The Blacksonville Community Network (BCN) develops custom social marketing campaigns and digital literacy programs that foster new leadership, social responsibility, digital preservation, and civic engagement to spur inclusive and sustainable economic activity in local disadvantaged communities.
Join BCN for a host of upcoming business networking events for entrepreneurs and area businesses excutives. Looking for new leads? Interested in taking your business online? Still trying to find use for social networking? Have your questions answered by professionals.
August 27th, 2010 marks the 50th Anniversary of the incident known as Ax Handle Saturday, when members of the NAACP Youth Council came together to protest segregated lunch counters in downtown Jacksonville and were confronted by an angry, ax-wielding white mob of klansmen that attacked bystanders. As part of a series of events taking place August 25th-28th in reflection of Ax Handle Saturday..
African American consumers are gravitating toward online, mobile and other technologies faster than the general population. Marketers will have to adopt numerous technologies if they hope to remain relevant among a growing, more platform-diverse multicultural audience.
The Northeast Florida Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Committee and “Collaborative Partners” will host the Annual Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival 2010™, a four day, internationally renowned travel (bus and cruise ) cultural event. Each year the annual festival migrates to different parts of the African Diaspora in observance of the unique and diverse Gullah/Geechee culture.
