Flint & Genesee Group

Description

Please join Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance for the Flint & Genesee Business Bridge Kick-off – an inspiring and motivating event for minority-owned small businesses in Genesee County. Connect with other small business owners, hear from panels of experts, talk with small business and community resource partners, and present your products and/or services to buyers from larger Genesee County organizations and government entities.

You also can register for the Business Bridge during the event if you have not done so yet. The Business Bridge is an online directory of minority-owned small businesses in Genesee County. Listing your business on the Business Bridge is free and a great way to grow your connections.
For more information, please contact Tracy Joseph, Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance, at tjoseph@flintandgenesee.org or Ebonie Gipson, I’m Building Something Consulting, LLC, at imbuildingllc@gmail.com.

Get Prepared

On October 18, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance will host a workshop for participants where we’ll discuss tips and tricks on how to lean into their strengths, build customer/client relationships and confidently sell their business. For additional details, contact Brianna Mosier at bmosier@flintandgenesee.org.
 

Meet Your Facilitator: 
Ashnee V. Dunning is a community organizer working to encourage positive collaboration and dynamic implementation throughout Flint, Genesee County, and the state of Michigan. Some of Ms. Young’s experience includes working as an Assistant Director for the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD), Special Events Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County, Homeless Outreach Coordinator to the Genesee County Continuum of Care, and a high school Spanish instructor and media coordinator with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. 

She has over a decade of experience serving youth, adults, families and communities in various capacities. Ashnee has engaged as a national trainer for the Children's Defense Fund, Technology Chair of the Flint Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, participant in the Flint and Genesee Group’s Leadership NOW program, and many other community-driven opportunities. 

Ashnee currently serves as a strategy consultant with the Power Initiative, a social profit agency that engages in programs, services, projects and relationships that support communities to identify gaps and facilitate solutions to real life experiences. She is also the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, and Program Director of the Flint Freedom Schools Collaborative. She considers herself to be a lifelong learner and is often in search of opportunities to support those who seek to uplift others.