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DESCRIPTION:March 2024 Event - Thursday\, Mar 21\, 5:30-7pm. In partner
ship with Tomme Beevas and Pimento Relief Services\, Black Business Networ
king will encourage us to continue to expand the efforts of our club's Div
ersity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee. The 2024 networking event will
be held bi-monthly the third Thursday from 5:30-7pm at Pimento Jamaican K
itchen\, 2524 Nicollet Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 55404. This week's featured
business leader is Nekima Levy Strong\, founder of the Racial Justice
Network\, and owns two companies\, Dope Roots and Black Pearl\, LLC. In 20
24\, she was honored as a Minnesota Attorney of the Year for her work on a
n environmental justice case against the city of Minneapolis\, called Smar
t Growth. Meeting details are: 5:30-6:00 Social & networking time — the
rum punch will be flowing! 6:00-6:15 Introductions around the room\, in
cluding each attendee's business background 6:15-6:45 Featured Black Entre
preneur presents their business story to the group 6:45-7:00 Q &A session
and wrap up Nekima Levy Armstrong is a civil rights lawyer\, legal scholar
\, activist\, entrepreneur\, community leader\, and Executive Director of
the Wayfinder Foundation. Nekima previously served as President of the M
inneapolis NAACP and as Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas L
aw School\, where she founded The Community Justice Project\, an award-win
ning civil rights legal clinic. Nekima’s work as a racial justice advoca
te\, thought leader\, and commentator has been featured in the New York Ti
mes\, on Oprah.com\, the Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, the Star Tribu
ne\, the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder\, the Black Wall Street Times\, MSNB
C\, ABC\, PBS\, and CNN\, to name a few. Nekima received her Juris Doctor
(JD) from the University of Illinois\, her B.A. in African American Studie
s from the University of Southern California\, and she attended the Brooks
School (an elite boarding school) in North Andover\, MA for high school.
Nekima is a native of Jackson\, Mississippi and was raised in South Cen
tral Los Angeles. She is the author of a social justice children’s book
entitled\, “J is for Justice”\, which teaches young children about the
power of protesting and advocating for justice. She is also the host of t
he “Justice & Power” podcast\, which can be found on Apple and Spotify
. Nekima is the founder of the Racial Justice Network\, and owns two compa
nies\, Dope Roots and Black Pearl\, LLC. In 2024\, she was honored as a Mi
nnesota Attorney of the Year for her work on an environmental justice case
against the city of Minneapolis\, called Smart Growth.
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LOCATION:Pimento Jamaican Kitchen
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SUMMARY:Black Business Mixer\, March 21\, 2024
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:March 2024
Event - \;Thursday\, \; Mar 21\, 5:30-7pm. \;In
partnership with Tomme Beevas and Pimento Relief Services\, Black Busines
s Networking will encourage us to continue to expand the efforts of our cl
ub'\;s Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee. \;The 2024 net
working event will be held bi-monthly the third Thursday from 5:30-7pm at
Pimento Jamaican Kitchen\, 2524 Nicollet \;Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 5540
4. This week'\;s featured busi
ness leader \;is \;Nekima Levy Strong\, \;founder of the Racial Justice Network\, and owns two companies
\, Dope Roots and Black Pearl\, LLC. In 2024\, she was honored as a Minnes
ota Attorney of the Year for her work on an environmental justice case aga
inst the city of Minneapolis\, called Smart Growth. \;Meeting det
ails are:
\n\n5:30-6:00 Social &\; ne
tworking time &mdash\; the rum punch will be flowing! \;
\n6:00-6
:15 Introductions around the room\, including each attendee'\;s busines
s background
\n6:15-6:45 Featured Black Entrepreneur presents their b
usiness story to the group
\n6:45-7:00 Q &\;A session and wrap up<
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\n\nNekima Levy Armstrong is a civil rights lawyer\, legal scholar\,
activist\, entrepreneur\, \;community leader\, and Executive Director
of the Wayfinder Foundation. Nekima previously \;served as President
of the Minneapolis NAACP and as Professor of Law at the University of St.
Thomas Law School\, where she founded The Community Justice Project\, an a
ward-winning civil rights legal clinic. Nekima&rsquo\;s work as a racial j
ustice advocate\, thought leader\, and commentator has been featured in th
e New York Times\, on Oprah.com\, the Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, t
he Star Tribune\, the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder\, the Black Wall Street
Times\, MSNBC\, ABC\, PBS\, and CNN\, to name a few. Nekima received her
Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Illinois\, her B.A. in African Am
erican Studies from the University of Southern California\, and she attend
ed the Brooks School (an elite boarding school) in North Andover\, MA for
high school. \;
\n\nNekima is a native of Jackson\, Mississippi and was ra
ised in South Central Los Angeles. She is the author of a social justice c
hildren&rsquo\;s book entitled\, &ldquo\;J is for Justice&rdquo\;\, which
teaches young children about the power of protesting and advocating for ju
stice. She is also the host of the &ldquo\;Justice &\; Power&rdquo\; po
dcast\, which can be found on Apple and Spotify. Nekima is the founder of
the Racial Justice Network\, and owns two companies\, Dope Roots and Black
Pearl\, LLC. In 2024\, she was honored as a Minnesota Attorney of the Yea
r for her work on an environmental justice case against the city of Minnea
polis\, called Smart Growth.
\n
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