As Black History Month comes to a close, Organize Me! Radio is taking the time to recognize trailblazers and disruptors in the organizing industry. The six founders of the National Association of Black Professional Organizers (NABPO) saw a need and created a safe space for BIPOC professional organizers. In this episode, Naeemah chats with her fellow Founders as they discuss why it's so important for groups like NABPO to take up space in the organizing industry.

NABPO’s mission is to empower and educate existing and start-up minority and women-owned businesses and other disadvantaged entrepreneurs by providing the appropriate resources and referrals to meet their business needs.

In 2015, Naeemah Ford Goldson created a Facebook group for women of color who were either in the professional organizing industry or thinking about becoming professional organizers. She created the group because women of color in the industry were drastically underrepresented, and lacked the support and resources for starting their businesses.

Having joined several other professional organizer groups previously, Naeemah never felt welcomed in any of those groups. She noticed her questions were being met with snarky responses, or not being answered at all. She then started to observe the different groups and noticed the same trend for other women of color. She reached out to some of those women and asked if they would like to join her group, and kept it exclusive to women of color.

Fast forward to 2017, Naeemah gathered a group of organizers from her Facebook group for brunch, they loved their connection so much, they decided to meet up again to brainstorm ideas on how they could collaborate. Several months later, NABPO was born. The six Founders are Naeemah Ford Goldson, Dina R. Smith, Tiffany Blassingame, Carolyn Rogers, Shaheedah Hill, and Naomi Kyalo.

NABPO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and has members all across the country. It’s the only association that provides a listing of minority professional organizers, productivity experts, and coaches for potential clients to interact with.

If you are interested in joining or donating to NABPO, please visit their website https://nabpo.org

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