WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS EXPECTED TO DRAW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO CHICAGO.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SPENDING, A LOT OF MONEY WHILE THEY'RE HERE LOOKING TO GET A SLICE OF THE ECONOMIC ACTION AS WELL AS NETWORK OF FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE MANY BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES AT THE CONVENTION SHOWING THAT, QUOTE, BLACK JOBS CAN BE JOBS OF ALL KINDS.

SO JOINING US NOW WITH MORE, OUR BRENDA PALMS PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE NORTH LAWNDALE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK AND FOUNDER OF SWEET BEGINNINGS.

TAMARA FAIR ENTREPRENEUR, RADIO HOST IN CO AUTHOR OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES, THE PURPLE TURTLE.

THERE WILL BE HOSTING A DAILY PODCAST FROM THE DNC AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM, REALLY A KEY FOUNDER OF LA NORSE KITCHEN CATERING.

THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE BRING THE PALMS.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SWEET BEGINNINGS AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE CONVENTION.

GREAT, SWEET BEGINNINGS AS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IMPACT BUSINESS.

AND SO IT MEANS THAT WE'RE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A SOCIAL ISSUE TO A MARKET DRIVEN SOLUTION AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT WE SOMEHOW LANDED ON URBAN HONEY AND HONEY, INFUSED SKIN CARE PRODUCTS TO CREATE JOBS FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN JUSTICE IMPACTED BACK IN 2004 WHEN WE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES, WE RUN AN NOTE THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND JOBS FOR THESE FOLKS.

AND SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE'RE GOING LET YOU DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CREATE JOBS FOR YOU.

SO BE LAUNCHED.

SWEET BEGINNINGS TO PRODUCE JOBS TO HELP FOLKS GAME EXPERIENCE.

THEY NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE IN LABOR MARKET.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THE DNC NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS THEY PACKAGING AND PREPARING THE LIP BALMS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BODY BAGS NEXT.

BUT YES, WE HAVE PRODUCED 10,000 UNITS OF JUST 10,000 UNIT.

SO IT'S A SCALE OF IT.

WE'VE PROVEN SCALE NOW WE CAN DO THIS, BUT WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PRODUCT A BIT OF THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

LITTLE BIT OF PARK LAWNDALE IN EACH OF THOSE BAGS WELCOMING FOLKS TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT IN.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN COOL IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE PRODUCT ONES HAVE BEEN MAKING A LIVE BOMB.

THE HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF PRIDE.

THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE TOUCH OF WHAT THEY'VE CREATED, A PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.

WE REALLY JUST WANT TO THINK MICROSOFT AND THE DNC.

I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY LATER.

THE PENTAGON MADE THIS HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, WE LITTLE BIT OF BE LOVE A LITTLE BELOW THAT'S CHRISTI GEORGE AND A TINY BIT DIRECTOR OF HOST COMMITTEE AS THE HOST COMMITTEE IN TYLER CLARK WITH MICROSOFT.

AIRFARE, YOU'RE AN AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR OR RADIO HOST.

YOU'VE BEEN HIRED BY THE DNC TO HOST A PODCAST FROM THE CONVENTION EACH DAY.

TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BE TALKING TO AND WHAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT?

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THE AND SEE EVERYTHING.

BLACK BUSINESSES, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS BILL LIKE THIS UPCOMING.

IMPORTANT ELECTION.

IT'S REALLY GOT EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE'VE WE HOPE TO TALK TO THE MAYOR, THE GOVERNOR, EVERYBODY, WHO'S ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE SOMEBODY WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE IN THE CONVENTIONS ARE EXACTLY SURE YET WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.

BUT I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME AND EVERY DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE.

RIOT DIFFERENT GUESS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

MY CO-HOST WHO'S ON THE RADIO WITH ME ACTION JACKSON IS ITS NAME.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PODCAST.

SO IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO.

BUT THE GUESTS WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE PRIOR OKAY.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE ALL SHARE THAT WITH THANK YOU.

I'LL BE I'LL BE HERE.

I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR REALLY A KEY.

YOUR COMPANY.

YOU ARE.

YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING CATERING SERVICES FOR DNC STAFF.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORT OF THE THE EVENTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN CATERING HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE FOR YOU.

THE EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATER FOR THE STAFF.

ALSO FOOD LINES THAT AT THAT AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

ALL OF THE STAFF REALLY ENJOY THE FOOD.

IT SOUNDS LIKE TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING THE STAFF WHO ARE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE TASTE OF CHICAGO TO THERE TO TAKE TIME.

GO.

I LOVE THE MEALS FROM THE CALI GREENS AND CORNBREAD, TWO-YEAR MACARONI AND CHEESE AND SWEET POTATOES BARBECUE CHICKEN AND FRIED CHICKEN AND VINCENT POTATO SALAD.

IT WAS FULL SPREAD.

FOR THE STAND.

AND I THINK A COUPLE PEOPLE WITH THE FLU BACK TAKE A LITTLE NAP.

LITTLE SIESTA ON THE TELL REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU SORT HOW THAT HOW YOU GOT INTO THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS IN A MATTER OF APPLICATION OR OR HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

WELL, WE BUILD OUT VENDOR INFORMATION IN OUR COMPANY WAS CONTACTED ME.

WE WERE, YOU KNOW, TRULY GRATEFUL.

AND WE WENT IN AND AND JUST DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

YOU KNOW IT STICKING WITH YOU, WILLIAM, FOR JUST A SECOND.

YOU KNOW, AS A BLACK BUSINESS WOMAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT THE DNC AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOMINATING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, YOU KNOW, A BLACK WOMAN TO BE THE NOMINEE AT THE TOP EITHER MAJOR PARTY TICKET.

DOES THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL TO YOU?

IT IT DOES IT TO BE A PART IT.

IT IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

TO YOUR FAIR.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY SPECIAL TO ME.

SO THAT'S A PROUD MEMBER OF A K AND TO HAVE KAMALA IN THAT SEAT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY, BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO BE IN THIS STATE AND IN THE DNC OF FUN PERSONNEL.

SO, YEAH, THIS IS SUPER SUPER EXCITING FOR ME.

MAYBE GET HER FOR AN INTERVIEW ON THE PODCAST.

YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING A BOAT SISTER READ SAME QUESTION.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE?

I MEAN, CERTAINLY HAS, AS OUR GUESTS HAVE SAID, THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THIS COUNTRY.

BUT I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED, HONESTLY ABOUT INTRODUCING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE IN CHICAGO.

AND WE HAVE WITH 1000 GUESTS COMING TO CHICAGO.

AND I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THEM DECIDE TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THEIR SO HISTORICAL.

SO WE'RE INVITING FOLKS TO COME AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OR TEA AND RB LOVE CAFE.

THAT ALSO FEATURES ARE HONEY AND COME AND SEE WHERE THE LIP BALMS FOR PRODUCE.

BUT ALSO SEE THE ORIGINAL SEARS TOWER COME JUST COME OUT AND VISIT AND SPEND YOUR MONEY SO SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE AND ECONOMIC BUMP THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF JUST THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE OF THE DNC.

BUT WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO AS WELL?

TAMARA, YOU, WHAT IS THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE EXPOSURE AT THE DNC MEAN FOR CAUSE?

YOU'RE NOT RUNNERS HERE INTO A LOT OF THINGS.

A LOT OF THINGS.

WELL, FOR ME WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 161,000 BLACK BUSINESSES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THEY GENERATE 206.1 BILLION DOLLARS PER ANNUM.

AND WE ONLY MAKE UP 14% OF THE POPULATION AND 27% OF BLACK BUSINESSES.

WE WANT TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

WE WANT THAT LANDSCAPE TO BE MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

SO WE WANT USE THE DNC TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK BUSINESSES AND SAY IT'S OK TO SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES WERE UP EARLIER THAN ANYBODY.

WE STAY LATER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN ONE OF OUR BUSINESS COUNTERPARTS AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS TIME FOR BLACK BUSINESSES TO SHINE.

SO THAT SPOTLIGHT FOR BUSINESS 4 FOOT CONVENTIONS LIKE THE DNC AND OTHER LARGE CONVENTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO CHICAGO.

YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY ARE READY FOR THAT FOCUS.

AND I THINK PROBABLY HELPS THAT AUGUST IS ALSO ISN'T BLACK BUSINESS MONTH.

IT'S BEST YES, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE.

I KNOW THAT YOU STARTED WITH 31 THAT WAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING UP CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY.

AND SO WE WANT TO INVITE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME.

IT'S A PRESS CONFERENCE IS GOING TO BE A 49 20 WEST MADISON AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT WE CAN SPOTLIGHT BLACK BUSINESSES, NOT JUST FOR THE DNC, BUT FOR THE TERM.

ALL RIGHT.

I THINK I THINK WE LOST.

SO THERE'S REALLY CASE THAT WE LOST 2 PER SECOND.

BUT THERE YOU ARE.

LILIYA COMING BACK TO YOU.

WHAT DOES THE DNC MEAN FOR YOU AND DO YOU HOPE IT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS?

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE DAY OF THE THE DAY THAT YOU DID CATER SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE FROZEN.

REALLY?

ARE YOU WITH US?

ROSE HIS FRIENDS.

SHE IS FROZEN.

YES, OK, WE'LL JUST HOPE STARTS OUT.

OH, BUT SAME QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU, THEN ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN THE LINE, THIS EXPOSURE NOW COULD MEAN SOMETHING GREATER LATER ON?

WE HOPE SO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS IS RUN BY A, QUOTE, NONPROFIT PEOPLE QUESTION OUR CAPACITY TO SCALE.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED AND WHAT BOOK PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE IS A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IN THEIR GIFT BAGS.

BUT THEN THEY MIGHT CONSIDER SAYING, WELL, THIS IS A LOVELY SOCIAL PURPOSE GIFT.

WHY DO WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM?

AND WE SHIP EVERYWHERE RIGHT?

SO THE MORE BUSINESS WE DO, THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN HIRE, THE MORE THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR TIME, WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, BUT CERTAINLY OF HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCE TO GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE TO BE WORKING AND BE HIRED AND THE MORE WE CAN DO THAT, THE BETTER THE BETTER WE ARE AS A SOCIETY 30 SECONDS.

TAMARA EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK.

ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROTESTS, THE TRAFFIC NO NEED AND WANT NOT THE PROTESTS OR THE TRAFFIC.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST BUT CONCERNS.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT NOT JUST IN CHICAGO BUT ALL CITIES WITH THEIR BLACK BUSINESSES.

THEY NEED SUPPORT.

WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THIS IS CHARITY.

IT SUPPORT?

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.