I am Maggie Anderson. I wrote the book, "Our Black Year". IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK...IF YOU BELIEVE IN MY STAND, PLEASE BUY MY BOOK FROM MY FAMILY'S AND FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE - www.OurBlackYear.com
MY BIO
Maggie Anderson and her family made history and dominated headlines as global media covered their year-long stand living exclusively off businesses, professionals, and products from the Black community. The Empowerment Experiment (EE). EE resulted in a landmark study conducted by Kellogg, which proved that 1 million new jobs could be created in America with a small increase of support to Black-owned businesses and/or mainstream firms that engage them.
Maggie authored the critically acclaimed book, Our Black Year. Publishers Weekly called it “Dynamite!” Business and community leaders like Cathy Hughes, Marc Morial, and Alfred Edmond, have also praised Maggie’s stand. Edmond states, “the Andersons’ economic odyssey is nothing short of heroic.” Cathy Hughes, owner of TV One and Radio One, said “Thank God for this level of commitment to our Black Community”
Chosen by BET as one of the “16 Most Fascinating Women of 2016”, Maggie has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, PBS NewsHour, TV One, and CBS Morning News, among many other national television and radio shows…and uses her growing platform to increase awareness about economic inequalities that starve Black neighborhoods, breed racism and disenfranchisement, prevent business and entrepreneurial opportunity, and how strategic investment in business diversity, entrepreneurship and self-help economics can create jobs, curb crime, eradicate poverty, drive entrepreneurial and educational achievement, and grow the economy.
Maggie is married to John Anderson (AB, Harvard; MBA, Kellogg), and they live in Oak Park , IL with their two daughters, Cara and Cori. Maggie has a BA from Emory University; and a Juris Doctor and MBA from the University of Chicago.
