The initiative is generously funded by a $25 million grant from Koch Industries and the Charles Koch Foundation and administered by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Jared Brown currently manages a national initiative designed to advance the study and application of principled entrepreneurship, innovation and the economic way of thinking.
He also coordinates a $25 million initiative designed to cultivate the next generation of black entrepreneurs at the United Negro College Fund.  Jared Brown is operations director of Black upStart, a social enterprise designed to support aspiring African American entrepreneurs. Although your family and friends may not accept you, there is a strong community of people who are ready to embrace you and love you unconditionally. Seek out the black LGBTQ/SGL community.Your value doesn’t decrease by someone’s inability to see your worth. Use your strength in the service of your vision. Three things you can do to live authentically: We repeatedly hear things like “don’t be effeminateâ€� or “don’t be gay.â€� What people are really saying is “don’t be yourself.â€� As Lorde reminds us, God gives us the authority to define ourselves for ourselves. According to Youth Pride Services, 51% of black LGBTQ/SGL youth experience rejection after coming out to family and friends.
And yet, far too often black LGBTQ/ SGL youth are punished for being themselves.
