{"id":1272,"date":"2022-04-11T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2022-06-07T21:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:18:31","slug":"business-equity-for-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/business-equity-for-indy\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Equity for Indy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turning No into a Yes of Endless Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1275\" width=\"219\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image.png 794w, https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-768x990.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E152\">Hearing no wasn\u2019t something new for me, but how I responded to that feedback changed my life and career, creating a catalyst for change and possibilities. \u201cDon\u2019t listen to those who say&nbsp;<em>YOU CAN\u2019T<\/em>. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.\u201d \u2013 Shirley Chisholm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"E162\">Growing up, I heard,<em>\u00a0\u201cNo, you are too smart for an HBCU.\u201d<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>However, receiving a letter of recommendation to go to a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) propelled me into one of the best decisions I\u2019ve ever made. I decided to attend an HBCU, the prestigious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (now the largest HBCU in the country), because they touted being young, gifted, and Black as the \u201cstandard.\u201d They challenged me to attend the university, and they offered something more than the standard. Throughout my four years at A&amp;T, I heard \u201cAggies Do\u201d and \u201c\u2026this is a place where dreamers become achievers\u201d. And those words set me on a path to achieve greatness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/businessequityindy.com\/turning-no-into-a-yes-of-endless-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article on Business Equity for Indy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning No into a Yes of Endless Opportunities Hearing no wasn\u2019t something new for me, but how I responded to that feedback changed my life and career, creating a catalyst for change and possibilities. \u201cDon\u2019t listen to those who say&nbsp;YOU CAN\u2019T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.\u201d \u2013 Shirley Chisholm Growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dardengroupllc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}