In addition to learning, listening, and speaking up in support of Black lives, we can do so much more to support Black owned businesses in many creative ways. Here are a few ideas on how…
Get takeout from local black owned restaurants.
If you’re local to the bay area I’d recommend Brown Sugar Kitchen (my image here- it’s beautiful inside, can’t wait to go back) for traditional southern cooking, and It’s All Good Bakery for sweet potato pie (also the original headquarters of the Black Panther Party).
Buy from black owned clothing, home, and accessory brands
(we’re working on a stand alone roundup of this)
A few favorites:
- a.a.k.s : colorful handbags made in Ghana
- Aliya Wanek: one of my favorite shops for women’s clothing (image here and above)
- Satori Notes Jewelry for beautiful pieces (current fav is the CEO,OOO,OOO bracelet)
- Dear Curves for plus sized women’s fashion
- Linoto bed linens are just lovely
- Clare Paint for interior paint and other supplies
- Scent and Fire candle company
Order pantry essentials to your door from Black owned businesses
- Red Bay Coffee delivered to your door
- Partake cookies you can find at Target
- GOLDE health food products
Also, look for local Black farms here
Choose a Black owned winery for your wine club and wine tasting
In the bay area I’d recommend Brown Estate which I’ve been a member of (image here from when my sister and I visited last summer). The tasting room is incredible too, if you’re in downtown Napa I’d highly recommend stopping for a visit.
Hire Black consultants and creative agencies
We have a whole roundup with some suggestions here on The Huddle’s IG account
(graphic designer Alyissa featured here)
Would love to hear your ideas and recommended Black owned businesses as well!
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It’s important that we start supporting each other in hard times.
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I’ve seen some Black-owned businesses talk about how they’re overwhelmed with orders at the moment – this is fantastic, but we’ve got to make sure that we’re supporting them into the future, too. One recommendation is to buy a gift card now, and then use it for holiday shopping (or whatever!) later in the year. This is a particularly great option for Black-owned restaurants who might still be closed because of COVID-19 – the money you spend now on gift cards can help them stay afloat until they’re able to reopen.
Great idea, and good point! I think asking them what would be most helpful would be the best idea. I was at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland this past weekend picking up some to-go and they were slammed with orders. I just saw today that they’re donating to a local relief fund for businesses impacted by COVID-19 (this fund is listed here in the piece) which is where I got the idea to include this if you’re wanting to help those Black businesses in your community really struggling right now
Thank you, Liz! Such a great list!