{"id":3035,"date":"2022-11-03T12:34:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/going-places.thegeneral.com\/naacp-powershift-entrepreneur-grant-recipient-black-entrepreneurs-day\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:04:33","slug":"naacp-powershift-entrepreneur-grant-recipient-black-entrepreneurs-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/blog\/newsroom\/naacp-powershift-entrepreneur-grant-recipient-black-entrepreneurs-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The General Announces its NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur Grant Recipient Rounding Out its Partnership with Black Entrepreneurs Day for Third Year in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-niani-tolbert-of-hireblack-secures-one-of-several-25-000-naacp-powershift-entrepreneur-grants\"><strong>Niani Tolbert of HIREBLACK secures one of several $25,000 NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur Grants<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 27, The General partnered with Black Entrepreneurs Day for its third annual live-streamed event. The event took place at Harlem\u2019s world-famous Apollo Theater and was viewed by millions of people worldwide via the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blackentrepreneursday.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Entrepreneurs Day&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-look-at-our-2022-grant-recipient-niani-tolbert-nbsp\"><b>A Look at our 2022 Grant Recipient, Niani Tolbert&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an extension of its partnership, The General awarded a $25,000 NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grant to Black entrepreneur Niani Tolbert, Founder and CEO of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireblacknow.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIREBLACK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a company dedicated to recruiting jobs for Black women and building their network. Along with this $25,000 grant, Niani will also receive one-on-one mentoring sessions with The General\u2019s very own Shaquille O\u2019Neal to provide guidance and support to grow her business.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What started as a Linkedin post to help 19 Black women with resume review sessions soon transformed into matching over 300 Black women with recruiters and hiring managers at top companies. #HIREBLACK has evolved into a network of 15,500 people and counting. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niani wants to provide Black women with the opportunities they deserve in a competitive corporate landscape.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thegeneral.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/HIREBLACK-Team.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-q-amp-a-with-niani-tolbert-founder-and-ceo-of-hireblack\"><b>Q&amp;A With Niani Tolbert, Founder and CEO of #HIREBLACK<\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: First off, huge congratulations are in order. How does it feel to receive The General Insurance\u2019s NAACP Powershift Grant?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>&nbsp;A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you! I am so grateful to The General and the NAACP for this grant. My team and I are truly honored to have our initiatives recognized and to be afforded the opportunity to take HIRE BLACK NOW further by expanding our offerings to further support our community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: How will the $25,000 grant give you the break that you need right now?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>A:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Winning this grant gives us the capital to invest in pivoting as a business to ensure we\u2019re catering to the market\u2019s needs by offering job-searching resources that our community has been requesting.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The job market has been tumultuous this year, and we want to have the capacity and resources to invest in Black talent \u2014 who are disproportionately impacted, yet get overlooked for many opportunities. This grant helps our small-but-mighty team grow and invest in things that, at the end of the day, expand our capacity and impact.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: For those who may not be familiar with HIRE BLACK NOW, would you share a company overview?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;HIRE BLACK NOW is a career resource organization made by and for Black women, who face systemic obstacles and are often overlooked in the workplace. We help Black talent get hired, trained, and promoted with free and affordable resources, including our job board, hiring events, annual #HIREBLACK Summit, Black Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day resources, and a mini ESSENCE career series of articles!<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: One thing that stood out to us was your entrepreneurial spirit. What motivated you to start HIRE BLACK NOW?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>&nbsp;A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIRE BLACK NOW started off as an initiative while I was a furloughed tech recruiter during the year that \u201cshall not be named\u201d \u2014 2020. I posted on LinkedIn requesting help with resume review sessions for 19 Black women, and it went viral! So many people either wanted to help or needed help \u2014 and all I wanted to do was connect them. So, I gathered a few volunteers, and we ended up connecting hundreds of Black women with recruiters and hiring managers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I had the opportunity to go back to work, I found it more fulfilling to move back home with my family and figure out how to make HIRE BLACK NOW sustain me so that the work I was truly passionate for could continue. Since then, I\u2019ve never felt so connected to my work than I am now.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: What motivates you to keep going?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stories of our community keep me motivated. Through our social channels, we have constantly been exposed to negative experiences Black women face in the workplace. These stories motivate our team to be innovative and intentional about new and current initiatives, resources, and events that can empower our community to know what they deserve, equip them with the tools to secure the career of their dreams, and inspire them to help the next person. I also have strong opinions on how much needs to be changed. I want to see that change.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>Q: Niani, you\u2019re an inspiration to so many. Who is your inspiration?<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>&nbsp;A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you! My mom is my inspiration. I saw her struggling to find a job for ten years and her experience is the reason why I have HIRE BLACK NOW. My Grandma is also a huge inspiration of mine. She is a retired teacher and the way that she taught and how she held up and supported my entire family has shown me the excellence of Black women and how they hold people together and how they, too, need to be protected.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-recap-of-black-entrepreneurs-day\"><b>A Recap of Black Entrepreneurs Day<\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to The General\u2019s NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur Grant recipient announcement, The General also presented <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game Changer Conversations, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which featured Daymond John in inspirational and authentic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one-on-one discussions with Black business leaders and cultural icons including The General\u2019s long-standing brand ambassador Shaquille O&#8217;Neal alongside Spike Lee, Venus Williams, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Killer Mike.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to game-changing conversations, The General presented <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Breakdown, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a panel discussion<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">featuring Morgan DeBaun, Founder &amp; CEO of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Blavity, Inc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryan Wilson, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/thegatheringspot.club\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gathering Spot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and EJ Reed, CEO and Co-Founder of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/slimandhuskys.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slim &amp; Husky&#8217;s Pizza Beeria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These experienced Black Entrepreneurs shared their stories of success and achievement and how they scaled and grew their businesses.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Black Entrepreneurs Day, visit<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackentrepreneursday.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.blackentrepreneursday.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niani Tolbert of HIREBLACK secures one of several $25,000 NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur Grants from The General for Black Entrepreneurs 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