Introducing the Maine Black Business Pledge Black Owned Maine and Portland Buy Local have teamed up to create a local call to action. Retail shops: Allocate 10% of your shelf space to local, independent Black-business. Consumers: Allocate 10% of your spending power toward local, independent Black-businesses, nonprofits, and professionals. Why 10%? This number roughly represents…
The hashtag #BlackOutDay2020 went viral staring in early May urging black people and their allies all over America to halt their spending for a day as an act of protest. Social media personality and activist Calvin Martyr has spent the last two months promoting the campaign after raising the idea in a video that has been shared…