Help Select Our Next Cohort of Black and Latinx Founders

By Charli Cooksey | February 22, 2021

FEBRUARY 22, 2021 Help Select Our Next Cohort of Black and Latinx Founders WEPOWER friends, Happy Black History Month!   This month is as much about our history as it is about staying awake together, reimagining a safer and more dignified future for all Black people.   WEPOWER imagines a future where Black and Latinx…

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Black Joy Juneteenth 2020

By Charli Cooksey | June 18, 2020

JUNE 19, 2020 Make the Pledge Make the pledge to buy Black, give Black, and defend Black this Juneteenth weekend: bit.ly/wepjuneteenth! When you sign the pledge, we will follow-up with the link to a resource-hub of local Black-led organizations to donate to, Black-owned businesses to buy from (via www.fortheculturestl.com), and local and national actions and…

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This is our moment, make the pledge today.

By Charli Cooksey | June 18, 2020
Poster that says: Black Joy Junteenth. This Friday, June 19th throguh Sunday, June 21st. Buy Black. Spend all of your dollars at Black owned businesses! Give Black. Invest in Black-led organizations co-creating a future where Black folks are free. Defends Black. Join in local actions to demand justice and rights that defend Black lives. Friday, June 19th, from 5 to 8 pm, enjoy our Black Joy Juneteenth virtual dance party with DJ Agirl One and Makeda Kravtiz. Black joy is resistance.

JUNE 18, 2020 This is our moment, make the pledge today. I can’t sleep these days.   There’s so much to process at this moment. The violent history that has brought us here. The possibilities that await us. The news headlines that flood my phone, television screen, and every Zoom meeting of every day. It’s…

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