Donate
  • About
  • Rent College Pads
  • Advertise
  • Privacy
Search
News
Opinions
Sports
Classifieds
Comics
BMA
Events
Subscribe

Sunday, July 3, 2022
Print Archive

Eastern Echo
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
  • Search
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
Search

Subscribe to the Echo

Donate to The Echo

You can support the Echo by donating through the EMU Foundation and selecting to apply your gift to a specific fund. Any of the funds listed below will provide support to the Echo.

01049 -- EMU Echo Editor Endowed Scholarship:  Provides financial support for the current EMU Echo Editor.

02414 -- Scott Stephenson Eastern Echo Scholarship:  This expendable scholarship is for the benefit of student(s) in the School of Communication, Media & Theater Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences.  It will be awarded to a full or part-time junior or senior EMU student majoring in journalism and working for the Eastern Echo.  The student should be working to self-finance their education and not be eligible for need-based grants.

00825 -- Student Media Development:  Provides support for the Student Media program.

Thank you for supporting the Echo and EMU Student Media.

Give Now


2/10/2019, 8:18pm

Black Business Expo

By Bianca Ramsey
 Black Business Expo

Share

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Mail
  • Print

Black History Month at Eastern Michigan University started with The Black Business Expo to get the first weeks going. The Black Business Expo was hosted by the organization The Nation in the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday, Feb. 7. 

The event was targeted towards young African-American business owners to promote and sell their brands and give them a chance to present it to the public. Many of the business owners who were at the event were young entrepreneurs with high hopes of becoming new faces of the black business. 

Throughout the event, many students interacted with one another, and they even had a chance to buy some of the business owners’ products. From graphic design t-shirts, custom wigs, food, paintings, natural hair products, bath and beauty products and many more, the event even got a chance to promote local photographers and massage therapy.  

Many EMU students were at the event as well as out-of-state business owners. There was a live DJ playing today’s hip-hop and R&B throughout the entire event while some people were dancing and socializing with others. Close to the end of the event, a member from the Poetry Society performed a poem that was talking about young African-American males and how society treats them as a whole.  

The business owners who attended the event were able to help promote their business by giving out business cards, flyers with their prices for their products and website information. They also included customers in a raffle to have a chance at winning one of their products for free. This allowed customers to get more active with the actual business and their owners.  

The lay out of the event was comfortable for students to have a time to relax and purchase different types of unique clothing and products for themselves or for their loved ones. Anybody from any other community was welcomed and was able to enjoy themselves. Tamia Barnes, an EMU student, was one of many students who attended the event and was engaged to her experiences at the 2019 Black Business Expo. 

“I enjoyed the culture of unity, organization and supporting one another’s hustle when it comes to the black dollar circulates in the African-American community,” Barnes said. “We support our black business.” 

“Here in America, black history is all of American history, just like how black history is humankind of history,” Barnes said when asked about what Black History Month means to her.

Various people come to mind when Black History Month is mentioned. People think about Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Barack Obama and many more. African-Americans across the country use this month to establish more culture awareness that is amongst the African-American community and people of African descent all over the world. It's time to unify and be proud of African-American culture and its people who helped build America, and still care about their legacies.

Share



Related Stories

trio.jpg

EMU TRiO Upward Bound program receives five-year grant renewal

By Seniya Baig

Respect Lecturers Rally at Welch Hall

EMU faculty and lecturers protest fair compensation and fair treatment

By Cedrick Charles

Local and state leaders speak out after Roe v. Wade is overturned

By Cedrick Charles


The Eastern Echo welcomes thoughtful discussion on all of our stories, but please keep comments civil and on-topic. Read our full guidelines here.


Most Popular


7/1/2022, 5:37pm

Ypsilanti hosting 93rd annual Independence Day parade Monday on Cross Street

By Anyara Zapata

4th of July parade is taking place Monday, July 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.


7/1/2022, 10:31pm

Jazz Festival coming to Riverside Park in Ypsilanti every Saturday this July


6/27/2022, 8:00am

EMU faculty and lecturers protest fair compensation and fair treatment


6/27/2022, 8:00am

EMU TRiO Upward Bound program receives five-year grant renewal


Podcast


2/26/2022, 7:45pm

Podcast: February 23rd, 2022


5/14/2022, 6:20pm

Podcast: May 14th, 2022


4/22/2022, 11:14am

Podcast: April 21, 2022


4/14/2022, 9:26am

Podcast: April 14, 2022


Tweets by TheEasternEcho
Eastern Michigan Echo To Homepage
  • About
  • Jobs
  • Freelance
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Distribution

All Rights Reserved

© Copyright 2022 The Eastern Echo

Powered by Solutions by The State News.