Dec 9, 2024 | Entrepreneurship
At a lively event filled with the familiar faces of the Kalamazoo area’s entrepreneurship community, the newly graduated fourth cohort of the Black Entrepreneur Training Academy (BETA) celebrated their achievements on Nov. 6. BETA, a collaborative effort...
Dec 9, 2024 | Higher Education, Leadership, Women
In the wake of a transformative period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Michelle Bailey found herself diving deep into research about the profound impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on American society. As a proud Spelman College alumna and...
Nov 4, 2024 | Business, Leadership
As Black VCs, we have a lot of conversations with underrepresented founders and founders who lack traditional inroads into the venture capital industry. In recent conversations, one trend continues to emerge: fundraising is more challenging than ever, starting at the...
Nov 4, 2024 | Higher Education, Politics
Howard University is where Vice President Kamala Harris spent some of the most formative years of her life, and it’s where she’ll be on election night, when could find out the fate of her 2024 bid for the presidency. Harris has maintained close ties...
Nov 4, 2024 | Business, Entertainment, Leadership
In the high-stakes world of Hollywood, real power often lies in who manages the money. Behind every blockbuster deal, TV development project, and streaming success story sits a network of business managers who safeguard and grow the wealth that keeps the entertainment...
Nov 4, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Technology
Detroit: A tech organization aimed at boosting fledgling Black entrepreneurs will get a $1.2 million investment from the Gilbert Family Foundation. Black Tech Saturdays, founded in April 2023 by husband-and-wife team Johnnie and Alexa Turnage, said the two-year grant...
Nov 4, 2024 | Education, Higher Education, Politics
Dressed in her school’s signature blue and gold colors, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University student Nia Heaston strolled around campus, marveling at the buzz during its 98th homecoming weekend in late October. Like thousands of students,...
Oct 14, 2024 | Education, Women
Connecting the dots may seem far-fetched, but Jamela Joseph, a second-year PhD student in the Howard University School of Education’s doctoral degree in education program, draws direct lines from colonial slave laws to how Black women teachers are treated today, a...
Oct 14, 2024 | Leadership
Nonprofits rely on donations to keep their work going. Fortunately, you don’t have to have Oprah-level dollars to support nonprofits that uplift Black communities and interests. Here are ten you should know about. As Issa Rae famously declared, “I’m rooting for...
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