Entrepreneur Bridgid Coulter Cheadle talks importance of community spaces in ‘Our America: In the Black Conversations’ episode 7 [Video]

As a now-millionaire who grew up on the poverty line, Bridgid Coulter Cheadle knows that money provides power. That’s why she decided to create Blackbird House, a collective and physical space designed for women of color to connect and do business.

In this episode of “Our America: In The Black Conversations,” Cheadle spoke with entrepreneur Arlan Hamilton about how she used her interior design experience to build Blackbird, which is a luxury office space located in a warehouse in Los Angeles. She created the space with the knowledge that Black women like herself, and other women of color, typically have less access to entrepreneurial opportunities.

“It is a space centered on women of color and open to allies, and a lot of times we’re under-resourced and undervalued,” Cheadle said. “I wanted to make sure you came in, and you knew no detail was left unthought of, no texture that I think is beautiful …