To: Permanent Forum on People of African Descent Secretariat
To: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
To: All African Permanent Missions in New York
Cc: All Delegations Attending 2nd PFPAD

New York City, May 30th, 2023 – On this historic gathering, we issue this open letter with a call to action.

We, at the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), are calling for all delegations and organizations coming to New York City to support the economic empowerment of Black entrepreneurs by spending their dollars prioritizing Black owned businesses. We as a collective, must make it a policy to be patronizing Black businesses when they attend international events and have official or personal visits across the Global African Diaspora.

CALL TO ACTION: It is in this light that we, MIPAD, hereby call everyone to coordinate efforts and use the readily available and current Black-owned business directory made available by the City of New York.

NYC BLACK BUSINESS DIRECTORY: https://lnkd.in/dmKpA3dh

Over 3,300 Black owned businesses listed. You can search by industry, borough and zip code.

Learn more about Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) https://lnkd.in/duaKPnGx

If you are a Black owned business or know a business owned business not yet in the directory and will like it included in this global Black business directory, please click https://lnkd.in/dGXXf8Sp to ADD YOUR VOICE.

A similar effort was coordinated by MIPAD, during the last annual United Nations General Assembly and during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C.

Regards,
MIPAD Team.
www.mipad.org