I'm Maggie Anderson, founder of The Empowerment Experiment Foundation, Inc., and author of *Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy*.

I'm Maggie Anderson, founder of The Empowerment Experiment Foundation, Inc., and author of *Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy*.

My journey is deeply rooted in my experiences as a daughter of Cuban immigrants, my work in law and corporate America, and my time as an aide to Congressman John Lewis and as Barack Obama's law student.

Through my family's famous stand supporting Black-owned businesses for a year, I sparked a movement that shines a light on racial and economic injustice while empowering consumers, corporations, and communities to drive change and increase access to the American Dream.