Voyage has always believed that tomorrow will be better than today. We continue to believe this. We started Voyage because we felt the media often ignored stories that didn't fit their agenda. They were quick to headline failing black schools, but overlooking thriving black businesses. Willing to talk about increasing incarceration rates, but failing to show the development and expansion of minority entrepreneurship, thought-leadership and culture. How people are represented inevitably affects how they are viewed and treated. We must shed light on the struggles, but we must also focus on the positive. When the media fails to do so, even if they are well-intentioned, they are painting a false, counterproductive and one-dimensional image of a community that is so much more. Over the past few years, we have had the good fortune of featuring over 50,000 black-owned businesses, black entrepreneurs, creatives and leaders across the Voyage cities. Their stories matter. The images documenting their success matter. Their lives matter. They matter. There is always more to do and so we are asking our community to send us shoutouts of amazing black artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. We'd love to know what you love about them so we can all share in that love. Together, we will make tomorrow better than today. Natalya Romo Jones of the The San Gabriel Valley Section of the National Council of Negro Women Incorporated @natalyamarie ; @sgvncnw ; @playgroundent shoutouting out @smallbitequeen (J&D Catering) Moni Oyedepo, Creator of @platonictheseries shouting out: @theblackberryvine @doohicky_craftique @bloomandplume @bloomandplumecoffee Michael Cory Davis, Actor/Filmmaker/Public Speaker/Humanitarian @mcorydavis shouting out @darkan2000 Whitley Porter, Content Creator & Life Coach @whitley_porter shoutingout @osamoje Jalisa Johnson, Community Organizer @_soulflo shouting out @son.studio Marquisa Gardner of Throne Performing Arts @Thronedancecrew @thequeenofkrump shouting out @_signatureblack