I can still remember every corner that I passed while walking eight blocks from my childhood apartment home in Chicago to the Harold's Chicken Shack on 83rd and Ashland. With a few extra dollars in my pocket, it was hard to resist the seductive smell of fresh-fried chicken and Chicago mild sauce. It wasn't until much later that I realized how important this experience would be to activate my passion and advocacy for support Black-owned businesses.

For days after George Floyd was tragically murdered on May 25th, the corporate world was silent. As the world stormed to the streets and demanded justice, corporate America ran business as normal, despite its core demographics anticipating some sign of action, or at least that they cared.