Award Winning PR Firm Offers Discount to Black-Owned Businesses

During this historic opportunity to include long-silenced black voices and businesses in our country’s national agenda, ShapiroPR.com, wants to support and encourage black entrepreneurs by giving them 20% off all Public Relations services.

As a PR expert and black business owner herself, the President of Shapiro PR, Kelila Shapiro, has shaped and molded many small and medium businesses with unique branding and media marketing, putting clients on the global map with successful campaigns. A UCLA graduate, Ms. Shapiro has been a leader in the world of public relations for over two decades. Her firm, ShapiroPR, has been a dominant force in marketing in Los Angeles for over 17 years.

ShapiroPR has created a foundation and reputation for hands-on marketing with lifestyle clients. The PR divisions for clients include: entertainment; tech; medical; health; fitness; beauty; authors; consumer products; brands; fashion; and legal.

The U.S. is home to roughly 2.5 million black-owned businesses, according to the Census Bureau. Although the vast majority are sole proprietorships or small-scale operations, an increasing number of black businesses have regional reach and national ambitions.

Just this past week PayPal joined in supporting the black community: "For far too long, black people in America have faced deep-seated injustice and systemic economic inequality. Black lives matter and we need to drive transformative change. We must take decisive action to close the racial wealth gap that sustains this profound inequity," said Dan Schulman, president and CEO, PayPal. "PayPal is uniquely positioned to help in this area, and we are committed to doing our part to address the unacceptable racial divide by advancing a more just economy and society. We've listened to leaders in the black community about the challenges facing black business owners and the support and investments needed to sustain black-owned businesses and create long-term economic opportunity. The holistic sets of initiatives we are implementing are designed to help address the immediate crisis and set the foundation for sustained engagement and progress towards economic equality and social justice."

In keeping with the essential mission to elevate black voices through business achievement and equal access, Shapiro says: “African-American entrepreneurs across the nation with small businesses have proven to be economically disadvantaged. We are motivated to help create pathways to success for black entrepreneurs today more than ever -- and this is just the beginning.”

For more info: 323 951-9300 Kelila@ShapiroPR.com