youthspeaks x @bvoperahouse collab event!⠀
⠀
Also community call out! If you want to be part of this event you can submit a video by 6-14 at 5 pm. ⠀
⠀
#juneteenth #freedomaintfree #baobob #onlineevent ⠀
#juneteenth2020
Who do you know that's a Black business owner who's also a father? Tag them below!
Call for Black Wealth-Builders!⠀
Webinar this Thursday 4-5 PM PST. ⠀
⠀
Register using link in bio!⠀
⠀
Swipe to see a new book by our guest, Wealth Builder, Jasper Smith.��⠀
You can win a free copy and here’s how:�⠀
1. RSVP for the webinar at baobobdirectory.com/gdtb (or link in bio)⠀
2. Share the flyer to your page and tag us plus 5 friends⠀
�⠀
We'll randomly choose three winners after the webinar on June 4th. 🖤❤️💚⠀
⠀
⠀
We understand that chaos and some confusion is eminent during this time. So it is essential to FOCUS our EFFORTS into supporting Black businesses. Thank you!⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
#BuildWealth #supportBlackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ubuntuinthebay #baobobdirectory #home #remotework #zoom #quarantine #staysafe #stayathome #blackowned⠀
#onlineworkshops⠀
#cultureforward⠀
#bayareabusinessowners⠀
#bayareaentrepreneurs⠀
#bayareacommunity⠀
#legacybuilding⠀
#wealthbuilding⠀
#blackandeducated⠀
#instaevents⠀
#buyblack⠀
#thebay⠀
#countdown⠀
#financialeducation⠀
#covid19resources
Like clockwork...
It was covered up for decades.
Let’s be clear, EVERYTHING we do to live safely and comfortably in this country nourishes the racist system that oppresses Black people. Our dollars literally prop it up. Every permit we pay, every license or degree. Every paid ticket, every late fee, every dollar in interest, tax or tuition. Everything. The more we value what the system says we should, the more under the knee of the system we are. We just want to live but over and over again, we can’t breathe.
Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery and George Floyd did not intend to be revolutionaries. They were just living their lives. But today they are at the front of the revolution, along with Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Oscar Grant, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Nia Wilson and too many others.
We have to take seriously what it means to build our own. To stand firm on our boundaries and intentions. Riotous outrage is more than justified. Now we have to add to it a fiery commitment to collective responsibility, To protection. To vitality.. Make no mistake, we are neither at the start nor the finish line. We are in the long haul, the marathon… for our children’s children’s children and beyond. When harnessed, our focused collective buying power is the ultimate clapback. It’s our way out of the burning house.
#supportblackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #buyblack #baobob #everforward #collectivebuyingpower #economicliberation #intentionalspending #mutualbenefit #mutualaid
Today at 4 PM! Getting Down to Business Series is back with Jerome Burton. ⠀🙌🏾
⠀
Now is a chance to learn directly from a financial advisor about business owner solutions in this time. ⠀
⠀
Join us by registering with the link in bio. Bring a friend to secure your bag with! Who do you want to invite today? 👇🏾⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
#blackowned⠀
#onlineworkshops⠀
#cultureforward⠀
#bayareabusinessowners⠀
#bayareaentrepreneurs⠀
#bayareacommunity⠀
#legacybuilding⠀
#wealthbuilding⠀
#blackandeducated⠀
#instaevents⠀
#buyblack⠀
#oaklandentrepreneurs⠀
#oaklandbusinessowners⠀
#covid19resources⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
Please join us in celebrating OUR class of 2020!! Let's let them know just how proud we are! Thank you The Black Bay Area for organizing a way for us to acknowledge their accomplishments with juice from the roots!!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-black-bay-area-graduation-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
Since Bay Area graduation's are essentially not being held due to COVID… The Black Bay Area needs your support for Our Black Bay Area Digital Graduation Fund
“Getting Down to Business” Series session 1 Launches Tomorrow 7 PM PST! ⠀
⠀
⠀
Our goal is to: ⠀
⠀
● Support you in continuing to move the ball forward with your business, even in the midst of uncertainty 🎯⠀
⠀
● Offer a space for you to learn about opportunities and resources that are available to you and your business 💡⠀
⠀
● Create a space for you to hear advice from experts about navigating difficult and confusing applications processes 📨⠀
⠀
Sign up now for FREE! Link in bio.Bring a friend! (Tag them here)
⠀
⠀
#supportBlackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ubuntuinthebay #baobobdirectory #home #remotework #zoom #quarantine #staysafe #stayathome ⠀
#blackowned⠀
#onlineworkshops⠀
#cultureforward⠀
#bayareabusinessowners⠀
#bayareaentrepreneurs⠀
#bayareacommunity⠀
#legacybuilding⠀
#wealthbuilding⠀
#blackandeducated⠀
#instaevents⠀
#buyblack⠀
#thebay⠀
#countdown⠀
#financialeducation⠀
#covid19resources⠀
BAOBOB’s "Getting Down to Business" webinar is all about supporting Bay Area black businesses to more confidently navigate the ongoing business challenges that they are faced with during COVID-19. ⠀
⠀
⠀
This week's speaker will walk us through applying for unemployment as self-employed and independent contractors. ⠀
⠀
We know navigating this can be daunting but you don't have to do it alone.⠀
⠀
Sign up is free! Link in bio.⠀
⠀
#supportBlackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ubuntuinthebay #baobobdirectory #home #remotework #zoom #quarantine #staysafe #stayathome
#blackowned⠀
#onlineworkshops⠀
#cultureforward⠀
#wealthbuilding⠀
#blackandeducated⠀
#instaevents⠀
#buyblack⠀
#thebay⠀
#countdown⠀
#financialeducation⠀
#10000hours⠀
#postcovid19⠀
#bayareameetup⠀
#sfbayarea⠀
#oakland�⠀
#oaklandentrepreneurs⠀
#oaklandbusinessowners⠀
#covid19resources⠀
⠀
⠀
⠀
Do you need some practical small business advice for navigating the challenges of COVID-19? ⠀
⠀
⠀
We are launching a free, three-week long webinar called "Getting Down to Business" series.⠀
⠀
⠀
You can sign up now for free! Link in bio⠀
⠀
#supportBlackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ubuntuinthebay #baobobdirectory #home #remotework #zoom #quarantine #staysafe #stayathome #epidemiology
UBUNTU: The kindness and compassion which come from understanding that each of us is part of a greater whole”
Have you noticed that the more we “do” social distancing the more we need and amplify our connections? The more they require us to keep apart, the closer we’ve become. We see you stepping up to share deeper, reach out further, and refocus spending patterns.
Y’all keep elevating and we’ll keep celebrating UBUNTU! Stay rallied in support of Black owned business.
#supportBlackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ubuntuinthebay #baobobdirectory
HAPPENING NOW
Well worth the listen
In this chat, we will talk with Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor about Black Owned Businesses as well as Women Owned businesses during Covid19. We wil...
Hold on two more weeks...
Self-employed Californians who lost work because of the coronavirus can start applying for federally funded “pandemic unemployment assistance” in two weeks and receive payments within 24 to 48 hours, state Labor Secretary Julie Su said.
Taxes and Finances: 📑 💡
Tax season is extended this year until July 15th 2020! Which provides some relief as dealing with COVID-19 which is about right because filling out relief applications is driving most everybody crazy right now.
•
•
•
The July 15th date gives a little extra time to prepare a beneficial return for ourselves. 💰
•
•
•
Here is a list of write-offs for small business owners to make the most of your tax filing:
Hired services
A portion of your rent! (For home office)
Retirement plans
Transportation (public transportation costs, gas ,insurance, car repairs)
Technology and equipment (did you buy a new phone or laptop?)
Depreciation your work items
Liability Insurance for employees
Carryover deductions from the previous year. •
•
•
Do you have any other tax tips? Drop them below! 👇🏿
•
•
•
You'll also find a tax preparation worksheet to guide you here:
https://www.efile.com/tax-return-preparation-checklist/
#workit #2019taxes #W2 #baobob #alphabetsoup #yougotthis
And so our national response begins...
Diddy, van jones, kamala harris, AOC, Ariana Presley, killer mike, a$ap ferg, big sean, fat jie, yara, and more... FUBU...
Diddy will host a virtual town hall joined by Angela Rye, Big Sean, Reverend Al Sharpton, Fat Joe, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Congressperson Alexandr...
BLACK SOLIDARITY PEOPLE'S RELIEF FUNDS: $100 FOR 100.
•
•
•
•
•
$10,000 was recently donated to the Black Solidarity Fund. SO WE'RE GIVING IT TO THE PEOPLE!!!! Text us at 925-388-6565 for a $100 gift card to either Mandela Foods Co-op, Community Foods Market, or FoodMaxx. Let us know which store you would prefer. Corona supplies also still available.
•
•
•
•
•
#GiveThatSh*tAway #BlackSolidarityFund #GetReadyStayReady GetReadyStayReady.org
Repost:
https://m.facebook.com/100008302500206/posts/2650995238520534/?sfnsn=mo
Interested to seize opportunities opening up for new business in today's new normal? Now might be the perfect time to work that business idea you've be thinking about. Uptima Business Bootcamp is offering 100% scholarship to their Impact Fellowship and other programs.
Bay Area! Today is the FINAL day to apply to our Freelancer and Launching a Business Courses in SF and Oakland. The deadline to apply for Boston residents is Friday, April 3rd!
Link to apply: https://uptimabootcamp.com/apply
For entrepreneurs of color, we are now offering financial assistance covering 100% of your course fee, regardless of household income.�
#Community #Resources #COVID19 #Freelancer #Oakland #Berkeley #SanFrancisco #Boston #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurs #FreeCourse #FreeOnlineCourse #BusinessCourse
Since the Bay Area has been hit with the Corona Virus, we have been told to “shelter in place”, and many have been laid off from service-based jobs. Independent contractors, artists and small busines owners have also undoubtedly been affected. Grocery stores have had long lines and empty shelves and it is safe to say there is an overall air of uncertainty. •
•
•
•
Historical inequities have meant Black business owners are too often no strangers to uncertainty. In fact, this is a rare opportunity for all to share the reality that Black business owners face on a regular basis (when navigating capitalism while Black.) All are now managing an equally real sense uncertainty. What will life post-quarantine look like? How long will this shut down last? •
•
•
•
•
•
In support of our beloved Bay Area Black Owned Business community, we are creating a Living Social Distancing Buyers’ Guide that will include a list of businesses who are active in these times. We will highlight some of them in the coming posts as well. •
•
•
For now, please tag any Black-owned businesses who should be on this list!
Photo by Rachel Martin 🖤
#baobob #livingsocialdistancing #supportblackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop
Groceries/Fresh Produce:
Many of us are scrambling for groceries, and basics.
Mandela Food Co-op is a black owned in West Oakland BART Station.
Mandela works with many black-owned farms and food distributors who you can get to know through them.
•
•
•
•
•
We encouraging getting to know your black-owned farms in the area such as Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project in East Oakland, Soul Flower Farm in El Cerrito, Yisrael Farms in Sacramento.
We now start to see that we need farmers more than we have realized in the recent and distant past.
More resources of all kinds in our Social Distancing Buyers’ Guide.
Link in Bio!
#essentials #baobob #livingsocialdistancing #supportblackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop
Shout out to to the city of Berkeley... Dont wait til later to wonder where they went, help small and local business now.
Oakland, SF are you with it?
Berkeley's move is a direct reaction to what California Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement on Tuesday, specifically telling local governments they had the power to halt evictions for commercial tenants, residential tenants, and homeowners who have been affected by COVID-19.
Yum and thank you Sar Ah Kirnon!!
During the coronavirus lockdown, renowned chef Sarah Kirnon, owner of Miss Ollie's Caribbean Restaurant in the Swan Marketplace was offering a sliding scale menu on Tuesday, making sure her patrons were well, and well-fed.
Small Business owners (aka self employed folks) here's an opportunity you want to seize...
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
Black History Makers Highlight!:
Carroll Fife, who's on the front lines with Moms 4 Housing.
Carroll has also contributed to the following wins:
Oakland’s Emergency Housing Moratorium. Carroll organized community mobilizations, salons and protests which led to the attendance of 600 people at an Oakland City Council meeting to ensure passage of a 90-day moratorium on evictions and particular rent increases. She also participated in the writing of the ordinance which City Council passed unanimously.
Coliseum Zoning. She organized a campaign to prevent the rezoning of an area of East Oakland Industrial zone in order to prevent the potential loss of approximately 8000 jobs as the area was proposed to be rezoned to allow for high-end residential development which would have forced the move of many businesses.
Department of Race and Equity. Recognizing the need for a systemic approach to racial inequity within city government, Carroll organized individuals and community groups to support the initiative for a Department of Race and Equity.
Cannabis Equity: Do the Right Thing campaign. This historic first, led by one committed council member and the stubborn determination of Carroll Fife, resulted in the unanimous passage of the nation’s first Cannabis Equity Permit Program which leveled the playing field for people targeted by the racially motivated war on drugs. Read more about her here:
http://www.creatingfreedommovements.org/carroll-fife.html
1721 Broadway, Ste 201
Oakland, CA
94612
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when BAOBOB - Bay Area Organization of Black Owned Businesses Directory posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to BAOBOB - Bay Area Organization of Black Owned Businesses Directory:
Major Announcement! Step 1: Watch the Video Step 2: Click this Link: https://beta.baobobdirectory.com #blackownedapp #mobileapp #mobiledirectory #freedownload #supportblackbusiness #supportblackownedbusiness #supportblackownedbusinesses #baobob #bayarea
We are highlighting #blackbusinessdads on Father's Day. First up is @exclusiveshoesrich! 🖤❤️💚 #baobob #blackbusiness #blackdirectory #supportblackbusinesses #supportblackowned #supportblackownedbusinesses #blackowned #blackfathers #blackfathersmatter
A word from YaVette here at BAOBOB! #baobobdirectory #reflections #allaboutthebusiness
Out here at the Ashby Flea Market that isn't... the management have closed it this weekend and possibly for months to come. Vendors are taking issue with the plan. so much to say but this brother captures it all... the Ashby Flea Market has been a Bay Area institution, especially for Black owned business, for nearly 40 years. #supportblackownedbusiness #startnowdontstop #ashbybartfleamarket #vendorlife #iamblackbusiness #berkeley
Sending big love to all of our members, collaborators, and partners in 2018! Happy New Year to all, and we look forward to continuing our work together in 2019!🎇 ❤️🖤💚 #baobobdirectory #supportblackbusiness #happynewyear
Meet BAOBOB member Desiré J. Forté, owner of Damn Good Teas. Her business is quenching thirsts and healing generational trauma sip by sip. 🍵🍃💪🏿 #iamblackbusiness #supportblackbusiness #baobobdirectory #damngoodteas #TeaLady
Meet BAOBOB member Robynn Glover-Holloway, owner of Nunu's Desserts. Her business is bringing back memories one moist and delicious bite at a time. 🍰✊🏾❤️🖤💚 #iamblackbusiness #baobobdirectory #supportblackbusiness #nunusdesserts #blackbakers
This holiday season, BAOBOB is lifting up Black businesses through our #iamblackbusiness campaign! Check out a message from our Founder and CEO YaVette Holts. ✊🏿❤️🖤💚
Dont sleep on the importance of b2b connection. Today's @lifeisliving vendors pre-event gathering was the time to share experience, collaborate and get clear. There's not much better than being prepared. A big shout out to all, but especially to our youth vendors, flexing. #inspired #collaboration #lifeisliving #oakland #westoakland
Another economic reality is possible -- one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative economics and a vision for how working-class people can organize and own the businesses they work for, making decisions for themselves and enjoying the fruits of their labor. Today's #BayAreaBlackFriday challenge BAOBOB highlights one of our local food cooperative Mandela Foods Cooperative, get your grocery shopping on! #ShopBlack #SupportBlackOwned #LeadByExample #BayAreaBOB #ComeUndertheBAOBOBtree #legacylove #yams #greens #sweetpotatopie #givethanks
Still feeling lifted by the beautiful people – all y’all!! – that made Life Is Living 10 such an amazing day. We want to give a special shout out to the 60 #vendors who brought the marketplace to life, kept bellies full all afternoon, and did all that with early morning load in and litter free load out late in the day. Salute to you and the commitment it took to maneuver with the date change and come out smiling. Thank you for your thoughtful notes and photos, keep ‘em coming!! The Youth Speaks, BAOBOB, CultivateEAD production trio is a testament to team work done well and we give thanks. Giving thanks, too, for our peeps Keta Price, Sidney Cain, Dominique Dickerson, Lori Shepherd, Jourden Moore, Jonathan who came through so early, ready to help keep the vendor registration process smooth. If you missed it, rest assured there are plenty opportunities to participate in BAOBOB projects and events! Jump on our email list to stay up on things. Visit www.BAOBOBdirectory.com to sign up. Life Is Living was a beautiful day with no shortage of beautiful business in the marketplace. #BAOBOB #itsaboutthebusiness #youthspeaks #cultivate2sustain #LIL10 #vendorvillage #oakland
Its Black Restaurant week and this heat wave got us like...its Time to Grub! #notcooking #heatwave In partnership with @blackrestaurantweek BAOBOB will be highlighting each of the delicious restaurants participating until November 5th and scoping out new locations to host the BAOBOB Preferred Member Mixers #bizopenmic For the tix and the list of participating restaurants check out www.bayareabrw.com for more details. To learn about becoming a BAOBOB member check out www.baobobdirectory.com/members and keep an out for the upcoming re-launch!
Vendor Call for 10th Annual LIFE IS LIVING FESTIVAL...A Free celebration of Oakland life through #hiphop, intergenerational health and artistic expression. Applications due in just 2 days on September 22, 2017.
BAOBOB Preferred Member Mixer- Enssaro
The Power of a strong Black Economy is cyclical!!! BAOBOB will provide a visible platform/services for Black Businesses to continue to thrive/develop. This in turn creates "Black Space" for the community to dwell which uplifts a high level of customer service and communal morale. Over time a strong wealth system, an economy, a Black ecosystem will develop with the capacity to support, fund, advocate and give back to the Black community! BAOBOB Directory Official Launch 11/1/15
Together we are more POWERFUL than we think!!!! BAOBOB Directory Official Launch >>>>>>> 11/1/15!!! #BuyBlack #BayArea #BlackWealth #BlackSolidarity #BlackStewardship
How do we create an empowered Black economy? BAOBOB will launch it's Black Biz Directory on Nov.1st!!! More than a directory we are revving up for our crowd funding campaign with a goal to raise 70k! By meeting this goal we will staff BAOBOB and tap into resources and a support network for the Black Businesses throughout the Bay Area!!! We are apart of the #BuyBlack movement and THIS is our answer to the question!
United Democratic Campaign - Oakland, CA
1721 BroadwayThrive 'n' Shine Financial Capability Game
519 17th StOakland School for the Arts (OSA) Theatre Dep
530 18th StResources for Oakland's Active Retirees
388 19th StEpilepsy Foundation of Northern California
1736 Franklin Street, Ste. 450
ACS California Youth Against Cancer
American Cancer Society California Division, 1710 Webster St.
Weddings at Kaiser Roof Garden
300 Lakeside Dr
Just Be U Campaign-PEERS TAY Program
333 Hegenberger Rd, Ste 250
Civil Air Patrol - Squadron 188 Oakland
9636 Earhart Rd