Making Black History NOW!

Celebrate the Accomplishments of Black Business Owners and Organizations at MoCo's Black, Born, and Bred Conference on February 25th - Featuring Presentation of The Peabody Legacy: A History of Black Academies in Montgomery County.

Conference Agenda

10:00am

Opening Remarks

Sherri Harris Allgood, Executive Director of SCA

Cindy Flowers Taylor, Community Project Manager

10:15am

MoCo's Black, Born & Bred Businesses

Nomeka Tyson, Main Street Beauty Salon & Supplies

Jeff Price, Viaselle Clothing

David Allgood, It's Allgood Food Truck



11:15 am

Break-Out Sessions: Building Your Community

Fati Brown & Micah Moore- Grow Rooms & Farming with Youth

Yolanda Moore & Rolonda Austin, Community Gardens & Cooking

Anthony McCauley & Kim Wade, Mentoring and Entrepreneurship

12:00 pm

Lunch with Peabody Legacy Presentation

T. Brookshire Harris


12:30 pm

Networking & Vendor Visits

1:00 pm

MoCo's Black, Born & Bred Organizations

Jamie Ewings/Willie Moore, Better Together Montgomery

Harvest Little, Montgomery County's NAACP

Simone McRae, The ROC


2:00 pm

Closing Remarks & Networking

About the organizers

Sandhills Cooperation Association (SCA) is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that provides resources for business creation and community organizing within marginalized communities. The mission of Sandhills Cooperation Association is engaging, empowering, and activating individuals' actions to increase sustainability within the local community as well as global society at large. The organization has a wide variety of activities that it undertakes with the community which helps individuals get the skills and knowledge needed to become self-reliant. SCA works closely with community organizations using community conversations to formulate strategies that will improve their quality of life. We serve marginalized communities in Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, and Stanly counties.


Building Exterior

See you at

the conference!

Mailing Address

348 North Main Street, Troy, NC 27371

Email Address

mocoblackjourney@gmail.com

Phone Number

910-573-3070