The first Power Forward: Black Business Conference

Business Outreach Center (BOC) Network’s Brooklyn/Staten Island Women’s Business Center (WBC), in partnership with the Local Development Corporation of East New York (LDCENY) Brooklyn Women’s Business Center and the Small Business Administration (SBA), hosted the first ever Power Forward: Black Business Conference on Thursday. The Honorable Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams joined to address nearly 200 small business owners.

Attendees also heard from industry leaders like Nana P. Agyekum, CPA of AGY Associates, Derrick Duplessy of the Duplessy Foundation, Roxanne Neilson of the BOC Manhattan Minority Business Development Agency Business Center, Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Laci Chisholm of Fit4Dance, and more. In between presenters, attendees heard tunes spun by DJ Fame/Umoja Events and also spent time focusing on wellness with Yoga with Peggy H. See the inspiring sessions below.