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Economic empowerment is a key to the thriving of any community. \u00a0However, a legacy of injustice and discrimination in our country has often denied and withheld economic opportunity to people of color, especially African Americans. \u00a0The choices we make about how and where we spend our money have the opportunity to reinforce these norms, or subvert them. \u00a0In the Gospel of Luke, Mary sings of how God will bring the powerful down from their thrones and lift up those who are low (Luke 1:52). \u00a0When we boycott we can bring down the powerful. \u00a0When we spend we can lift up those who have for too long been kept low by discrimination.<\/p>\n
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This year at St. Lydia’s, Emily has challenged our congregation to buy all of our Christmas presents from Black owned businesses. \u00a0Our spending can help support African American business owners, shifting the balance of power in our country. \u00a0In addition, our guess is that this practice will help raise our level of awareness about who are money goes to, and what we’re supporting when we spend.<\/p>\n
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The list below is still in progress! \u00a0If you know of black owned businesses in the New York area, please comment below.<\/p>\n
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Clothing and Accessories<\/span><\/p>\n Jamila’s<\/a>, Prospect Heights<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kids<\/span><\/p>\n My Brooklyn Baby<\/a>, Fort Greene<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Books<\/span><\/p>\n Sister’s Uptown Bookstore<\/a>, Washington Heights<\/p>\n Hue Man Bookstore<\/a> (online)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cosmetics<\/span><\/p>\n Lisi Cosmetics<\/a>, Midtown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Coffee Shops<\/span><\/p>\n Urban Vintage<\/a>, Clinton Hill<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Restaurants<\/span><\/p>\n The Soul Spot<\/a>, Downtown Brooklyn<\/p>\n Ruthie’s Restaurant<\/a>, Clinton Hill<\/p>\n Sylvia’s Soul Food<\/a>, Harlem<\/p>\n Michele’s Catering and Soul Food Bistro<\/a>, Harlem<\/p>\n People’s Republic of Brooklyn<\/a>, Carroll Gardens<\/p>\n Ghenet<\/a>, Boerum Hill<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bakeries<\/span><\/p>\n Make My Cake<\/a>, Harlem<\/p>\n Annie Mae’s Cheesecakes<\/a>, Harlem<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bed\u00a0and Breakfasts<\/span><\/p>\n Akwaaba Mansion<\/a>, Bedstuy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Go Etsy! \u00a0Huffington Post Black Voices<\/a>\u00a0has a great list of Black artists and crafts people selling prints, stationary, skin and hair care products, t-shirts, keepsake boxes, bags, accessories, pillows, jewelry, and knitwear. \u00a0Or check out Etsy’s list of Black owned shops<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pardon My Fro<\/a>, for t-shirts and prints<\/p>\n Beads Byaree<\/a>, for beaded jewelry<\/p>\n Candles from Simply Scents Candle Co<\/a>\u00a0or Wax Candle Company<\/a><\/p>\n All sorts of stuff from PowWow<\/a><\/p>\n Unique items from\u00a0Sir and Madame<\/a><\/p>\n Jamilla Okubo’s work, sold with\u00a0Society 6<\/a><\/p>\n Leather items from Urban Herilooms<\/a><\/p>\n Stationary from Primrose Press<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clothes And Jewelry<\/span><\/p>\n Minoritees<\/a> has some incredible t-shirts!<\/p>\n Skirts and accessories from Sofistafunk<\/a><\/p>\n Jewelery from Candid<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Lingua Nigra<\/a><\/p>\n Knitwear from LadieLoops<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kids<\/span><\/p>\n ABC Me Flashcards<\/a><\/p>\n Amazing dolls and quits from Idk Kids<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Skin Care, Hair Care, Nail Polish<\/span><\/p>\n Soaps from Smell Good Spa<\/a>,\u00a0Nyah<\/a>, or Beelux<\/a><\/p>\n Hair care form Ruth and Mae’s<\/a>, Koils by Nature<\/a>, or My Honey Child<\/a><\/p>\n Cosmetics from Fashion Fair<\/a>, Iman<\/a>, Magnolia Makeup<\/a>, or\u00a0Mischo<\/a><\/p>\n Skincare from Vera Moore<\/a>, Belle Butters<\/a>, Skin Deep<\/a>\u00a0or Emily Jayne<\/a><\/p>\n Nail Polish from Polish & Co<\/a><\/p>\n Skincare for men at La Bella<\/a><\/p>\n And check out this list of black owned spas<\/a> around the country (gift certificates!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Food<\/span><\/p>\n Cake pops from Sugar Puddin Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n Gourmet Lollypops from Luxe Lollipops<\/a><\/p>\n Garrett Popcorn<\/a>! \u00a0Yum!<\/p>\n Specialty Tea from Gullah Girl Tea<\/a><\/p>\n Wine from Heritage Link Brands<\/a>\u00a0or Rideau Vineyards<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Root has even more ideas here<\/a>, as does mycoloures.com<\/a>. \u00a0Autostraddle offers these Queer Black Owned Businesses and Organizations<\/a> for us to support. \u00a0And thank you to\u00a0Soulreflectionz<\/a>\u00a0for the image and many of the shops listed above, as well as Afrobella.com<\/a> for her incredible list!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Economic empowerment is a key to the thriving of any community. \u00a0However, a legacy of injustice and discrimination in our country has often denied and withheld economic opportunity to people of color, especially African Americans. \u00a0The choices we make about how and where we spend our money have the opportunity to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2835"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2890,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions\/2890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Online Merchants<\/h2>\n
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