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Black Blogger Month 2012 Launch at 40/40 Club Recap x Photos

One-half of the dynamic eyeglass design duo, Coco & Breezy, showed her support for Black Blogger Month

Last night (May 1), BlackEnterprise.com had its first Tweet Up to celebrate Black Blogger Month 2012. Held at Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s 40/40 Club New York with an open-bar sponsored by Ciroc, the event attracted more than 165 loyal supporters, bloggers and tastemakers. Among special guests in attendance were media personality AJ Calloway, twin designers Coco and Breezy, and Black Blogger Month honorees past and present—Claire Sulmers of The Fashion Bomb, Christen Rochon of Divas & Dorks, Yoli Ouiya of Yoli’s Green Living, Patrice J. Williams of Looking Fly on a Dime, Abiola Abrams of AbiolaTV, Melinda “The Small Biz Lady” Emerson of Succeed As Your Own Boss, Christian Law of Fresher Than Chris, Wilson Morales of BlackFilm.com, and Slim Jackson, Mr. Spradley and Streetz of SingleBlackMale.org. The kick-off was a viral success with over 2.5 million impressions around the #BlackBloggerMonth hashtag leading up to the festivities. Continue reading up on BlackEnterprise.com’s 20 best Black bloggers throughout May at BlackEnterprise.com/BlackBloggerMonth.more
BlackEnterprise.com's Sasha King makes sure guests shared the #BlackBloggerMonth hashtag on Twitter to gain entrance to the event
Tons of people came out to support BlackEnterprise.com's first Tweet Up at 40/40 Club New York
One-half of the dynamic eyeglass design duo, Coco & Breezy, showed her support for Black Blogger Month
2012 Black Blogger Month honorees Christian Law of Fresher Than Chris (l) and Slim Jackson of SingleBlackMale.org (r) strike a pose with BlackEnterprise.com's Senior Producer and Black Blogger Month Editor Anslem Samuel Rocquemore
Black Blogger Month 2012 honoree Yoli Ouiya of Yoli's Green Living is all smiles for the Tweet Up
SingleBlackMale.org's Streetz and Mr. Spradley network with PR Circle's Chanelle Bogle
BlackEnterprise.com's Associate Producer Janell P. Hazelwood shares a moment with Black Blogger Month 2012 honoree Christen Rochon of Divas & Dorks
More than a few Twitter followers came out to 40/40 Club New York to kick off Black Blogger Month in a big way
Black Blogger Month 2012 honoree Abiola Abrams of AbiolaTV shows off her spring colors and winning smile at 40/40 Club New York
Black Blogger Month 2012 honoree Wilson Morales of BlackFilm.com poses with BlackEnterprise.com Senior Producer and Black Blogger Month Editor Anslem Samuel Rocque
Social media networking transfers to the real world as bloggers, editors and tastemakers rub shoulders at 40/40 Club New York
PR Circle's Erica Nailor and Chanelle Bogle show off an early copy of the May 2012 issue of Black Enterprise, which guests walked away with in their gift bags
BlackEnterprise.com's digital divas team: Suncear Scretchen, Janell P. Hazelwood, Janel Martinez and Elayne Fluker are all smiles at the close of a great event Special thanks to Brain Food Films, Erica Nailor and Chanelle Bogle of PR Circle, Deven Robinson and Sasha King. more
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