July 27, 2020
Summer 2020 Small Biz Map: Supporting businesses by women and people of color in Greater Boston
This summer, YW Boston has partnered with the Boston Ujima Project to curate a list of local businesses run by women and people of color in the Greater Boston Area. Once more, we wanted to share this map of small businesses with the broader community and encourage all of us to mobilize in support of small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will check out the businesses on this list. Below is more information about each business as well as a link to previous editions of our small biz map.
Our people of color- and women of color-owned business map was illustrated by Boston-based artist Tiffany Mallery.
9Tailors
www.9tailors.com
132 Lincoln St, 1L, Boston, MA, 02111
9Tailors is a Chinese-woman-owned custom clothier that is changing the name of the custom-suiting game by modernizing an old-world tradition.
Breadboard Bakery
www.breadandstuff.com
203A Broadway, Arlington, MA, 02474
An Asian-American-woman-owned bakery that offers freshly baked bread, pastries, and more, including pizza dough.
Cool Color Creator
www.coolcolorcreator.com
Online store. Ships from Dorchester.
Cool Color Creator makes 100% soy scented candles made with love and absolutely no liver, lung, and kidney damaging phthalates. Black-owned.
Cultural Fabric
www.culturalfab.com
Online and in-person services. Headquartered in Watertown.
Cultural Fabric’s core program guides participants in critical race inquiry and healing, and supports them in bringing mindfulness-based practices back to their workplaces or communities. Black-owned.
Nos Casa Café
www.noscasacafe.com
475 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA, 02119
Nos Casa Café aims to give back to the community by offering employment to talented women in the community as well as serve its customers with traditional Cape Verdean cuisine. Black-owned.
The Coast Café
www.coastsoulcafe.com
233 River Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139
Opened in 1997, The Coast Café is committed to sharing family recipes, giving back to the community, and serving healthy, savory soul food made with 100% pure love. Black-owned.
TRILLFIT
www.trill.fit/mission-trill
1484 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02120
TRILLFIT is Boston’s original hip hop workout party. We believe that fitness should be fun, inclusive, and set to the illest soundtrack. Black-owned.
We, Ceremony
www.weceremony.com
Online and in-person events. Headquartered in Back Bay.
We, Ceremony is a digital platform that uses storytelling to empower and celebrate women of color by providing digital content and hosting a variety of events.
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We hope you will support diverse businesses, not just during the summer, but year-round. Check out our previous small business maps for more recommendations.
Supporters of YW Boston receive a physical copy of our small business maps in the mail. If you would like to receive future editions, please consider making a gift to support YW Boston’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women.
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About YW Boston
As the first YWCA in the nation, YW Boston has been at the forefront of advancing equity for over 150 years. Through our DE&I services—InclusionBoston and LeadBoston—as well as our advocacy work and F.Y.R.E. Initiative, we help individuals and organizations change policies, practices, attitudes, and behaviors with a goal of creating more inclusive environments where women, people of color, and especially women of color can succeed.
As part of that work, we are helping organizations prioritize Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and become socially connected while staying physically distant. During this time, YW Boston is providing organizations with digital workshops and resources to help them better understand the challenges faced by their employees. For more information, please contact Sheera Bornstein at sheera@ywboston.org.
