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Mielle launches #MoreThanAStrand campaign

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CHICAGO — Mielle Organics is launching its #MoreThanAStrand campaign to empower women and young girls around the globe with up to $1 million in funds to invest in communities in North America, the Caribbean and Africa to help get Black women-owned beauty and barber shops back up and running in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will also support the future of entrepreneurs wanting to open their own businesses by helping cover start-up costs, certifications, tools and other needs.

Mielle Organics has also partnered with Newark Business Hub Education and Rutgers University Office of Continuing Professional Education, to launch a new online global entrepreneurship certificate program which the company will commit to providing 60 full scholarships covering costs related to the program for women who apply. Courses include Setting Up a BusinessGenerating RevenueMarketing and Financial Management, among many other courses to complete the curriculum.

Mielle Organics CEO Monique Rodriguez has spearheaded the movement for an increase in entrepreneurship, especially among women of color. “Empowering women with the tools of education and entrepreneurship is at the core of Mielle Organics’ DNA,” Rodriguez said. “The goal of the #MoreThanAStrand campaign is to not only bridge the gap between women and young girls across the tri-continents of North America, the Caribbean and Africa through their hair, but to empower those women to cultivate economic prosperity within their communities.”

Newark Business Hub Education co-founder and CEO Kimberlee Williams commended Mielle Organic’s move.

“Entrepreneurs, and those aspiring to become entrepreneurs, want to know what works to accelerate their business growth,” Williams said. “We will demystify what it takes to succeed.  The training will provide practical strategies to remove the challenges that entrepreneurs face throughout different stages of their growth.”


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