Ericka Blount, Counselor
What industry sector do you work in?
Arts, Education, Child Development, and Family Services
What is your profession/career?
Counselor
BlackFemaleProject uplifts the voices of Black female professionals, affirms our experiences, and offers insights for achieving self-defined success in the workplace and beyond. Why do you believe in the mission of BlackFemaleProject?
Our voice is our victory. We must share our experiences so that the generations behind us and the women beside us can have a beacon of light. We are often the only map that they will have. It is our responsibility to pass the baton. We are so marginalized in most systems that often when one of us gets to the top, we are too drained or focused on staying at the top and we deny ourselves the greater gift of giving back by becoming a mentor or a “mirror.” BlackFemaleProject gives just that. The Project gives the opportunity for Black women to highlight the struggle by empowering our voices. It hands the mic to those that have been victimized so that they can shed a light on the pathway to overcoming. Our next generation needs these voices as well as the encouragement. They also need to see what cultural challenges have existed within the workforce for years and how we were built to survive them.
Ericka’s BIO
Since relocating to Texas from Georgia in 2015, Ericka Blount has been actively involved in wine making, with a focus on Italian mead wines and use of local agriculture products. Her work with Blount Wine Therapy opens a new door for her to expand her passion of informing others about honey-based wines. Her goal for Blount Wine Therapy is to make wines that offer health benefits to enhance the social and emotional experience of each consumer.
Ericka is also a business partner with Savannah State University, a Georgia HBCU. Her consulting company, Distinction Management Group, is responsible for managing and developing the college’s first entrepreneurship center, securing funding, and program development for the center.
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