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MPR interviews MetroIBA’s La Juana Whitmore in “Filling the Void: Expo Aims to Help Black Women in Business”

Posted on: May 12, 2016

image of Lajuana Whitmore, Lajuana Whitmore Consulting and MetroIBA Board Member
La Juana Whitmore, La Juana Whitmore Consulting and MetroIBA Board Member

La Juana Whitmore, La Juana Whitmore Consulting, and board member of MetroIBA was interviewed and quoted in an MPR news story about the 2016 Black Women’s Expo and Job Fair.

“This event is unique and most needed in Minnesota; it’s the one event that tries to uplift and support the community,” said La Juana Whitmore, a small business consultant and board member of the Metro Independent Business Association. “African-American women have been starving for this type of enrichment and opportunity to learn and create new relationships.” Those partnerships, Whitmore noted, are key to helping the black business community grow.

Read the full article by Emma Sapong,

Filling the Void: Expos Aims to Help Black Women in Business

Posted in Member Stories, MetroIBA in the News, Newsletter

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