TheMGB Blog Relaunch
We’re back, we’re Black, and we’re getting down to business! This month, we are officially relaunching the MGB Blog. Keep reading for all the details and a quick introduction to the newest Modern Green Book team member.
What is the MGB Blog?
The MGB Blog is a celebration of black culture in all spaces. Supporting, celebrating, and uplifting black-owned businesses and organizations is the heart of the Modern Green Book, but our ability to empower our community stretches further. As we build upon the legacy of the original Negro Motorist Green Book, we want to continue championing black businesses and organizations while branching into all aspects of black culture.
How Will the MGB Blog Support Black Businesses and Organizations?
Like our annual publication, The Complete Modern Green Book: Travel & Shopping Guide, the MGB Blog will highlight black businesses nationwide and share resources for current and aspiring entrepreneurs and founders. From breaking down fundraising methods and finding investors to interviews with business owners, the blog will serve as a tool for education and empowerment.
What Else Will The MGB Blog Cover?
In addition to business profiles and resources, the MGB Blog will cover the various aspects of culture and life, such as art, media, history, wellness, travel, and personal development. Our goal is to dive deeply into the intricacies of our history and culture while sparking community-wide conversations to create wealth, promote growth, and share love within the Black community.
Additionally, the MGB Blog will continue to serve as the Modern Green Book’s news center, providing details of upcoming events and ways you can get involved.
What Else is Modern Green Book Up To?
We’ve been busy! In addition to churning out publications, we have a few in-person and online events for you!
Green Tea Talks: A series of curated conversations among entrepreneurs and professionals to educate and inspire budding business owners through unfiltered and authentic talks!
Meet the Owners: A live talk show of one-on-one chats with Modern Green Book founder Theo Edwards-Butler and business owners.
The MGB Marketplace at City Walk BHAM: On the last Saturday of each month, join the Modern Green Book as we support, celebrate, and uplift black-owned businesses and creatives. Held 4 PM-9 PM, you’ll find dozens of vendors, top black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and a specially curated vibe with local DJs and artists.
About The Modern Green Book
The Modern Green Book is the present-day, expanded revival of the Negro Motorist Green Book created by Victor Hugo to help black people travel with ease, comfort, and safety. The book provided lists of black-owned and white-ally-owned businesses for lodging and eating. Today’s Modern Green Book was founded upon this legacy and works to continue celebrating, uplifting, and supporting black-owned businesses. We believe in creating a space where Black-owned organizations are respected and thriving because we know that when they do, the Black communities does as well.
Introducing Our Newest Team Member
Katiana is a digital marketer by day and a culture writer by night. A not-so-recent Birmingham transplant, she made the Magic City home after graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Katiana is a writer for The Modern Green Book Blog, covering everything about black culture, from businesses and history to community and media. She lives by Stan Lee’s motto, “Excelsior!” meaning onward and upward.
Katiana Banks
