WILKINSBURG (KDKA) – On Saturday, a neighborhood basis hosted a summit to advertise the necessity for Black-owned companies.
The occasion befell on the Hosanna Home in Wilkinsburg.
The “Fund for Development of Minorities Via Training” hosted the occasion and addressed the wants of Black small enterprise homeowners and media content material creators within the area.
It was geared toward college students and addressed enterprise progress, innovation, creativity, and success.
“So, what FAME does, we give our college students alternatives, we empower them, we present them individuals locally that appear to be them, who’re doing issues that they may probably do too,” mentioned Auriaun Thomas, FAME’s highschool program counselor. “This occasion is simply a type of issues the place they get to see themselves mirrored in different enterprise homeowners and individuals who do media, who’re on TV, and issues like that.”
The summit additionally featured two audio system in addition to a vendor enterprise showcase.