NYC Cocktail Company Presents 3rd Installation of #OnTheMenu Now Series Amplifying Black-Owned Businesses
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New York, New York Hella Cocktail Co. enthusiastically introduces the 3rd installation of #OnTheMenuNow, a series of unfiltered conversations with renowned entrepreneurs, and brand leaders throughout the Food, Beverage, & Hospitality industry. Each conversation uncovers a new story of challenges, successes, and the path to move forward told by the people who lived them.
#OnTheMenuNow kicked off in 2020 with US-based individuals and brands coming together to virtually engage about racial equity, social justice, and intersectional communication. Faced with a global pandemic and a civil rights movement, the year of conversations was monumental, but our work is not done. The 3rd installation will take place during Black History Month all day on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 via Instagram Live, featuring over 30 food, beverage and hospitality brands.
Credit: Photo: Alaric Campbell Photography
Malene Barnett s plate is full. When she isn t traveling between her Caribbean-inspired home in New York City and Temple University in Philadelphia, where she s completing an MFA in ceramics, she s exploring the future of dwellings for Black families through Obsidian, a first-of-its-kind concept house.
The project is seminal for the Black Artists + Designers Guild, the nonprofit she founded with an unapologetic mission of carving out space for Black design talent. The guild is not about, how are we going to show up in your space? My point was, we don t need your space to show up. That s why we created our own, she says.