Entrepreneur creates space for Black professionals aimed toward building community through culture [Video]

Entrepreneur creates community through culture

An entrepreneur in Minneapolis is making it her mission to create an inclusive space for Black professionals to fill a void in the Twin Cities.

Recent “Greater MSP” studies have shown the region has improved in retaining people from out of state recruited for employment. However, when it comes to retaining highly educated people of color, it’s a challenge.

Through The B Suite, Jhaelynn Elam, The B Suite CEO, is building community through culture — and she’s seeing the impact first-hand.

Bria Black, a Target Corporation employee, and her husband moved from Louisiana, ready to start from scratch, but the new chapter wasn’t so welcoming.

“We were alone, and everything was not what we thought it would be,” Black said.

Stuck in isolation in 2018, finding a community she identified with felt out of reach.

“I was in my room crying,” Black said. “I was really distraught.”

Elam faced those …