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^Jurtlanh (ObserUcr Page 20 August I3. 20I4 An inspiring group o f entrepreneurs have been selected in a pilot project to create viable, minority-owned businesses in Portland. Reaching and Empowering Entrepreneurs Startup business culture fostered way that builds com m unity, de E nterprise Services o f Oregon for business developm ent in the velops their skills and know how, (M ESO), a Portland based non African-Am erican comm unity fu and provides a roadm ap to build profit com m itted to reaching and eled the creation o f a pilot project ing viable small businesses in em pow ering underserved entre called Learn & Launch. How does Portland support Portland? preneurs worked to answer. The O ver the last six m onths, the black aspiring entrepreneurs in a This is the question that M icro persistent need and opportunity pilot project worked with 20 local, aspiring African -American entre preneurs. Lead by Tory Cam pbell and Faye Burch, two black business leaders from Portland, the partici pants are obtaining traditional AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ELECTRICAL TRADE b u s in e s s p la n n in g s e rv ic e s ELECTRICIANS ENJOY SATISFYING CAREERS AND EARN UP TO S39 AN HOUR AT THE END OF A coupled with the support o f a peer TUITION-FREE APPRENTICESHIP. COME LEARN H O W TO WIRE A CIRCUIT, MEET ELECTRICIANS group and m entorship. Business FROM THE INDUSTRY, AND FIND OUT H O W YOU CAN APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY concepts deem ed viable then pro g ressed to the next stages o f launching. The culm ination o f this inten WORKSHOP FOR MEN sive six-m onth program was a Tuesday, August 19, 2014 6pm - 8pm at: “pitch gathering” hosted by Port land Developm ent Com m ission, CONSTRUCTING HOPE P r t -A pprenticeship P rogram where 14 participants displayed their business concepts, and en 405 NE Church, Portland couraged attendees to interact Pre-registration required: 503-281-1234 with their products and services. P a rtic ip a n t A lish a C a rte r, owner o f R ockin’ Naturals, a busi ness offering an array of natural hair care products, had this to say about the program s: “I am very ELECTRICAL TRAINING CENTER grateful for the netw orking o f people who have a vision to suc ceed. The coaching that I received WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN WIRE A LIGHT WORKSHOP was very beneficial and I am ready for the next steps.” The M icro Enterprise Services group seeks to im prove the eco n o m ic o p p o r tu n itie s of underserved individuals through em p o w erm en t, ed u catio n , and entrepreneurship for the benefit o f the greater com m unity. The project was PD C-funded which has been a long-term financial supporter o f M ESO. Here is a list o f the Learn and L aunch p a rticip a n ts and th eir businesses: Intisar A bioto, Intisar A b io to P h o to g rap h y ; C aro ly n A nderson, L et’s Check; Alisha Carter, R ockin’ Naturals; Cherrell Edw ards, C ollective C are Ser vices; Chris Fuzell, Six Ten V isu als; Cat G oughnour, Radix C on sulting G roup; Audrey H orsey, T r u -le e D e lic io u s C a te r in g ; Solomon Ibe, Xen Fusion; Ramona Jo h n so n , H air B ody & S oul; Yvette Penson, Sw eet T em pta tions; Emmanuel Price b, S.C. A.F.E 2; Renee W ard, I t’s All About You; Elsya W atkins, Sea Verdes; Kenya Sm ith, HB Property M an agem ent; and Jason Gershenson, G ershenson Law LLC. For m ore inform ation, visit m esopdx.org. Tuesday, August 21, 2014 6pm - 8pm at O regon T ra d e sw o m e n , Inc. 3934 NE MLK Jr. Blvd, Portland Pre-registration required: 503-335-8200 x 33 The Portland Observer is a Proud Member of: AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
