Daily News | These Philly teens run small businesses and want to inspire their peers to do the same
A group of Black teen business owners gathered for a block party Saturday — selling everything from custom hijab headwear and vegan skin-care products to buffalo chicken dip — to uplift one another and inspire other Philadelphia-area youths to follow their dreams.
“I want it to show people that not all the teens in our streets are running around doing things they’re not supposed to be doing,” said Qawyyah Powers, 17, who organized the event as part of her senior project at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. “We are trying to make a name for ourselves.” Her hope through the “Stop the Violence Teen Pop Up Shop,” she said, was to show peers there’s a community available to support their ambitions.
“The streets is not the only way for people to get out,” she said. “I want to support my people, and I want my people to support my people.”
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