Dr. Niama L. Williams, Founder, Blowing Up Barriers Enterprises
The fierce are rarely accoladed first because they are known for dissent and its frequent companion, brilliance. Michelle Roberts is one of the fiercest, most brilliant women I know.
After 20 years plus in academia, I had to look outside of the ivory tower for the woman who has the solution for African America. Michelle Roberts has the insight and the tenacity to rightly claim that we bought the White House for Barack Obama $80 at a time, an old-fashioned Internet rent party she calls it, and she doesn't see why we can't do that nationwide and run our own communities.
Michelle Roberts' vision is simple and magnificent: The local Boys and Girls Club needs basketballs, we buy them. The local school needs to keep its best teachers, we cover their salaries. The local community bank needs a new roof, they come to us: the Pillars of the Bridge.
We will have the capital, we will have the organizational finesse, we will have a history of working together as entrepreneurs of African descent for whom the collective was always more important than the individual.
Michelle Roberts shepherds this vision, how else but fiercely, every Monday night at 9 p.m. for one hour. The cutting edge of her ministry, for it is a ministry, not just a vision, has called this Ph.D. in from the cold, and tempered her Aries determination to always do it her way and listen to no one else.
When Blowing Up Barriers Enterprises needs business advice, I call Michelle Roberts. If you want to become a part of the vision of what entrepreneurship can really do for the Black community, you will too. August 20, 2009
Ned Barnett, Owner, Barnett Marketing Communications
“Michelle is a class act who puts her money (her whole life, actually) where her mouth (and her heart) is. She's dedicated, hard-working and is making a difference in peoples' lives. Her word is her bond, which is important in any walk of life but especially in social services. Just as important, she not only thinks outside the box, she's dismantled the box and burnt it as firewood. She believes in the INDIVIDUAL, and works to promote individualism in all people, even those whom life has knocked down, then kicked hard. She believes that tough love and compassion are not mutually exclusive - and she practices that belief. I'm proud to call her "friend." Ned Barnett” March 14, 2009
Belinda Anderson, Health & Wellness Editor, Not Ur Momma's News
“Since Michelle found me out on the network...it has given me the opportunity to learn and grow as a member of her staff of NUMN. I know that everyday I can count on her guidance and leadership as not only the publisher but also as a friend. She is always willing to extend herself to others and is a strong believer in pay it forward and seeding into the community. When I think of what I might say to others who don't know her...I would say she is da bomb.” April 23, 2009
Jessica Angelique, Owner, Angelique Inc
“Michelle is a dedicated, hard-working entreprenuer. Her experience in taking a small idea global, is impressive and is to be commended. Her company's success speaks for itself. She is fantastic at marketing and advertising and is great to work with. I definitely recommend Michelle; she truly is the best.” November 7, 2008
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