Feeling Inclusively Home
Today at Business 4 Good, we are celebrating being alive as part of a new digital ecosystem that connects women and femme forward people globally. In our journey so far, we have launched a digital platform, a new gathering place for thought leaders, industry disruptors, and business activists.
If you have read any of my previous articles here on the B4G Blog, you will notice I really want you to know about where I have come from and why I am building this marketplace to be truly inclusive and feel like home, like Grandma's house. Everyone has a different version of home but often Grandma's house is safe, has some Big Mama energy and her own fair rules. Inclusivity matters a lot to me and it has since I learned how to love at inception.
My WHY, and Yours
Whilst this entry will certainly touch on my WHY, I really want you, dear reader, to know HOW we have been accomplishing our big, inclusive vision to build the most important place on the internet for women thought leaders, industry disruptors, and business activists.
In 2020, I was devastated. Not fully by Covid, though I did get in my feels deeply about it briefly. I quickly realized that our world, the planet, was making a cry for help; more like a scream really, asking the citizens of this world to have better respect for our health, our resources, and ultimately, our people, at very grave costs of many lives. And that cry was amplified and broadcast globally by such groundswell movements like BLM. Rest in power, dear George Floyd.
Prior to that moment, we saw other moments of global uprising with movements like #metoo, Fair Fight, Transgender Law Center, and the National LGBTQ Task Force because 2020 was certainly not made in a vacuum. There are many groups both online and off who have been calling for a system upgrade for many years. Not only because of lack of inclusivity but also for years and years of systemic injustices and oppression.
Building the Stage, Together
As a woman in business who also sees herself as an industry disruptor, I am very grateful for these movements, their leaders, and endless dedication to a just and equitable world. I activate alongside them as frequently as I am able. And I still think we can do better to mobilize and organize these various groups with incredible missions TOGETHER. Can we have an inclusive, connective thread to draw these movements together, a network that unites those various missions into one central hub?
The mission: We are building this safe space where we can amplify both groups and individuals who want to see a more equitable world come to fruition. We are laying the foundation with empathy and kindness, access and inclusivity, collaboration and connection.
In these foundational years, we are focusing on bringing together any human who identifies as a woman, from any and all backgrounds, skin tones, hair styles, income levels, all fields, and all walks of life because when more women have more access to resources and tools that are generative instead of extractive, to a community of like minded humanist leaders, we will see the needle of progress be shifted.
What We Have Built So Far
Since we launched, we have held many events, both virtual and in person.
We met in Asheville, North Carolina to connect inside a historic space, reaching across the aisle to talk about funding, access to more monies for business development, education, and other financial tools for women and underrepresented groups. We had great support from local groups also seeking to see a more diverse populace thrive, and local women leaders and business women held down the panel conversations whilst attendees shared their access to tools and resources.
We hosted conversation about what it means to really lean into other women's lived experiences in Miami, Florida. We shared lunch, snapped headshots, and made great connections to amazing women doing amazing things.
We indulged in a handful of awesome online events including a gorgeous collaboration of poetry and self care. We got inspired in deep talks about owning your financial worth in relationships.
We activated and connected over 40 women running for office in various roles of leadership from every corner of the United States. Women running for seats in the state Senate, House, and for City Council, School Board, and a variety of NGO leaders all crossed paths in an online forum. All this civic engagement was supported with sweet sounds of healing songs and breathwork.
The Work Around Equity Is Not Light
So we have made some friends, we hope we have influenced some people, but more importantly we hope to keep doing so. The work around equity is not light and needs community to progress. This is no small task and we are here for it.
B4G is the uniting hub on the internet that brings thought leaders, industry disruptors, and business activists together in one safe digital space where we can organize and mobilize for that most equitable world. And as we have connected to women at a global scale talking about hot topics like Money, Sex and Politics as they pertain to our various lived experiences, and how we can build equity and activate these conversations beyond the platform, we are excited to keep building.
Through conversation about these three hot topics, Money, Sex and Politics, we will continue to connect incredible thought leaders, industry disruptors, and business activists just like YOU.
And if you have not yet found your way to learn more about what we are building, what are you waiting for?
Love,
Rose
When women have everything we need, everyone flourishes.
