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We’ve started a list with links to quickly purchase e-gift cards from Twin Cities small businesses who have shared their support for immigrant communities. Send us screenshots of your small business e-gift card purchases and we’ll match them up to $1000.
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The Small Businesses We Love Are Struggling to Survive New data shows that the small businesses we love are struggling to survive. Here’s what business owners shared—and why it matters.

Thank you @intentionalist.bsky.social for collating the data illustrating the current untenable decline of small business feasibility.

We're more transparent about our financial stress than a lot of small businesses feel safe being, but it really is all of us.

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Pssst @intentionalist.bsky.social @king5news.com.web.brid.gy @spl.org @seattlenews.bsky.social can you help us shout the above out to our local communitea? 🍵❤️ #feedingneighbors #mutualaidseattle #seattlefooddrive #northwestharvest

Receipt & Receive flyer from Intentionalist

🌟Upload your receipts to the @intentionalist.bsky.social website by October 15th for the chance to win special prizes from your favorite sports team and Intentionalist 🎁

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🎨Artwork by Flor de Cactus Studio

Intentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Legacy Award

Intentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Community Over Competition

Intentionalist Nominee: Friday Afternoon Tea, Heart of the Community

We are so grateful & honored to be nominated for three categories in this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social awards! Our 15th birthday is coming up & we are still as in love with facilitating communitea space & serving you joyfully as we were on day 1. 🍵❤️ Let's keep drinking tea together, yeah?

Intentionalist Awards - Intentionalist Celebrate the small businesses that make our neighborhoods shine. The Intentionalist Awards honor community champions whose dedication, creativity, and heart go far beyond what they sell. Join us as w...

Finally, FIVE HOURS left to submit your @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards nominations! If you haven't hyped your fave Seattle indie brick & mortars over there, DO IT! These are a big deal for those of us behind the scenes of your third places!
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A billboard that reads: Intentionalist Awards nominations are due today.

The sign you’ve been waiting for…
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#SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusiness

Intentionalist Awards - Intentionalist Celebrate the small businesses that make our neighborhoods shine. The Intentionalist Awards honor community champions whose dedication, creativity, and heart go far beyond what they sell. Join us as w...

Nominations for this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards closes this Friday! There's still time to get your nomination submissions in for any and all of your favorite Seattle indie brick & mortar businesses!

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Please do go and drop your nominations for us, your other fave indies, and your fave individual crew members as well!

If you're not already following @intentionalist.bsky.social, do. They're an incredible platform uplifting small businesses and connecting communities every day!

Have a favorite small business or small business employee you want to see be recognized and win a cash award for their work in supporting the community? Then check out the @intentionalist.bsky.social and nominate by Aug 29! I’ve already got my noms in! :)

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- Intentionalist Nominate a small business! The annual Intentionalist Awards recognize small business community champions and celebrate the many ways that the value of Main Street small businesses is so much more […]

Would love to see more #indiebookstores be a part of @intentionalist.bsky.social :)

I’m sure there are loads of minority-owned small businesses that deserve to be recognized, and several booksellers that deserve to be recognized as a Team Member of the Year!

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Nominated my favorite tea shop for “heart of the community” and my favorite bookseller for “team member of the year” for the @intentionalist.bsky.social awards! :)

If you have a fave small business you’d like to see recognized, you can do so here by Aug 29: intentionalist.com/intentionali...

- Intentionalist Nominate a small business! The annual Intentionalist Awards recognize small business community champions and celebrate the many ways that the value of Main Street small businesses is so much more […]

We hear this year's @intentionalist.bsky.social Awards nominations just opened! You can nominate your favorite Seattle brick & mortar indies (and their individual crew members) for several categories.

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Asian woman holding a sign that reads: All I want for Pride is for everyone to #SpendLikeItMatters at queer-owned businesses and upload their receipts via Intentionalist.com.

Support #LGBTQ small businesses and enter to win prizes from Seattle pro sports teams + Intentionalist! #pridemonth #queerowned
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Pride Month - Intentionalist - Pride Month in Seattle Pride Month is a great opportunity to #SpendLikeItMatters in support of LGBTQ-owned businesses in Seattle and beyond.

Eek! Mistagged @intentionalist.bsky.social above!

Link to the Pride marketplace here: intentionalist.com/pride-month/

Receipt & Receive program goal tracker showing $19,201 spent of $30k goal

We are so proud of our communitea! @intentionalist.bsky.social set a goal of $30k in receipts from LGBTQIA+ owned businesses in the Seattle area this month: we're seeing 2/3 of that goal met with a few days left for a final push!

Show your #Pride by shopping queer indies & uploading your receipts!

Pride Month Marketplace - Intentionalist In our Pride Month Marketplace, you can purchase products and gift certificates from LGBTQ-owned businesses.

You can contribute to this initiative by shopping us directly, OR by shopping indie queer biz via @intentionalist.bsky.social's online marketplace. Take 20% off goods & gift cards on that platform with code "PRIDE2025" through Monday!

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Flower background with text that includes the coupon code “PRIDE2025” to save 20% off.

Thanks to our Seattle Pro Sports Team partners your 20% savings is covered & doesn’t impact the bottom line of the LGBTQ small businesses you love!
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"CommuniTea for Queer & Trans Care!" initiative progress bar showing 3.7% of $10k goal raised. $3 per oz of Earl Gay and Free to be Me teas sold this month will be respectively donated to National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network and Trans Education Network of Texas, as well as $1 to each charity from every cold brew flight, peaflower limonata, and Matcha Merch item.

We’re Bursting with Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 - mailchi.mp/fridaytea/we...

Flower rainbow with text "Receipt & Receive" and Seattle sport team logos

Upload your receipts to the Intentionalist website by June 30th for the chance to win special prizes from your favorite sports team and @intentionalist.bsky.social . 🎁

To learn more, visit intentionalist.com/p...

Flower rainbow with text "Pride Month" and Seattle sport team logos

Ready to celebrate Pride Month intentionally? 🎉

Our friends at @intentionalist.bsky.social have partnered with Seattle professional sports teams to reward YOU when you #SpendLikeItMatters at our business and other LGBTQ-owned businesses!

BECU Equity in Action - Intentionalist BECU's Equity in Action: It’s on Us initiative highlights diverse small businesses and provides opportunities to enjoy free treats.

Pro tip: get any of these items FREE this month through @intentionalist.bsky.social : check out their page to learn more!⁠

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We made a little video about the #economicblackout 😉

Celebrate Black History Year-Round, Not Just In February There was a time when events like “The Soul of Seattle” were the only ones of their kind in the city, where the Black population is less than 7% of all residents. Enter restaurateur and provocateur Do...

Our founder @lauraclise.bsky.social contributed to this article about why it’s important to #BuyBlack and #SpendLikeItMatters year-round.

@intentionalist.bsky.social www.intentionalist.com was born in Seattle but has listings all over the states for small businesses owned by marginalized #communities that could use every day support. ✨ #smallbusiness

Three Black Women-Owned Businesses Collaborate Over Candles and Community — Converge Media #SupportBlackBusiness - In a moment of joyful solidarity and support in Black History Month, three Black woman-owned businesses came together at The Postman in Seattle’s Central District on Thursday t...

“This collaboration is about three different but incredibly bold, creative, compassionate Black woman business owners bringing their talents together to help spread love and light and hope to the community.”
#SpendLikeItMatters

Laura Clise and Intentionalist: Building Community Through Conscious Commerce — Converge Media #SupportBlackBuiness - During her interview on The Day With Trae with Trae Holiday, Laura Clise, the founder of Intentionalist, shared her inspiring journey and shed light on the impactful work Intent...

@lauraclise.bsky.social spoke with Converge Media about the many ways to show up for and support Black-owned businesses as part of your #BlackHistoryMonth celebration! #SpendLikeItMatters

At times of heightened fear and anxiety, a reminder that local businesses you love welcome a visit from a friendly face.

Now, more than ever ❤️ #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusinessEveryday

Cocktail and cocktail menu.

Loved seeing (and ordering) a cocktail honoring Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle CEO, Michelle Merriweather on the menu at Black Woman-owned Marjorie in Seattle! And the meal was divine 🤌🏽 #SpendLikeItMatters

Black-owned businesses to support on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle

Everyday decisions about where we eat, drink & shop are opportunities to put our collective thumb on the scales of economic justice. #SpendLikeItMatters #SmallBusinessEveryday