Brooklyn, NY - Lisa Washington, Founder and President Black Business featured in Caribbean Life Newspaper

Brooklyn, NY - Lisa Washington, Founder and President Black Business featured in Caribbean Life Newspaper

Brooklyn, New York - Lisa Washington, founder and president of Black Business Circle featured in Caribbean Life Newspaper people section Brooklyn-Staten Island Edition article titled “Black Business Circle founder offers economic empowerment” page 40, January 18, 2005. Caribbean Life newspaper is published by Courier-Life Publications Inc. Caribbean Life Newspaper is one of New York’s largest circulated newspapers in NYC. Lisa Washington, Founder and President of Black Business Circle is not just one-dimensional. She has both the brains and beauty to be in the forefront of making Empowerment Month a national trend in America.

She is the driving force in creating Economic Empowerment Month, and four levels of government recognized her efforts by proclaiming the month of June as Economic Empowerment Month. Black Business Circle received proclamations from Congress, New York State Senate, New York City Council, and the Brooklyn Borough President.

As a result of her efforts a host of community, civic, government, political, and business leaders will be hosting empowerment events marking June 2005 Economic Empowerment Month. A wide cross section of the community has endorsed empowerment such as; Seniors for Empowerment, Youth Empowerment Day, Community Empowerment Day, Small Business Empowerment, Techies for Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Men Empowerment. Brooklyn is sometimes known as the Borough of Churches and with so many, authentic men of the cloth, still have time to step up to the plate.

The Success of Black Business Circle has been chronicled on the cover page of the Daily Challenge Newspaper, Afro-Times, and Black Star News. Black Business Circle has also been featured in the Community Journal Newspaper, the New York Trend, Black Star News, Gleaner Extra, The Links Newspaper, New York Beacon, and a host of other publications across the tri-state area.

A Men’s Empowerment Day, featuring a "Man 2 Man" segment, Conversations and Dialogue on Empowerment is scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 11, 2005 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 1320 Sutter Ave. Brooklyn, New York. Topics will include: discussions for men on Faith and Business Empowerment, Community Empowerment, Legal Empowerment, Image & Public Relations Empowerment and more. Vendors are welcome and sisters may come out and support the brothers.

Friday, June 17, 2005 marks the June 2005 Economic Empowerment Reception. The reception is semi-formal and will include a silent auction, dinner, entertainment, and award presentations.

Lisa Washington is one person to watch as she leads a national trend in the area of Empowerment. She's awesome, simply awesome!

For advance registration for general admission, vendor information or to be an Official Event Host during June 2005 Economic Empowerment Month, you may log on today at www.blackbusinesscircle.com click "Free Forum" or you may call 1.718.277.5588.