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Maggie Anderson
Maggie Anderson, JD, MBA, helps organizations advance racial equity, supply chain inclusion, and business growth. An award-winning economist, lecturer, and author of Our Black Year, she's recognized by Harvard University and featured on CNN and The New York Times.
Maggie Anderson, JD, MBA, is an economist, lecturer, and author who shows organizations how conscious consumerism, supply chain inclusion, and support for Black-owned businesses drive economic equity and growth.
She studied law under Barack Obama, served as a legislative aide to Congressman John Lewis, and worked as an executive at McDonald's reporting to the CEO. In 2009 she and her family committed to buying exclusively from Black-owned businesses for a year. That project, The Empowerment Experiment, led to a Kellogg study finding that nearly one million jobs could be created through greater support for Black-owned firms.
Her book, Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy, drew praise from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Maggie brings that research and first-hand experience to universities, associations, nonprofits, and corporations, showing how spending and supplier decisions shape neighborhoods and opportunity. She also hosts The Maggie Anderson Show, featuring business leaders and changemakers from communities of color.
Audiences leave with a clear picture of how the racial wealth gap plays out in everyday spending, practical steps to widen supplier diversity, and a case for economic inclusion that benefits every community. She has been recognized by Harvard University, BET, and New York Life, and has appeared on CNN, PBS NewsHour, and in The New York Times.
Book Maggie for a research-backed, personal session on economic justice that moves audiences to act.
Topics, sessions and talks
Maggie Anderson recounts her family's groundbreaking year-long commitment to supporting Black businesses. This initiative highlighted the critical role of self-help economics in the Black community and raised awareness of the challenges faced by Black families. Attendees will gain insights into economic empowerment, conscious consumerism, and the importance of community support, all drawn from Maggie's experiences and her book, Our Black Year.
Maggie Anderson highlights the lack of Black-owned businesses in Chicago despite significant spending by the Black community. She critiques how corporations profit from this demographic without reinvesting in it. As a leader in the conscious consumerism movement, Maggie advocates for supporting minority-owned businesses to strengthen underserved communities. Attendees will learn how their purchasing choices can foster economic growth and equity, benefiting both minority communities and society at large.
Maggie Anderson addresses the urgent need to create jobs for minority groups affected by economic downturns. She explores America's racially divided economy, the lack of supplier diversity, and the economic disenfranchisement of these communities. Maggie also examines the implications of ethnic groups supporting their own businesses and how public perception varies. Attendees will gain insights into fostering community leadership and empowerment, inspiring them to become catalysts for positive change in their own communities.
Maggie Anderson, an everyday mom, has sparked a transnational movement driven by her passion for social change. In her inspiring presentation, she encourages women, whether mothers, professionals, or homemakers, to discover their own causes and extend their impact beyond their immediate circles. Maggie's message highlights that anyone can make a difference, as she has demonstrated through The Empowerment Experiment. Attendees will learn how to harness their potential to effect positive change in their communities.
Maggie Anderson, JD, MBA, pairs academic rigor with a lived experiment that produced a Kellogg study on Black business and job creation. Organizations planning Black History Month, supplier diversity, or economic inclusion programs get evidence and a story audiences act on, as American Express and Rutgers Business School found.
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