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Be-Imaginative
BE-IMAGINATIVE is an Emmy Award-winning collective of artists, healers, and community leaders who are dedicated to healing our black and brown communities through multidimensional... Read more
Umami Mart
Kayoko Abakori and and Yoko Kumano founded Umami Mart as an international food + drink blog in 2007. In 2012, they opened their retail shop, Umami Mart, in Oakland. It is a... Read more
Knitting for Community Resiliency
My earliest mentor Jan helped me to choose the business type that I wanted to be in and mentored me all the way to sample production to setting up my knit studio in Oakland. There... Read more
Home Base Spirits
Homewatch CareGivers of Oakland
An MBA prepared Benjamin to run a business, but his SCORE mentor, Jim Carlson, helped him secure a loan. SCORE also encouraged the Blooms to network and to further develop their... Read more