Jun 26, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Men
Since 2009, Kickstarter has been on a mission to help people bring their creative projects to life. The crowdfunding site has helped launch successful video games, films, books and more. And since he took over as the company’s first Black CEO in September...
Jun 12, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Men
Don Peebles is arguably the most successful Black real estate developer in the United States. For more than 30 years, Peebles has made his mark across America: first in Washington, D.C, through office building development, then in Miami with a number of luxury...
Feb 6, 2023 | Leadership, Men
Cutting hair and building an empire; one South Side barber is paving the way to keep young men out of the system and into a better life. Larry Roberts Jr. owns two barber shops in Chatham and Pullman, and has seven barber colleges across the state, including three...
Jan 30, 2023 | Education, Leadership, Men
Michael Irby, a retired Akron Public Schools educator and administrator with four decades’ experience coaching high school and college football, has learned the telltale signs of distress in a student’s voice and body language. Sometimes, the issue has...
Dec 19, 2022 | Leadership, Men
Ten years ago, Lamont Thomas felt hopeless. The Roxbury YMCA had laid him off from a youth mentoring job, and he bounced from security, to retail, to overnight stocking jobs without a purpose. “I went in the direction of whatever [job] came first, and I wasn’t happy,”...
Nov 21, 2022 | Education, Men
Members of The 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Houston joined Great Day to share their history, mission and education conference. The 100 Black Men of America, Inc. focuses its efforts and energies on improving the lives of youth in our community by pursuing our...
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