Meredith Lilly Selected As First Black Woman to Hold Senior Advisor Role to Georgia’s U.S. Senator Warnock
Atlanta, GA February 25, 2023– Veteran Strategist, Meredith Lilly, and former State Director has been promoted in a historic move as Senior Advisor to United States Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. Meredith is the first Black Woman to serve in this capacity and will be the liaison between Washington, D.C. and Georgia.
Read full storySouthern Crescent Women In Business Expands Partnerships to Help Access Credit & Capital
Henry County, February 23, 2023– Southern Crescent Women in Business continues to set the standard again with small business and women owned business support by expanding their partnerships and collaborations. The first entity in South Atlanta to sign a Strategic Alliance with the Georgia Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, is now partnering to provide credit and capital access.
Read full storyEmpowerment On Another Level with Southern Crescent Women in Business
Hampton, GA, December 10, 2022– Southern Crescent Women in Business has set the standard again with their 3rdAnnual Chairwomen Empowerment Luncheon and Awards. The Luncheon has become a staple in the local business community and sets the tone for the following year, while wrapping up the current year. This year’s luncheon and awards raised the bar with not one speaker but several phenomenal speakers, including the Keynote Speaker, Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant. Dr. Bryant is nationally and internationally known for his amazing oratorical skills. The luncheon included other Guest Speakers Yasmine Murray, COO & General Counsel of H.J. Russell and Company, Henry County State Court Judge Chaundra Lewis, Emmy Award Winning Poet Laureate Hank Stewart, and Entrepreneur Alicia Williams.
Read full storyLocal Initiative Makes Impact In Literacy for Another Year with Over 1000 Books Donated
Henry County, GA – December 19th, 2022– Real Leaders Read Initiative and its Founder, Ariel Shaw, MBA, has rounded out its Impact on Literacy with a final donation to local elementary school, Pates Creek Elementary on Friday, December 9th, 2022. With strategic partners, Mt. Olive Baptist Church led by Pastor Terrance J, Gattis, Global Impact Ministries led by Pastor Coylitia O’Neal, and book donations from the public; Real Leaders Read donated over 1000 books to Henry County Schools.
Read full story50 Most Influential Women of The Southern Crescent Region
Hampton, GA, December 10, 2022– The Southern Crescent Women in Business revealed The Inaugural 2023 Top 50 Most Influential Women of The Southern Crescent. The 50 Most Influential Women List is comprised of some of the most talented and influential women South of I-20 across multiple industries and is powered by SCWIB.
Read full storySouthern Crescent Women In Business Funds Fifth Woman-Owned Business in Yearly Funding Pitch on October 26th
Stockbridge, GA October 31, 2022- Southern Crescent Women in Business Inc hosted their Annual Funding Pitch on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at the City of Stockbridge’s Merle Manders Conference Center. This is their third time hosting this event that helps fund women-owned businesses in the Southern Crescent. According to Founder Ariel Shaw, the Southern Crescent encompasses Henry County, Clayton County, Fayette County, and portions of Dekalb County. Shaw states, “Southern Crescent Women in Business has maintained dedicated to assisting women-owned businesses in the region through education, support, advocacy, empowerment, and non-traditional forms of funding- because we simply want to help another woman owned business be successful.”
Read full storySouthern Crescent Women In Business to Host Their Funding Pitch with V103’s Maria Boynton
This contains Sponsored advertisement. Atlanta, GA, October 6, 2022- Southern Crescent Women in Business Inc is hosting their Annual Funding Pitch on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at the City of Stockbridge’s Merle Manders Conference Center. This is their third time hosting this event that helps fund women-owned businesses in the Southern Crescent. Even pivoting to an online platform during the pandemic and opting out of the event last year, Southern Crescent Women in Business has maintained dedicated to assisting women-owned businesses in the region through education, support, advocacy, empowerment, and non-traditional forms of funding.
Read full storySBA Georgia District Office Enters Strategic Alliance Memorandum with Southern Crescent Women in Business, Inc
ATLANTA – On August 24, U.S. Small Business Administration’s Georgia Director Terri Denison joined Southern Crescent Women in Business Founder Ariel Shaw at the Henry County Government Offices for the signing of a Strategic Alliance Memorandum. Also present were Congressman David Scott (GA-13) Liaison Duro Haynes, Henry County Chairwoman Carlotta Harrell, Stockbridge Councilman Elton Alexander, along with members and partners of Southern Crescent Women in Business.
Read full storyLocal Entrepreneurs Awarded Grants
Stockbridge, GA- June 11, 2022– Southern Crescent Women In Business Inc founder, Ariel Shaw, MBA, since creating this platform for women owned businesses and women in business, has continued to support this demographic in various ways, from drafting legislation, funding to training. The most recent Female Entrepreneurship CoHort for Spring 2022 was met with another kind act from Shaw. Shaw awarded three participants of the CoHort a $1500 Scholarship each to cover their costs, materials and trainings within the Intense 10 Session CoHort. Shaw states “there should be no barriers to women having access to education and information to be better businesswomen and business savvy.”
Read full storySouthern Crescent Women in Business Held It’s 2022 Women in Business Awards Honoring Women In The Marketplace
STOCKBRIDGE, GA- April 8th, 2022– Southern Crescent Women In Business held its Annual 2022 Women in Business Awards at Eagles Landing Country Club to culminate the end of Women’s History Month on March 31, 2022. According to Founder, Ariel Shaw, MBA, these are local women who have made impact in the marketplace across the for-profit and not for profit sectors. The highly anticipated event featured congratulatory words from the U. S. Senator Raphael Warnock, U.S. Congressman David Scott, and Business Mogul Kimberly Chapman of Sheen Magazine and Nairobi Products. Several current & past elected officials were present, to include former Fulton Commissioner John Eaves, Stockbridge Mayor Anthony Ford & Georgia Senator Tonya Anderson who served as Keynote Speaker. Serving as host for the evening was Meredith Lily, Global Entrepreneur and State Director for the Office of U.S. Senator Warnock. The Awards were presented by Entrepreneur and Speaker Tanisha Bowman. Southern Crescent Women and Business received a Proclamation for their outstanding work in the community by The City of Stockbridge and Mayor Anthony S. Ford.
Read full storySouthern Crescent Women In Business Releases The List of Its 2022 Women in Business Honorees
STOCKBRIDGE, GA- March 29, 2022– Southern Crescent Women In Business has released their 2022 Women in Business Honorees. According to Founder, Ariel Shaw, MBA, these are local women who have made impact in the marketplace across the for-profit and not for profit sectors. The highly anticipated event has congratulatory features from the U. S. Senator Raphael Warnock, U.S. Congressman David Scott, and Business Mogul Kimberly Chapman of Sheen Magazine and Nairobi Products. Keynote Speaker is Georgia Senator Tonya Anderson. The evening’s host is Meredith Lilly, Global Entrepreneur and State Director for the Office of Senator Warnock. The Awards will be presented by Entrepreneur and Speaker Tanisha Bowman.
Read full storyLocal Developer Who Created Eagles Landing Now Apart Of Major Transportation Development in Macon, GA
ATLANTA, GA- February 11, 2022- J.T. Williams, the developer of The Eagles Landing Community is serving as a Co-CEO of Georgia Mobility Company which is changing transportation as we know it. Macon, Georgia’s Mayor Lester Miller signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Georgia Mobility Company, of Atlanta, GA, an affiliate of JPODs of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to install the first Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) in the world to be placed in Macon-Bibb County. The first solar powered transportation network will be built at zero cost to the Macon-Bibb county and taxpayers.
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