Celebrate Black History Month with the Newest We Rise Members
It’s Black History Month! One of our favorite ways to celebrate is by supporting Black-owned businesses – especially those in our We Rise program. It’s all about helping businesses get started or expand and we want to be a part of that growth.
Meet the newest cohort and explore their websites. With businesses ranging from finance to soap, you’re sure to find something you need or want!
Veritas Medical Group - Patricia Wells
The Financial Health of your Business is our Business
Veritas Medical Group is a medical consulting and billing agency formed in June 2010. Their goal is to provide your medical practice with peace of mind with their tailored services. They offer auditing, billing, coding and staff development.
I Am Her Esthetics - Atavia Hobbs
I Am Her Esthetics is located in Tempe AZ and specializes in healthy skincare as well as waxing and body contouring services to nurture your natural beauty. They believe every client is beautiful and they are here to enhance what you already have.
Generational Wellness PLLC - Rosa Norris
Generational Wellness offers innovative psychiatry and psychology services through a patient-centric approach. They believe your treatment plan should be as unique as you. Their services include individual therapy, medication management and counseling.
GOGO JOE'S - Joe Diggs
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That GoGo Swing...
GoGo Joe's is a food and catering start-up focusing on comfort foods inspired by the unique culture and cuisine in the Washington, D.C. area. Joe’s ultimate goal is to build a space that Black residents of Phoenix feel is theirs. GoGo Joe's seeks to be a destination for African American residents and all people in Phoenix.
Flourishing in Wellness Apothecary - Regina Robinson
Flourishing in Wellness Apothecary is a wellness company dedicated to encouraging the importance of nutrition and herbalist retail products. By way of sustainable gardening, they are able to offer wholesome goodies such as teas, herbal remedies and mindfully packaged foods.
Reyone International - Ayanna Brandon
Reyone International provides 2D and 3D design services for landscape, interior layouts, blueprints, inventions, construction, wiring diagrams and equipment layouts. Their clients include homeowners, investors, commercial developers and contractors.
Pam's Snacks - Pamela Millender Crump
Local, fresh baked cookies with gluten-free and vegan options? Count us in! Pamela bakes classic flavors for future generations to enjoy like banana pudding, red velvet and ginger molasses. She is available for individual orders or for vending at large events.
Ankh Life Locs - Brittany Jordan
Ankh Life Locs was established in May of 2018. They provide various hair care services, natural hair products and specialize in beginning and maintaining their client’s dreadlock journeys. Their purpose is to enlighten individuals of the natural beauty of locs and educate how to properly maintain a healthy crown with confidence.
Climbing Tree Community School - April Turner
Climbing Tree Community School is a private, non-profit preschool and kindergarten. Climbing Tree serves children and their families from various economic, cultural, racial and experiential backgrounds. The school is a well-equipped, professionally staffed, model early childhood program open to all families with a focus on the whole child. Their mission is to provide a supportive community in which young children expand their learning and development. Their curriculum is child-centered and focuses on play as a dynamic form of learning that involves a wide range of intellectual, social, emotional and physical capabilities.
Total Nourish Beauty - Sammi Tolliver
Total Nourish Beauty provides a variety of hair care services from specializing in natural hair care to hair extensions. They also sell extensions, products and custom growth oils for hair. Sammi is currently working on expanding the services to include wellness and a product line that will offer herbal hair growth teas, bath and body products.
Trades of Brit - Brittny Johnson
Trades of Brit is a soap and body business created by a chemist who believes we were created to love our bodies, embrace our beauty and elevate our brains. Trades of Brit highlights handcrafted items that are made in small quantities utilizing natural high-quality oils, butters and botanicals. The business takes joy in making each item natural. They keep their customers' skin in consideration and avoid adding harmful substances and destructive chemicals or unforgiving fixings. All Trades of Brit products contain unrefined, all-natural ingredients such as olive oil, coconut oil and shea butter.
Savoy Bookkeeping and Tax Services, LLC -Michelle Savoy
Savoy Bookkeeping and Tax Services, LLC is an award-winning accounting, tax and small business services firm. They are dedicated to helping their clients skillfully navigate complex compliance mandates and provide deep insights to strengthen your business.
Destination Nirvana Wellness - Destiny Webb
Destination Nirvana Wellness is a health and wellness company founded on the belief that a balanced mind, body and spirit is the way to build a healthier life. As a child, Destiny was diagnosed with cone rod dystrophy, and what may seem like an impairment has led to an ability to facilitate healing through touch. Destiny hopes to both provide wellness services that assist her clientele to heal while also bringing awareness to rare vision loss conditions such as cone rod dystrophy.
Cool Calm Cakes - Alexis Fletcher
Cool Calm Cakes serves Phoenix, Arizona and its surrounding areas with creating custom cakes and cupcakes to celebrate with you! They cover every special occasion from birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and more.
Flipped Narrative - Akil and Dominque McLeod
Flipped Narrative is an online small-batch winery. Akil and Dominque’s goal is to make the wine experience more approachable. They believe that everyone has a story to tell and they encourage others to share their story over a glass of wine.
EstiBlack Aesthetics - Yolanda Robinson
EstiBlack Aesthetics Studios is an inclusive corrective and preventive care spa suite. They provide clients with in-house treatments ranging from custom facials to advanced services such as micro-needling and chemical peels to correct trauma done to their skin. Although they are able to correct many skin concerns, their focus is educating their clients on the importance of healthy skin. The business also offers clinical and medical-grade at-home skin care for optimal results. They pride themselves on the normalization of everyday imperfections while navigating proper care.
Pot Heads Tea - Abigael Omijie
PotHeads Tea provides pure and handcrafted loose leaf teas. They strongly believe that great taste comes from pure ingredients – that’s why they select ingredients that are flavorful and sustainably grown. Their blends are handcrafted in small batches and packaged with reusable materials. Keeping both customers and the environment in mind, Pot Heads Tea's goal is to improve people's health through the benefits of tea.
Make Room PHX - Raine Hardin
Make room in your life to focus on wellness. Make Room PHX is a retreat community that plans to host lifestyle and wellness experiences and seeks to teach intentional living through the process of wholeness. Raine’s desire is to help people connect with the fullness of who they are (heart, mind, body and spirit).
Green Touch Grow House LLC - Kemya Matthews
Green Touch Grow House is a hydroponics business that provides low-income families and individuals with the opportunity to grow nutritious produce in limited spaces
Small World Trade & Travel, LLC - Darlene Little
AFRI-Soul Marketplace is a hub for small Black businesses in Phoenix. Small World provides all the support/ infrastructure for small businesses to sell or offer their services to the community. Currently, there are 14 small businesses under the AFRI-Soul Marketplace umbrella.
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