Source: Image provided by / McDonald’s Tamar Braxton, Luke James & More Appear At McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden Experience At Essence Festival This past weekend, the McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden movement held it down at Essence Festival with an empowering panel, brilliant performances and a late-night afterparty. The weekend started off with the Black & Positively Golden Welcome Breakfast, which was hosted by McDonald’s Head of Cultural Engagement and Experiences Lizette Williams — who spearheads the brand’s largest African American-focused campaign in 16 years — and New Orleans franchisee Henry Coaxum. Source: Image provided by / McDonald’s Next, the We Shine Entrepreneurship Panel was hosted by self-made businesswoman La La Anthony . She interviewed rising moguls Nicole Walters (The Monetized Life, Founder & CEO), Jewel Burks-Solomon (Part Pic, Founder), Dana Chanel (Sprinkle of Jesus, Founder), alongside McDonald’s franchisees Tanya Hill-Holliday and Jade Colin. At 29 years old, Colin is McDonald’s youngest owner/operator, while Hill-Holiday is the brand’s first woman owner/operator in Philly. Source: Image provided by / McDonald’s The weekend was turnt with empowering music performances as well, including one from Jazmine Sullivan on Saturday and another one with gospel vocalist Kierra Sheard on Sunday. When party-time came around, the Black & Positively Golden Late Night Party brought the vibes with DJ Rashida and DJ B-Hen . Everyone from Luke James to Cynthia Bailey to Tamar Braxton made an appearance. Source: Image provided by / McDonald’s Finally, the weekend closed out with the Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Presentations where two, $10,000 scholarships were handed out to well-deserving incoming HBCU freshman, Jordyn Allen and Jaiden Boyce . The funds were in partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the organization’s national ambassador and HBCU alumni Terrence J. Source: Image provided by / McDonald’s A golden weekend indeed!
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Tamar Braxton, Luke James & More Light Up McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden Experience At EssenceFest