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BOBSA EMAIL BLASTS BOBSA has over 3,200 members in the organization marketing email network. How it Works - Create your personalized email blast - Email a .PDF or .JPG format to Sam@bobsa.org - A proof will be sent directly to your email - Request changes or approve email
Your Email will be sent to over 3,200 people nationwide both at the beginning and end of the month.
Price for blast: US$200.00 Please contact Sam Ennon at (650) 863-3491 (Pacific Time) BOBSA can create personalized email blast for an additional $50.00. 
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Ronda Berry Celebrates
10 Years with BOBSA
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Ronda Berry is a
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Ronda Berry
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corporate trainer and program developer with many years of experience providing outstanding programs for black own beauty supply store owners and their employees. Ronda has been in the corporate training field since 2014 and is known for her dynamic, motivating and humorous speaking style. Taking her speaking talents into the world of beauty, Ronda brings a variety of training topics to the beauty industry.
With extensive experience creating programs, Ronda has delivered entrepreneurial workshops which include Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Staffing, Teamwork, Sales Techniques, Customer Service as well as Presentation Skills. Ronda delivered a wide variety of workshops that met the organization's startup process and followed up with courses to meet productivity goals after the company's grand opening.
In conjunction with corporate training, Ronda has owned and opened 3 beauty supply stores in the U.S. and currently has taken her business overseas to Europe and is expanding throughout Europe and Asia. Her hands on approach for running her business and the exceptional customer service that her stores are known for, is what makes her training so dynamic and so relevant to what her clients will experience.
Ronda earned a BS degree in Computer Science and is an expert on brick and mortar stores as well as branding a business online. Her strength comes through her unique ability to use her business experiences to understand the knowledge and skills her participants need to increase their performance and productivity. She then designs and delivers her programs in a way that excites and motivates participants to use new skills and change their behaviors.
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Codis Hampton II Releases His New Book
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Codis Hampton II retired from civil service in 1996 and turned to his true love, writing. He is the author of Unchon-ni, a semibiographical tale about his military tour in Korea, and Gracie Hall-Hampton, the Arkansas Years, 1917-1953-a book about his grandmother's life in the segregated South. Codis began broadcasting "Hamp's Corner of America" via Blog Talk Radio in June of 2014 and released his third book, The Episodic Thoughts of Hamp, or a Blogger's 1999-2014 Perspective, shortly thereafter. Codis is a father, a husband of 47+ years, and a lover of the arts. To find his Blogs and his other written interest go to his website at https://hcofa.net/
or contact him at champtonii@yahoo.com
Take a step back in time to 1965 thru 1975-an era of Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, rhythm and blues and free love. The younger generation is looking to effect change in society, while the older, more conservative folks want to retain the American way of life.
Annie Lee Holmes is struggling to navigate the times. She's endured mean-spirited treatment that would have driven a weaker person crazy, and now she has children and wonders what's next. One husband has walked out on her and his children. Another has died suddenly, leaving behind another child. Meanwhile, Annie is not quite sure how to be a human being...much less a single pare
nt.
Misguided Intentions paints a vivid and moving story of Annie Lee's life journey and its effects on her ever-changing personalit
y as she learns to keep her eyes on where she's going-not where she's been or is at the moment. A great read that will keep you wondering and interested through the end.
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Why Move Your Money to Black Banks?
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Click the video below to hear Dr. Martin Luther King express the importance of creating our own economic base by building a banking infrastructure through a black coalition. He recognized that the power other groups exercise and use to control black America is partially because we do not have access to capital. This can all change if we start supporting our black-owned banks and credit unions, which will allow us to make loans and build businesses in our own neighborhoods, where we can also choose to hire the very people who live in those neighborhoods. This is a win-win solution for everyone.
Michelle Carter
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Do You Know Which Products are Black-Owned
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Black History - Did You Know?
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THIS HAPPENED IN THE ORLANDO AREA
#JulyPerry #OcoeeMassacre of 1920. He was a very successful black
 businessman who was an advocate for the economic and political empowerment of black people. He fought for his right to vote at the Nov 2, 1920 elections and was given that right by Judge John Cheney (who was looking to capitalize on the black vote for election into the Senate, but I digress). At the polls his right to vote was not recognized. He was imprisoned that night. A few hours later a white mob dragged him out of the jail cell, tied him to the back of the car and dragged him through the city. They, then, hung him from a light post and riddled his body with bullets. They followed his lynching with burning down the homes of the black community. Those who survived fled into the orange groves and did not return back to their homes in Ocoee. Ocoee became an all white town and no black person entered the area for 60 years.
The murderer's and their families stole the land and property of the black residents, including that of July Perry. Anyone who attempted to take his body down was threatened. A photographer took pictures of his body and sold it for 25 cents. White business owners proudly hung the picture of his lynching in their store windows. He was buried in an unmarked grave which did not receive a headstone until 2002 through the efforts of the West Orange Reconciliation Task Force. He is a martyr and hero. His death will not be in vain. We will bring honor to his memory and the victims of the Ocoee Massacre. The best thing anyone can do is spread the word. This massacre was swept under the rug in Florida and national history. Let the secret out so that they can rest in peace.
Michelle Carter
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Hair Nation 2017 EXPO is a Success
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Hair Nation Expo 2017 was an amazing success! The LIVE hair and beauty event of the season! It was held on Columbus Day, Monday, October 9th, 2017 from 10am to 6pm at Black Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica Queens, New York.
Hair Nation Expo 2017 message was that of unity across the spectrum
 of hair with healthy hair being the common focus. Education was very important at Hair Nation Expo 2017, so there were several workshops on tap that included Edith Younger, long-time hairstylist from A Cut Above in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Edith's did workshops on Preventing Hair Loss and consults with the hair professionals and the general public. Financial Expert, Benjjamin K. Zales lead the Planning Your Financial Road Map, Kerry Hines, event host, with How to Get Rich in the Hair Business, based on his popular book and The Hair Radio Morning Show.
Hair Nation Expo 2017 was hosted by the amazing team of Allyson Springett and Kerry Hines and Daliah Ferguson. It was a knockout performance by all and the response has been simply superb! Allyson Springett is a star and you'll be seeing her a lot!! Daliah Ferguson became the very first recipient of Hair Nation Expo's Future Leader of Tomorrow Award with her dedication to the hair industry.
Lastly, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the amazing work of BOBSA!!! I am proud to be a member of BOBSA and it was with their inspiration that so greatly contributed to the success of Hair Nation Expo 2017! We're just getting started!
For information about the very next Hair Nation Expo 2018 scheduled for Sunday, May 6th, 2018, contact Kerry Hines at Tel: 929-322-HAIR(4247) or email to Info@HaiRadio.com. Visit
www.HairNationExpo.com.
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Hamp's Corner - Black Hair Care
Industry Update Part I
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There has been an overall change in the way consumers buy hair over the last few years. They have joined consumers of other goods and services in the shift to online purchases. That doesn't mean the collapse of sales of hair and associated products from brick and mortar stores market. It does say that a smart entrepreneur would be advised to sell both in-store and online. The feeling being one system may augment the other. The point is, versatility is the operative word as it is in all sales these days.
Sam Ennon, the founder of BOBSA (Black Owned Beauty Supply Association), has been associated with the black hair business for practically a lifetime. BOBSA (www.bobsa.org) was created to meet the needs of the black consumer of hair products. At the website, one can find answers and current information in all aspects of the hair business today. Recognized as a voice in the industry when related to consumer behavior, sales and product from the entrepreneur side, and the current state of affairs, the top Chinese hair manufacturer sought out Mr. Ennon last year.
That cooperation resulted in the formation of the Enterprise of Black Hair Alliance or EBHA (https://ebhahair.com/). It was created to directly challenge the Korean's domination of the 9 billion dollars black hair care market along with providing black entrepreneurs direct access to products and supplies that the Koreans were sharing only with fellow Korean Beauty Supply owners. In fact, their mission statement reads as follows:
"Enterprise of Black Hair Alliance (EBHA) is dedicated to a shared effort to create and develop a beauty industry that bridges with the black community. Our vision embraces the belief that our alliance will provide meaningful opportunities for all parties to generate revenues and manifest premium products and brands. Our collaboration will enable the black community to fully realize the potential opportunities in committing to the creation of industry brands that will bring price and recognition to everyone involved in this collaboration."
An entrepreneur reading that statement could conclude that he/she can become a player in a market whereas before, anyone not Korean was shut out of the management process. The intention is excellent, so how is it working on a day to day basis? An evolving entity is a short answer. I'll have more about that process at a later date. For now, you can go to the website and ask your question of interest. As you can see by the pictured ad, competition for quality products at competitive pricing is not a problem.
With the market being so versatile, even EBHA has gone through changes to meet the needs of the consumers. As they look for packaging and pricing that attracts an avid buying consumer. The Korean beauty supply industry sells what is known as Commercial hair. Since they have dominated the industry for the last decade or so, many users think this is the better grade hair.
Michelle Carter
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The Wright Family is Loving, Unique
and Well-Organized
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Mike and Shania Wright and Family
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Anyone who thinks they are overworked and have no time to set goals or accomplish those tasks they have been putting off should talk to Michael and Shania Wright about time management. The Wright Family was featured in the June/July publication of The Dots. Michael and Shania Wright have a large family by today's standards, yet they have found a way to run a business, Wright Way Beauty Supply Store in Spokane, WA, while also raising seven children, the oldest being 14 years old.
Shania Wright is the owner and operator of Wright Way Beauty Supply in Spokane Washington. She is a veteran, a homemaker for her seven children and has been an entrepreneur and business owner since 2001. As a faithful Christian, she has a passion for and has been involved in women's and children's ministries all over the Northwest spanning the past 15 years. After setting down roots in the Spokane area during a tour at Fairchild AFB from 2007-2012, her family finally relocated to Cheney after her husband transitioned from a 23 year career in the Air Force.
During his career, Shania's husband, Mike, served as a Vehicle Fleet Manager, an Honor Guard Superintendent and a Professional Military Instructor. His passions include men's discipleship and professional development. He recently received his B.A. in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University and has begun a M.S. program this fall.
Michelle Carter
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