{"id":12775,"date":"2024-07-04T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:33:38","slug":"a-juneteenth-speed-funding-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/a-juneteenth-speed-funding-event\/","title":{"rendered":"A Juneteenth Speed Funding Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12776\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12776\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Black-Wall-Street-Community-Development-Organizers-Stayce-Fowler-of-Stalwart-Magazine-Deb-Hogan-of-The-Juice-107.3-Radio-Kristie-Knighten-of-Toni-Battle-Gaines-of-The.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Black-Wall-Street-Community-Development-Organizers-Stayce-Fowler-of-Stalwart-Magazine-Deb-Hogan-of-The-Juice-107.3-Radio-Kristie-Knighten-of-Toni-Battle-Gaines-of-The.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Black-Wall-Street-Community-Development-Organizers-Stayce-Fowler-of-Stalwart-Magazine-Deb-Hogan-of-The-Juice-107.3-Radio-Kristie-Knighten-of-Toni-Battle-Gaines-of-The-286x250.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Black Wall Street Community Development Organizers &#8211; Stayce Fowler of Stalwart Magazine, Deb Hogan of The Juice 107.3 Radio, Kristie Knighten of KpK Unlimited, Toni Battle Gaines of The Juice, Fletcher Word of The Truth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By Dawn Scotland<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>The Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday June 13, The Black Wall Street Community Development hosted a Juneteenth speed funding event at TTEC at 6 p.m. The event, in partnership with Toledo JuneteenthNY, linked entrepreneurs to potential funders to help catapult themselves into the next level of their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs, nonprofit owners, contractors alike had a chance to meet with and present their business pitches and plans to experts in the industry to match them with potential funding. The funders included both traditional and nontraditional funders.<\/p>\n<p>Funders included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marcus Goolsby LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)<\/li>\n<li>Shawn St. Andre, PNC Bank<\/li>\n<li>Kathyrn Tucker, Fremont Federal Credit Union<\/li>\n<li>Jerome O\u2019Neal, Entrepreneur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participants spoke with each potential funder for five minutes in rounds for the hour-long event. The BWSCD plans to host more speed funding events in the future to continue to nurture the black business needs in the community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12777\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12777\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kristie-Knighten-left-and-Kathryn-Tucker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristie Knighten (left) and Kathryn Tucker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Black Wall Street Community Development is an organization established by local Black-owned media \u2013 The Juice 107.3 radio station, The Sojourner\u2019s Truth newspaper and Stalwart magazine. Started in 2023, the group has hosted a wealth of events and sessions to help empower the Black business community in NW Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The BWSCD mission statement \u201cis to empower a community of business owners through activities such as mentorship, networking, leadership coaching and financial literacy initiatives for advocacy, support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During April and May, the group hosted a five-part series of events for Black entrepreneurs on topics pertinent to success and viability in today\u2019s market. The sessions included such topics as \u201cScaling Your Biz,\u201d \u201cBrand Strategy\u201d and \u201cFinancial Snapshot.\u201d\u00a0 The session lead up to the epic speed funding event hosted this June.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about BWSDC visit Facebook @ Black Wall Street Community Development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12775 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/a-juneteenth-speed-funding-event\/olympus-digital-camera-115\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Marcus-Goolsby-of-LISC.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12779\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12779'>\n\t\t\t\tMarcus Goolsby of LISC\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/a-juneteenth-speed-funding-event\/olympus-digital-camera-116\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shawn-St.-Andre-discusses-funding-opportunities.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12780\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12780'>\n\t\t\t\tShawn St. Andre discusses funding opportunities\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/a-juneteenth-speed-funding-event\/kathryn-tucker-shawn-st-andre-jerome-oneal\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kathryn-Tucker-Shawn-St.-Andre-Jerome-ONeal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12778\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12778'>\n\t\t\t\tKathryn Tucker, Shawn St. Andre, Jerome O&#8217;Neal\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter On Thursday June 13, The Black Wall Street Community Development hosted a Juneteenth speed funding event at TTEC at 6 p.m. The event, in partnership with Toledo JuneteenthNY, linked entrepreneurs to potential funders to help catapult themselves into the next level of their businesses. 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