What's Your New Year Resolution?

Hey PACC Family!!

The New Year is here and it’s time to start anew!

So, it’s an American tradition of making new year resolutions. Per InsideOut

Mastery, 38.5% of Americans make resolutions, and of that 48.6% fail their resolutions by the very next month!

Did you know, per the History Network, that the Babylonians were the first people to start the tradition of making

promises or resolutions to their pagan gods at their new year, which was usually in March, the beginning of the growing season. The Babylonians would throw a 12-day celebration where they would crown either a new king or reaffirm their alliance to the current King.

Now, I made my New Year’s resolutions before knowing all this! My resolutions are not religious at all, so hopefully, God will understand!

My Goddaughter asked how God feel about Goals? LOL

My GOALS focus on building The Pan African Community Center and our message of unity amongst the people of the African Diaspora. We will also focus on supporting other small businesses by sourcing services within our community first, near and far!

At The PACC, we believe we need to take actionable steps to develop our own tradelines and even develop our own spaces where we can offer up our services to each other.

For instance, I have another business Anointed Tees, where I sell Christian T-shirts and hoodies. Since I decided to move forward with my business, I decided I only wanted to work with Black designers. It’s important to me that the people my company works with reflect and understand me, my culture, and the issues of the communities I belong to. It’s also important that I support the people that look like me and who share some of my values, needs, and concerns.

I hope you would join me in supporting Black owned small businesses. Here are some tips to help you get started:

Be intentional – Decide that you will spend your money only within our communities or a community of color that are true allies. It’s time to stop building up other minority’s businesses and communities at the detriment of our own business and communities.

Do the work – First, research the product if it’s new to you; find out if a Black owned company is selling the product. If you don’t find what you need in your local area, google the surrounding areas, then surrounding states. If it’s not an immediate need, ask for references. Even Facebook has a “Recommendations needed” tab.

Tell a friend – If you find a Black owned business, share the information! Don’t hoard it! It would be word of mouth advertisement which is priceless. Share them on social media, too!

If what you’re searching for isn’t made, or sold by a Black company, create it yourself and sell it! Connect with your community. We want to support you!

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