UPS Launches New Business Grant Program and Box Artwork In Honor of Black History Month

Photo: UPS Packaging (Image via UPS ). Article by Dana Givens. Black Enterprise – February 3, 2021

Black History Month is in full swing and numerous corporations have launched unique initiatives to celebrate the achievements of the Black community along with its pioneering figures.

This week, UPS unveiled its new limited edition artwork to commemorate Black History Month along with a new business grant program aimed toward uplifting Black entrepreneurs. The company hired Brooklyn-based Black and South Asian artist Sophie Yeshi, who owns Yeshi Designs, for the project. The artwork for the Express boxes is a part of the company’s “Proudly Unstoppable” campaign made to amplify Black voices and provide aid for Black-owned small businesses. […]

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Related:

Black History – biography.com

Black History Month – history.com

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture – nmaahc.si.edu

African American History Month Resources – archives.gov

African American History Month -africanamericanhistorymonth.gov