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It was a big night for Erie\u2019s Black Wall Street as they shined a light on local leaders and businesses to celebrate the fourth annual Greenlight Business Awards Gala.<\/p>\n
\u201cBelieve \u2014 no matter what \u2014 it won\u2019t look like anything is moving. But pretty soon everything starts flowing, and then you have lights and everything on you. Such a beautiful thing. Just believe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Ambassador Center at the Marriott Hotel was bustling with energy as the fourth annual Greenlight Business Awards Gala filled the room, honoring Erie\u2019s Black leaders.<\/p>\n
The gala was hosted by Erie\u2019s Black Wall Street, and the event is more than an elegant evening \u2014 it\u2019s a declaration, a celebration, and an investment in the region\u2019s Black entrepreneurs and excellence.<\/p>\n
Each year the gala features a different theme. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cRenaissance Reimagined,\u201d reflecting on the Harlem Renaissance and how it became a cultural movement for African Americans.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Harlem Renaissance was during the Great Depression; however, Black culture was still able to thrive, and they did that through art, through music, through business. So we wanted to capture that moment again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers say this theme also echoes a local Black excellence renaissance happening in the Erie area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more than just recognition. It\u2019s about creating momentum and keeping that success going for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited that anybody even thought to nominate me \u2014 and to think of my girls.\u201d<\/p>\n
With every partnership and every honoree, the gala fuels leadership, opportunity, and generational impact \u2014 proving that when a community aligns around a shared purpose, real change can happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a big night for Erie\u2019s Black Wall Street as they shined a light on local leaders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[59068,31246,136,138,137,59067,59069],"class_list":["post-126532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-black-excellence","tag-black-wall-street","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-greenlight-business-awards","tag-harlem-renaissance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}