🌈 For Pride month, we were invited to join @streetlet and the city of Santa Monica, CA for the inaugural Made With Pride pop up market @santamonicaplace. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in June, @soulfoodcandlecompany and 14 additional vendors set up shop and basked in the beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community. We shared stories, laughed, cried, and most importantly made new family. Not only did this experience provide us the opportunity to establish generational wealth but it also gave us the platform to get our small business out to the world. Starting a small business is no easy feat and despite the fears and doubt socially constructed to prevent us from moving forward, we went against the grain and did the unthinkable. We saw a problem and set out to ensure our communities and identities were and are always SEEN, HEARD and, REPRESENTED. This is the beginning of a new era, where Black, Indigenous, Puerto Rican, Trans, Non Binary and ultimately POC will be praised and respected and not fetishized and criminalized. We are our ancestors prodigy and are excited to continue establishing a foundation for generations that follow. Thank you @foxnewsla , @gooddayla , @losangelesblade , @weho_times , @argonautnews , @abc7la @abcnews , and most importantly @neginsingh , @laurabaenehama , @shopstreetlet, and @santamonicaplace for this transformative opportunity. #candlebusiness #blackbusiness #latinxbusiness #puertorico #smallbusiness #lgbt #nonbinary #gooddayla #santamonica #growth #fyp #localnews #losangeles #pride #pridemonth #securethescent