Ethan Daly
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Welcoming Cleveland | GigRoots Podcast Welcoming America Series, pt. 4Are Immigrants the Secret Weapon to Advancing Black Achievement in America?And Cleveland, OH Enters the Race to Become the New Wakanda. About the episode:In this final episod
Welcoming Sioux City | GigRoots Podcast Welcoming America Series pt. 3Protests Made Their Way to Many Quiet, Midwestern Towns. But There's A Continued Disconnect Between Immigrants And People Of Color. About the episode:As we know, change happe
Welcoming Twin Falls | GigRoots Podcast Welcoming America Series, pt. 2Twins Falls, Idaho Is Growing Thanks to Latinx Surge. But It's Hard Work Getting Ahead.About the Episode:Twin Falls, Idaho is home to the kind of companies associated with t
Welcoming St. Louis | GigRoots Podcast Welcoming America Series, pt. 1The St. Louis Mosaic Project Wants to Draw More Immigrants To Help The City Bounce Back.About the Episode:St. Louis is fervently seeking in order to draw in new residents. At
Welcome to Season 3!Immigrants Mean Business. But What Happens If New Americans Are No Longer Welcome?Immigrants make up roughly 1-in-4 of the business owners in America. They are shop owners, freelancers, side-hustlers, and more. Together they
Cultivating love for black hair across multiple generations—that’s hopefully a positive sign of things to come. If popular media is any indication, promoting self-acceptance of black hair is gaining some serious ground. I caught up with Latashi
During this episode, we’re heading south to Greenville, South Carolina. If you hop on I-85 it would take you slightly less than two hours to get to Charlotte, North Carolina. Atlanta Georgia is about three hours in the other direction. Greenvil
Something that we don’t often think about in our day to day is what we would do during an emergency. Let’s suppose for a moment that your working from home during the pandemic (not much of a stretch, I know). Then a family member starts choking
This episode, we’re in Flint Michigan. It’s situated about an hour outside of Detroit—the Motor City. We all know about the economic downturn of the automotive industry that hit D-town especially hard. And by extension Flint saw its primary lab
Right now, lots of Americans are discussing the importance of supporting black-owned businesses. When we launched GigRoots back in April of this year— the whole idea was to shine a light on the many people of color operating businesses in citie
About the episode:As of 2018, the gig economy comprised roughly 36% of the workforce, that’s about 57 million American workers. Many of these individuals have to trade off job flexibility for things like relatively low pay and lack of benefits.
Attah Obande | Spring GR | Grand Rapids, MIEntrepreneur. Community Leader. Changemaker. Attah Obande takes on many roles for the city of Grand Rapids. This includes the roles of immigrant, husband, father, and a black man in America. How does o
Noah Adair | Emmaus | Chicago, ILNoah Adair is the Executive Director for Emmaus Ministries in Chicago, IL. Emmaus is a non-profit that fights sex trafficking and exploitation for the many homeless men and teens mostly scattered throughout the
Monika Matthews | Queencare | Seattle, WAThe COVID-19 is still going on, but only sort of...Suffice it to say, plenty more things have redirected our national attention in the meantime. Black Lives Matter is nothing new, neither is civil rights
Not every startup is tech related, and not every starter is tech savvy. In fact, many microenterprises we interview on this show admit to struggling with how to leverage technology to benefit their business. Arianna Waller started Wallway Techn
Alisha Lauchie owns and operates Five14 Candle Company, spreading light and life through a line of handmade products. She opened her doors in 2016, and ever since she’s been on a mission to promote peace and joy to households everywhere. Links:
This episode I speak with community leader and my good friend BJ Stewart. BJ serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Urban Impact in Seattle Washington. Seattle is a global hot spot, a tech powerhouse with a buzzing scene for startups. But of
In the first season of GigRoots, we’ve been speaking with entrepreneurs from all across the country about the effects of quarantine on their various endeavors. And of course every type of business is different. Just like each community has its
Cindy Beresford owns The Rise Salon. She focuses on cultivating beauty for women through wearing their hair naturally. Depending on who you are, that may not seem like a big deal — but many black women struggle with societal conceptions of beau
Zora Dawson runs IZB Naturals, offering a line of products that promote healthy skin and natural beauty. Zora has big dreams for her business— and she wants to use her brand to help promote togetherness, positivity, and celebrate beauty in all
What many people may not know is that the gig economy is nothing new. In this episode, Aleka Thrash talks about growing up and watching her mother take on extra side-hustles in addition to both parents working full-time jobs. Aleka herself work
In this episode, I talk with Andre Walker of Miami, FL. His latest enterprise is called Hydro Water. It’s a water fortified with minerals to help boost the immune system and improve overall health. Andre has been invovled in many areas touching
In this episode I’m speaking with Nancy Quero. She came to the US at the age of 18 from the state of Ouaxaca, Mexico. Grand Rapids has about a 15% Hispanic population as of the most recent census data. But that doesn’t begin to capture the many
In this episode I talk with Lisa Marsh from Chicago, IL. Her baked goods business is called Ms P’s Gluten Free. After spending twenty years in public service, Lisa jumped into retirement ready to begin her journey as an entrepreneur. Like many
In this episode I talk with Care Allen. She runs a home-based business called True2Size Shoes, an online shop that offers women an array of styles to fit feet of any size. In response to the spread of the coronavirus, Care’s microbusiness has s
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