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title: 'Celebrating Black owned Oregon businesses during Black History Month'
date: '2021-02-01T09:17:15-08:00'
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categories:
  - Companies
  - Oregon
tags:
  - bhm
  - black
  - 'black history month'
  - 'built marketplace'
  - 'built oregon'
  - 'stephen green'
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# Celebrating Black owned Oregon businesses during Black History Month

It’s become a bit of tradition around here. Started by [Stephen Green](https://twitter.com/PDXStephenG/) and accompanied by the [Built Oregon](https://builtoregon.com/) social media presence, February is focused on helping to raise the visibility of some of the amazing Black owned businesses in Oregon — startup or otherwise. As always, I’ll compile a recap at the end of the month. But if you’d like to follow along, day by day, that would be awesome.

> Kicking off day 1 of [\#BHM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BHM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) coverage with [@claimastories](https://twitter.com/claimastories?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) founded by @storiesbimma. He &amp; his team are helping diverse folks claim seats at tables in the sneaker industry by showing firms the talent that is already out in these streets. [\#SupportBlackBusiness](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SupportBlackBusiness?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)<https://t.co/fmxpff0zkH> [pic.twitter.com/ZZRe5tcLHe](https://t.co/ZZRe5tcLHe)
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> — Stephen Green (@PDXStephenG) [February 1, 2021](https://twitter.com/PDXStephenG/status/1356286425671421952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



> [View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwUfcaBRYM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading)[A post shared by Built Oregon (@builtoregon)](https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwUfcaBRYM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading)



> Day 1 [\#BlackHistoryMonth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackHistoryMonth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)⁠ ⁠ Francis Kungu, of Exilior coffee, a Direct Trade, Single-Origin, Locally Roasted Kenyan Coffee company. Their vision is to create equitable economic &amp; longevity for Kenyans working in coffee communities through the purchase of their coffee. [pic.twitter.com/ilNjeZss8X](https://t.co/ilNjeZss8X)
> 
> — Built Oregon (@BuiltOregon) [February 1, 2021](https://twitter.com/BuiltOregon/status/1356265521616834560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)



If you’d like to support these businesses, many of them can be found on the [Built Marketplace](https://builtoregon.com/marketplace).

*\[Full disclosure: I am the cofounder of Built Oregon.\]*

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