Mirror Group LLC

Tonight is the night that the #BWDSummit24 early bird registration ends. Don’t sleep on this space cultivated for, by, and with #blackwomen in #data. I attended the inaugural summit in person 2 years ago and never looked back. I returned last year with my #plusone Dr. Tasha Parker, Ph.D., LSCSW, MPA and we will return this year with our plus ones Kiva Slade, MPA and maybe you. This is a space that feeds your personal, professional, and business needs all at once. This is a space I look forward to every year to be poured into and to pour into. Trust me, you do not want to miss it. If you are on the fence, get off of it. Check the comments for the registration link.

Hey #Charlotte. Check out this Catch Your Breath Cohort personal wellness accelerator for entrepreneurs. Erayna Sargent, MBA and her Hooky Wellness team are partnering with CLT Alliance Foundation to nurture a supportive community of like-minded #entrepreneurs to: learn practical strategies to prioritize your #wellbeing, redefine #success, and weave #wellness into the fabric of your #business. Apply by June 30th for full consideration. https://lnkd.in/dVvmtJ9g

I am super excited to attend the upcoming Capital Conference with my amazing BOW sisters! I am looking forward to connecting with leading minds in #finance, #procurement and #leaders in the City of Charlotte. Did you know that less than 1% of venture capital funds go to Black women entrepreneurs? We're here to change that and make a big impact! Our Mirror Group LLC team deserves the investment and our organization is well positioned to leverage the capital as we shore up our infrastructure and strong foundation. Stay tuned and watch the #multipliereffect of all the capital (human, social, cultural and yes economic) in action in our sisterhood of women business owners! #thebowcollective #businesscommunity #womenempowerment #AccesToCapital

There is never a dull moment in our Mirror Group LLC #operations work with Kiva Slade, MPA. Last year she and her The 516 Collaborative, LLC crew lit up our #SOP, #systems and #processes life by introducing us to Systemology. Flash forward, not only did we designate Natalie J. as our #SystemsChamp, but we leaned in and created our first 20 systems guided by Kiva and her team. So of course we were overjoyed when David Jenyns invited us to chat about our experience with Systemology, how we prepared for it, executed, and the difference it started to make in our business as we set a strong foundation and infrastructure. The video is now out for you to check it out, comment, share, and repost for other #growingbusinesses going through the same motions! https://lnkd.in/ekZamBWq

For those who love history and/or policy from the DMV, here is an amazing Fellowship opportunity at the research and evaluation firm Mirror Group LLC! If you have any questions, I am available to discuss this with you!

Today, I am grateful for awesome sisters in the work like Meredith Reitman, PhD! In Summer 2023 during another period of transition and deep morale-building at Mirror Group LLC, Dr. Reitman spoke our names in a "room" where we were not currently present. That invocation led to the opportunity to meet Sean Thomas-Breitfeld and share our Mirror Group posture in the work as an organization of passionate geniuses committed to making data and information meaningful, accessible, and actionable with learning organizations and the communities we love. We described our team-based consulting approach grounded in culturally responsive and racially equitable approaches, how we have been inspired by and tracking on Building Movement Project's work for some time, and the ways that it would be a joy to lock in arms to engage in collective sensemaking and lift up the joys and pains of Black leaders across the nation, centering their own words. This work feels deeply personal and resonant for me as a #BlackWomanFounder of an organization where everyday we strive to create the conditions for us to win! This is not easy work, nor for the faint of heart. This is long work, collective work, the work that generations build on. So I was over the moon to meet, share space, and bask in the "loving agitations" of Adaku Utah throughout the process. In short, we categorized this partnership as #quadruplewin where our MG colleagues Vanessa Segundo, PhD, Natalie J., and Eve C. showed up and showed out, locking arms in this work to amplify voice, mood, tone, depths and layers of the leaders we need for our collective liberation. The Result: "The report captures insights and wisdom from more than 50 Black movement leaders, including yourself. By centering the foresight of Black leaders, we hope this report will bolster advocacy efforts to sustain funding and investment in the capacity of Black-led organizing groups that are building power in communities across the country and critical to the broader struggle for Black liberation." https://lnkd.in/gxpqn7pp Read, Share, Re-Post, and Comment to come in agreement on how we all must reckon with sustainability and love on Black leaders and organizations navigating the funding cliff while organizing the infrastructure we all need to thrive!