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PHOTO CAPTION: SERVE 60 has teamed up and partnered with Former “Tom Joyner Morning Show” Executive Producer Nikki Woods.<\/em><\/p>\n
L. Maxwell McKissick<\/strong>, Marketing and Entertainment Executive as well as the Founder of the Midwest-based nonprofit, SERVE 60 – created and founded 31 Days and Beyond to serve as a catalyst and call-to-action for Americans to work together and support Black entrepreneurs, Black businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).<\/p>\n \u201cHistorically, Black Americans have long suffered from the racial wealth gap and Black businesses have been plagued even more so by a multitude of challenges and inequities on the pathway to finding success in America,\u201d stated McKissick. \u201cIt\u2019s the main reason that I felt compelled to create this campaign and initiative so that other Black entrepreneurs could receive some much-needed support via a platform that\u2019s actionable, sustainable, and designed to help close the racial wealth gap.\u201d<\/p>\n Nikki Woods<\/strong>, former Executive Producer of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and CEO of Nikki Woods Media, LLC will serve as Brand Ambassador and an Official Spokesperson for the initiative.<\/p>\n She is also the product of an HBCU – Howard University.<\/p>\n \u201cThis kind of help and support can be crucial for African-American entrepreneurs and small business owners,\u201d states Woods. \u201cI\u2019m excited and honored to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n National sponsor, Husch Blackwell<\/strong> – one of the nation’s largest law firms – has also signed on to support the campaign and website designed to focus on three key areas and goals:<\/p>\n 1. Raise awareness and visibility for Black-owned businesses and HBCUs across America.<\/p>\n 2. Create, develop and manage an economic empowerment fund to support Black-owned businesses and HBCUs which will provide small business grants and scholarships up to $1,000<\/p>\n 3. Create, grow, and manage The Give Black Network- a national network of business professionals that will donate up to 1 hour of skills or services to support a Black-owned business.<\/p>\n Find more details on how you can support the 31 Days and Beyond initiative or become a part of The Give Black Network, please visit: https:\/\/31daysandbeyond.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT: <\/strong><\/p>\n SERVE 60 is a national nonprofit and initiative designed to increase service and volunteerism in America for at least 1 hour at a time. For more information about how you can become a part of the one-hour volunteer movement, please visit https:\/\/serve60.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/20-0922s2p-nikki-woods-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n*Caption: SERVE 60 has teamed up and partnered with Former “Tom Joyner Morning Show” Executive Producer Nikki Woods to help build and grow our initiative to support #BlackOwnedBusinesses and #HBCUs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 22, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 31 Days and Beyond is a national initiative designed to bring awareness, support, and resources during a tumultuous time in America that has caused 41 percent of Black-owned businesses to close their doors due to COVID-19 compared to just 17 percent of white-owned businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":63755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,12804,1,64,134,53],"tags":[14310,13537,14307,14306,14309,14308],"class_list":["post-63816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-interest-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-chicago-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-illinois-news","tag-give-black-network","tag-historically-black-colleges-and-universities","tag-nikki-woods-media","tag-racial-wealth-gap","tag-serve-60","tag-support-black-businesses","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4803,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/20-0922s2p-nikki-woods-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}