If you're so inclined and I hope you are, please join me in

the **NATIONAL BLACKOUT** which begins on Black Friday.

The National Blackout consists of 2 intentional actions:

1. **BLACKOUT: DO NOT SPEND ANY MONEY OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES**.

* Do NOT buy online or in stores, from those businesses which do not support or give back to the Black Community
* Those businesses who oppress us and operate to the detriment of our community
* Those businesses who profited from the Slave Trade

2. **BUY BLACK: ONLY SPEND WITH OURSELVES**.

* Support local Black Businesses
* Open or Transfer your bank account to **[One United Bank](https://www.oneunited.com/)** in Grove Hall 648 Warren Street 02121, which is one block from Flames Restaurant

**[Black Owned Bos](https://directory.blackownedbos.com/businesses)**[.](https://directory.blackownedbos.com/businesses) a black business which creates spaces to amplify, incubate, and support Boston Black-owned businesses.
**[Black Boston Business Directory](https://blackboston.com/black-businesses/)**, extensive and diverse list of Black-owned businesses in Boston that provide merchandise, services, and resources.
**[Shoppe Black](https://shoppeblack.us/)** resource with Black global businesses.

**Please share any Black owned businesses in the comments**

Here's a very inspiring **[TEDx talk by Maggie Anderson](http://youtu.be/nFBEoIQutSc)** sharing her experience/insight on **buying from Black Businesses for a whole year**.

Lastly, please check out this sobering and insightful call to action, because “Your freedom is shackled and chained to mine. And until I’m free, you’re not free either.” - Fannie Lou Hamer

**[Where Do We Go From Here: Post Election Considerations from the Center for Law and Social Justice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avENPqi8uAw)**

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