Workshops
Students will attend Zoom workshops to help them set goals, make a career plan, and improve their business skills. Students can get advice and guidance from their mentor during the Zoom breakout rooms. See below for more information about our workshops.
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Networking
Having good connections is key for getting good jobs and opportunities. Black Girls Mean Business connects girls with mentors, speakers, and other like-minded girls who are all interested in supporting black girls in business. You never know how far a well-connected mentor can take you!
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Resources
Program participants will have access to our comprehensive resource packet. This includes contact information of the mentors and speakers, college brochures, scholarship opportunities, articles, and recordings of the workshops for you to refer back to whenever you wish.
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2024 workshops
Business 101
June 8th,12-2pm PT
Guest Speaker: Twanna Toliver
Students will learn all about entrepreneurship and tips for starting a successful business from our guest speaker, Twanna Toliver. The workshop will also cover technical skills like how to use key business tools. Students can utilize mentorship from industry leading business professionals in guided activities
Personal Success
June 15th,12-2pm PT
Guest Speaker: Amber Berry
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This workshop will cover financial literacy and personal finance skills led by our returning guest speaker Amber Berry from I Am Net Worthy. Students can explore their career options by asking questions to our Business Career Panel and expand their networking skills by interacting with their mentor.
Landing the Job
July 20th,12-1:30pm PT
Guest Speaker: Jenna Discher
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In this workshop, students will prepare for interviews and learn how to stand out to employers by practicing mock interviews and fine tuning their LinkedIn profiles and Resumes. Students will also learn how to secure an internship in this workshop led by returning guest speaker, Jenna Discher.
meet our speakers
Twanna Toliver
Twanna Toliver is a Business Strategist and has been working with microbusinesses since 2016. Twanna founded She Creates Collective a professional development hub where women entrepreneurs learn how to grow their service-based business through strategy and growth marketing. Her mission is to simplify business while giving those with less resources the tools to generate consistent revenue. She host the Thrive off the Ladder podcast and is a sought after mentor and business advisor for leading small business development programs such as Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, (NFTE), Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, (DWEN) and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business, (10KSB). Twanna has a certification in growth and digital marketing and has been a contributor writer for Accion Opportunity Fund and featured in Forbes.
Amber Berry
Amber Berry’s personable, engaging financial explanations are the perfect remedy for anyone who finds the world of money mystifying, intimidating, or even scary. After resolving to improve her own financial understanding, she made it her mission to help others do the same. Her interests in financial social work and thanatology inform her compassionate approach to money matters. She’s a personal finance author/blogger, an Accredited Financial Counselor candidate, and the face of the I Am Net Worthy online course.
Jenna DischeR
A career-changer with two decades of HR and project management experience in financial services, media, FinTech, and AgriTech. Since 2013, her HR philosophies have been rooted in a passion for seeing companies enable people to do what they’re best at, contribute what the world needs from them, work alongside people who honor their unique identities, and be recognized for their talents. These principles fuel how I propose designing HR approaches, programs, and practices.
Empathy, Integrity, Excellence, and Authenticity are my north star values, embedded in everything I do. In my spare time, I love to mountain bike with my husband and father-in-law, connect with family and friends, read, cook, bake, and play with my two cats. The great-granddaughter of George Headley, famous Jamaican cricket player, it’s an honor to carry on his namesake in Headley Advisory.
SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT BGMB
“You're doing great things! Thank you for this opportunity, going out of your way to prepare black girls for the future because we are the future!”
What an impressively robust and immensely valuable program you're offering! Participants are in for a fantastic experience!
(My Daughter) bragged today about what she learned and truly enjoyed the guest speakers.
From beginning to end, it was well planned, skillfully communicated and flawlessly delivered. Participants and presenters alike were energized by the topics, by Rachel’s enthusiastic leadership, and by one another.
(The) program helped me get a job and learn how to interview like a pro.
Past partners
We are so grateful to have been able to work with these amazing people & organizations in the past, and have them speak at our workshops!
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Trey Moore, Dionne Teasley- University of California Berkeley Admissions
De'von Walker- University of California Los Angeles Admissions
Antoinette Anderson- University of California San Diego Admissions
AJ Sims- University of California Santa Barbara Admissions
Sheryl Blackshire- University of California Davis Admissions
Bryant Parker- University of California Irvine Admissions
Dawn Joves- University of California Santa Cruz Admissions
Allura Davis- University of California Riverside Admissions
Mariah Tresvant- University of California Merced Admissions
Jevon Edwards, Dimitrous Chattman- Cal Poly Admissions
Adriana Ramirez- San Diego State University Admissions
Zucel Aguillar- Santa Clara University Admissions
Harmony Perry- California State University Dominguez Hills Admissions
Diego Morfin Contreras- Sonoma State University Admissions
Darius Riggins- California State University Bakersfield Admissions
Purvi Shah- California State University Monterey Bay Admissions
Alixzandria Williams- Stanislaus State University
Carmen Cruz Montes- Lead by Passion
Amanda Radwan- AR Consulting
Be'Anka Ashaolu- Nirvana Soul Coffee
Lisha Davidovits- Coach Lisha
Jenna Discher- Headly Advisory
Nifa Akosua- Ella Baker Center
Marilyn Galiothe- Strive Survive Succeed
Annam Quraishi- Think Lean LLC
Chris Smith- I Am Net Worthy
Amber Berry- I Am Net Worthy
Bozoma Saint John
Kelly Clarkson- The Kelly Clarkson Show
Good Tidings Ventures