October 5th, 2021

Partners

Chef

Marcus Samuelsson

Marcus Samuelsson

Red Rooster Harlem

Marcus Samuelsson is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, philanthropist and food activist. His most recent restaurant is New York City’s acclaimed Red Rooster Harlem, which opened in December 2010. The restaurant celebrates the roots of American cuisine in one of New York City’s liveliest and most culturally rich neighborhoods. Chef Samuelsson has been featured on Iron Chef, Chopped All-Stars, Top Chef Masters, 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, The Martha Stewart Show, the Today show, and his own television show, The Inner Chef, on Discovery Network.

While he has been honored by the prestigious James Beard Foundation on multiple occasions, including “Rising Star Chef” (1999), “Best Chef: New York City” (2003) and “Best International Cookbook” (2007), Marcus continues to maintain humility with regard to the art of food and his UNICEF endeavors, working toward immunization and curbing malnutrition for children throughout the world.

Flowers

Harry J. Design

Harry J. Design is a floral design company based in New York City. We specialize in effortlessly designed arrangements that bring beauty and delight to each occasion.

 We design beyond the idea of "just flowers" and utilize each piece as a design moment to complement the overall project. Specializing in personal service for private events, corporate clients, home deliveries, holiday decor, private parties, and weddings.

Candles

Shauvan Christian

Shavaun Christian

Spoken Flames

Shavaun Christian is a Creative Director, Strategist, and Founder of Spoken Flames, a direct-to-consumer experiential candle brand that’s earned recognition for its innovative approach to self-care. Spoken Flames curates immersive candle experiences—with the help of augmented reality (AR)—to engage your senses and stimulate your mind. 

Shavaun works with agencies, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to deliver creative solutions and consult across brand strategy, design, and digital through essy & jo. But when (work) life gets crazy, Shavaun lights candles, which is the premise of Spoken Flames. She's intentionally crafted a multisensory candle that encourages a more introspective and sensorial self-care experience. She believes that self-awareness is self-care: when you know how you feel, you can truly tap into what you desire.

Totes

IamAnishinaabe

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe is a Native Apparel Designer, Jewelry Maker & Beadwork Artist. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Bemidji State University, MN, in Business Administration in Management, and a Management Information Systems minor.

Coffee

Red Bay Coffee

Red Bay Coffee Roasters was founded in 2014 by Keba Konte, a renowned artist and successful food entrepreneur with deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area specialty coffee and hospitality industry.

Red Bay Coffee is at the forefront of what we believe is the fourth wave of coffee—a firm commitment to ensure coffee production is not only high quality and sustainable, but a vehicle for diversity, inclusion, social and economic restoration, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability. We are foodies, artists, activists, community folk, and innovators who love, love, love what we do.

Red Bay seeks to create unity by hiring and serving people of all backgrounds, striving to be diverse and inclusive of those who have traditionally been left out of the specialty coffee industry, especially people of color, the formerly incarcerated, women and people with disabilities.