Meet Judah Agbonkhina | Founder/CEO

We had the good fortune of connecting with Judah Agbonkhina and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Judah, do you disagree with some advice that is more or less universally accepted?
One piece of conventional advice that we disagree with is, that you need a lot of money to start and carryout your idea. We created, Suits For Judah, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with little to no money and our legal paperwork. Through statistical studies, resource discovery, and organized networking we discovered The Batman Thesis. Which is an examination of The Batman’s ability to be a leader in the Justice League through his tactical skills versus the superheroes with superpowers. Suits For Judah created a strategy to go along with this thesis called ME3 which is Mentorship, Exposure, Entrepreneurship, and Empowerment. We started out ourselves being mentored which lead to our strategy. This then lead to a crucible of trial and error that didn’t allow us to be empowered 1st to succeed, but set us up for success through ME3 which is the opposite of what America is taught.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Suits For Judah is most proud of our philosophy, ME3 aka The Batman Thesis, which has helped us affect our community through a reach of over 10,000 people who have shared or received valuable information through Suits For Judah’s various programs. This has subsequently created a valuable network with our communities as well as with other community organizations who share our values and commitment. This has helped us to overcome every obstacle that we have faced, therefore, becoming more effective within the nonprofit community as a viable networking resource. Getting Suits For Judah to where it is today wasn’t easy. We have overcame the challenges that came along the way, and there were some powerful lessons learned as well. The first thing we attempted to do was seek funding since we had our 501 (c)(3) status. To us, we figured that getting funding would be easy because of our legal paperwork, but we soon began to realize that we were going to have to fund this ourselves. Another major challenge that Suits For Judah faced, was dealing with the fallout from our Co-Founder’s battle with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Between our company’s financial health, and our co founder’s physical health we were instantly placed into the shoes of the under resourced communities that we were sent to serve. This lead us to seek unconventional resources which allowed us to volunteer with and learn from other nonprofits thus expanding our network through mentorship and exposure which lead to entrepreneurship and empowerment. Thru this crucible our philosophy of ME3, The Batman Thesis, was created which empowered us with the tools and skills needed to be successful. We were able to experience and provide mentorship and exposure to our communities and program participants through yoga and community service. This provided us with opportunities to expand into entrepreneurship through local Black popup shops & markets and yoga contracts. Unfortunately, during our 1st Sponsored Event Yoga 4 Young Males COVID-19 reared it’s ugly head, and shut down all Dallas County businesses’, which effectively canceled our event. Due to the nature of our constant evolution as a business and individuals’, instead of seeing an obstacle we saw an opportunity to stay engaged and connected with our community through hosting virtual events. This empowered us to build a virtual audience and network which led to the Birth of Word On Da Street of W/Judah, a Guerilla Journalistic information outlet connecting our communities to the people and events of the under represented streets. Who better to report on the issues in a Concrete Jungle than Guerillas.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
With the several community organizations that we are in league with I would take my best friend to volunteer at community events.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Absolutely, I would like to dedicate my Shoutout to N’kole Bryant, The Co-Founder & Secretary for Suits For Judah. She is a Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor, and has worked tirelessly even through her cancer battle to assist in the growth of Suits For Judah. Her dedication, expertise, and commitment to the community is an invaluable asset to the organization she helped found and the City of Dallas. N’kole is also the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Word On Da Street W/Judah, a Guerilla journalistic program of Suits For Judah, which helps network, communicate, and empower the local community and beyond. During her cancer battle she also created WarriorQueen, a organization dedicated to empowering the Black, Brown, and POC community against Triple Negative Breast cancer through awareness and education via mentorship, personal testimony, and the sharing of her story.

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Word On Da Street W/Judah