Black Women Empowered Incorporated- Dr. Jacqueline King
By Tabitha Ervin
Editorial Director
Dr. Jacqueline King spent twenty six years in various management positions for the largest Electric and Gas Company in New Jersey before retiring.
In 2012 she founded Black Women Empowered Incorporated (BWE) and Black Women Empowered Safe Haven. BWE Inc is an online ministry/network that empowers millions of people on a daily basis with posts, live broadcasts, health and wellness and education. BWE Safe Haven is a non profit organization that supports homeless and struggling Veterans. BWE has provided support to struggling Mothers, sponsored several food drives, coat drives and financially supported the Disabled Veterans as well as many Food Pantries and Shelters.Dr. King and business partner recently launched an on demand streaming network focusing on African American Christians, bwenetwork.com.
I was able to chat with Dr. King recently about BWE and the background on why she started it.
Ervin: First thanks for your time! As we highlight women during Women's History month, I am honored to learn a little more about you and your work. Why did you start this platform?
Dr. King: Eleven years ago I stepped out on faith and started this platform online to empower women and now we manage a variety of platforms with different audiences and over four million followers all together. From South Africa to Kenya and Indonesia, we are reaching people all over the globe.
Ervin: This is amazing and I enjoy seeing your posts online. Who helps you manage your platforms?
Dr. King: Most people don’t know that I manage it all myself and I actually have another client that I manage their social media as well. I share lots of content and schedule lots of posts as well as pre-record interviews so that I always have something to share with the various audiences we reach.
Ervin: I am very impressed! I know you have served on many boards and have won some awards. I’d like to list those as a part of this story to show your extensive background.
Dr. King has had a life of service having served on many boards including; The College of New Jersey Non Traditional Jobs for Women, The Mercer County Child Placement Review Board, the Middlesex County Gender and Equity Board, PSEG Speakers Bureau and Diversity Council, The Mayor of Newark New Jersey’s Diversity Council, Ewing Township General Assistance Board, National Alliance for Mental Illness NAMI, One Step Further and Transitioning Minds. She served as Commissioner on the Greensboro Human Relations where she was Vice Chair, the Police Community Review Board where she was Vice Chair and The Chief of Police’s Faith Based Council.
Dr. King has received numerous awards and certificates of appreciation including the YMCA New Jersey Minority Achievers award in 2001 for community service and professionalism.
Ervin: Tell me a little about the membership section of your website.
Dr. King: We have various levels of memberships and access in which we host interviews with high level business people in the areas of real estate, finance, health and wellness, inspiration, social media, entrepreneurship and more. I graduated from Cornerstone Christian Bible College International with Dr. Matthew Knowles and we work together online doing interviews and sharing a variety of content. We share daily inspirational messages and in the future will do a television station
Ervin: Thank you for your time today and sharing more information about your platform with our readers. Please be sure to check out BWE empowered on any of the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google Plus, Tic Tock, Periscope and Pinterest as well as the website, https://www.blackwomenempowered.org/
