About 300,000 Black women left the U.S. labor force between February and April 2025. The number was appalling to Sheletta Brundidge, owner of ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, a multimedia production and podcasting company. She said the worst part was the lack of attention.
“Nobody was talking about it,” Brundidge said. “There was one story in Detroit, and I thought, somebody has gotta do something.”
So that’s what Brundige did. She organized a Job Fair for Black Women in Minneapolis on Oct. 17. “I called these companies and asked them if they would come, and 15 said yes, and 500 Black women came to get jobs, interviews, connect, sip on mimosas, and we had a food truck.”…