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Developer of the Emerging Entrepreneurial Program, a dynamic business accelerator dedicated to supporting BIPOC entrepreneurs, Emmanuel Williams joins Alex Gebreab and Jurell Scott to discuss the equity and support for black owned businesses, programs to support small businesses, and more on PDX Black Rose Podcast 

Emmanuel Williams serves as the Community Justice & Equity Manager at the Black United Fund of Oregon, where he leads the Emerging Entrepreneur Program, a dynamic business accelerator dedicated to supporting BIPOC entrepreneurs. Beyond this role, Emmanuel is the visionary Founder and CEO of YPD Equity Consulting, where he delivers impactful conflict management and racial equity workshops for diverse organizations seeking transformative change.

For more information on the Black United Fund, check out their website: https://bufor.org/

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With the mission to provide meaningful representation to Multnomah County, Jessie Burke joins Alex Gebreab and John Washington to talk their sports career, the development of North Portland and ChinaTown, and more on PDX Black Rose Podcast 

Living in North Portland, Jessie has a long history of serving on neighborhood and business associations, and understands the valuable role they play in our community as sort of micro governments for neighborhoods. She even restarted the Kenton Business Association after years of dormancy, bringing membership to nearly 60 members and co-founding the Kenton Street Fair in 2010.

For more information on Burke’s campaign, check out her website: https://jessieburke.com/

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Andrea Bontemps has an inspiring story from childcare service to opening her own restaurant and catering business called LeBontemps in 2021. She has had many successes, some struggles, like all business owners, and job opportunities for chefs. The redevelopment of Portland has an impact on all small businesses and we can listen to the story of one of them. 

Hear about her development as an entrepreneur, how the Nike store closing impacted her business, and the life of being a small business owner in Northeast Portland. She is joined by John Washington and our Host Alex Gebreab. 

Head to Le Bontemps for some Cajun Creole food or order catering

Website: https://www.lebontempspdx.com/

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Andrea Bontemps has an inspiring story from childcare service to opening her own restaurant and catering business called LeBontemps in 2021. She has had many successes, some struggles, like all business owners, and job opportunities for chefs. The redevelopment of Portland has an impact on all small businesses and we can listen to the story of one of them. 

Hear about her development as an entrepreneur, how the Nike store closing impacted her business, and the life of being a small business owner in Northeast Portland. She is joined by John Washington and our Host Alex Gebreab. 

Head to Le Bontemps for some Cajun Creole food or order catering

Website: https://www.lebontempspdx.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeBontempsCafeandCatering

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LeBontempsCafeandCatering

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In this episode of the PDX Black Rose Podcast, Debbie Kitchin joins to discuss her intent to run for the City Council in District 2 NE Portland, Oregon. 

PDX Black Rose Host, Alex Gebreab talk with Debbie Kitchin about:

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In this episode of the PDX Black Rose Podcast, Terrence Hayes joins Alex Gebreab and Fawn Aberson to announce his intent to run for the City Council in District 1 SE Portland, Oregon!

Hayes, a Chicago native, chairs the Focused Intervention Team Community Oversight Group. The advisory group commenced in June 2021 in response to the gun violence crisis in Portland working to reduce gun violence through prevention, intervention, and response.

PDX Black Rose Co-Hosts, Fawn Aberson and Alex Gebreab talk with Terrence Hayes about:

The inspiration to run for Portland City Council

Concerns the city of Portland are facing and need to be addressed

Addressing systemic racism and police reform in the country

Environmental justice and making clean air and water accessible to all communities

Working with community leaders to address educational disparities Black students face

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John Washington, Executive Director of the Soul District Business Association interviews Scott Erickson & Trevaun Myrie of TriMet at the October 19th Soulful Thursday event. They come together to talk about job opportunities with TriMet on this episode of PDX Black Rose.

In this episode of PDX Black Rose Podcast, Edmund "Mundo" Holmes gives us the run down on:

The first Black president of the Portland Rose Festival Leslie Goodlow talks with us about the history of the Rose Festival, Rose Festival Princesses, the annual Grand Floral Parade, City Fair, and more on PDX Black Rose Podcast.

Chief Lending Officer Aben Hill joins the conversation to teach us how banking has evolved and how your business can get a piece of the pie.