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Organizers
Dawn Curling
Dawn is a creative and passionate leader and a 3rd generation business owner in a historic business corridor on Jacksonville's eastside.
Through her professional journey, she has helped provide community members with economic opportunities and provide a community development platform. Dawn's passion is to empower and inspire minority entrepreneurs with accessible space and resources to grow and succeed.
Dawn says that her motivation for Melanin Market stemmed from the historic business corridor pre-1964 when the community was a hub of economic development and entrepreneurship before the Jacksonville race riots.
She hopes that Melanin Market can help alleviate the detriment of social and economic inequities that minorities face every day.
Angie Nixon
Angie has turned her passion and love for the community into life long commitment as a community organizer.
Over the years, she has created placemaking events that provided access to healthy food options in food deserts, brought in educational opportunities and training opportunities for small business owners, and created family-friendly environments that focused on the overall health and well-being of residents.
Angie is the mom of a real-life superhero, 13-year-old author, Natalie “Moxie” McGriff! They recently opened a smoothie/ice cream/sandwich shop on the Eastside of Jacksonville called “Natalie’s Nook & Candy Shop!” The goal is for their restaurant, is to bring healthy food options to the food insecure neighborhood.
Meet our Team
Anita
Charles
Angele
Vice President
Angele
Charles
Angele
Director of Fundraising
Charles
Charles
Charles
Marketing Coordinator
Earl
Taryn
Charles
Director of Logistics
Taryn
Taryn
Taryn
Entertainment Coordinator
