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Issa Rae is paying it forward this holiday season. The 35-year-old actress, producer, and entrepreneur has teamed up with American Express for its Small Business Saturday campaign to support local businesses ahead of the annual event on Nov. 28. Throughout the year, small-business owners have stood tall against adversity and pivoted their operations to support communities and essential workers, and Rae knows they need our support now more than ever.
"Anything that I can do to highlight and help the struggling small businesses, the struggling small Black businesses in particular in my neighborhood, I'm all for doing," she told Popsugar on Nov. 23. "I don't think people understand that it is really up to us. It is up to consumers, it is up to you, as a fan of whatever small business you support, to talk about it, to boast about it. If you're not telling people about these businesses,...
Photo courtesy of American Express
Issa Rae is paying it forward this holiday season. The 35-year-old actress, producer, and entrepreneur has teamed up with American Express for its Small Business Saturday campaign to support local businesses ahead of the annual event on Nov. 28. Throughout the year, small-business owners have stood tall against adversity and pivoted their operations to support communities and essential workers, and Rae knows they need our support now more than ever.
"Anything that I can do to highlight and help the struggling small businesses, the struggling small Black businesses in particular in my neighborhood, I'm all for doing," she told Popsugar on Nov. 23. "I don't think people understand that it is really up to us. It is up to consumers, it is up to you, as a fan of whatever small business you support, to talk about it, to boast about it. If you're not telling people about these businesses,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
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