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Creating Wealthy Spaces: Co-Founders Carrington Carter and Calvin Butts Specialize in Private Equity Offerings for Underserved Communities

April 20, 2022 admin 0

By: Kymberly Amara When discussing venture capital, investing, and luxury, one rarely pictures Black men at the helm. However, at East Chop Capital, co-founders Carrington M. Carter and Calvin L. Butts are not only driving the ship but steering it […]

Join Us For A Free Virtual Town Hall Mental Wealth: COVID’s impact on Mental Health in the Black Community

April 19, 2022 admin 0

This FREE virtual event will provide a much-needed platform to discuss the challenges Black families are facing at the intersection of COVID-19 and mental wellness. Thursday, April 28, 2022 6 p.m. CST / 7 p.m. EST Register now

New Book-Beyond Equity and Inclusion in Conflict Resolution: Re-centering the Profession

April 15, 2022 admin 0

By S.Y. Bowland (Editor), Hasshan Batts (Editor), Beth Roy (Editor), Mary Adams Trujillo (Editor) Beyond Equity and Inclusion in Conflict Resolution: Re-centering the Profession examines the many ways racism manifests in a professional field. Useful for any field that recruits adherents and standardizes practices, […]

Black Women in Asset Management announces U.S. Founding Sponsors

April 15, 2022 admin 0

Funding will be used to launch BWAM in the U.S. and cultivate new programming that supports the retention and advancement of Black women in America working in the asset management field Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM), a non-profit industry […]

5G and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Help End the Digital Divide

April 11, 2022 admin 0

By Hazel Trice Edney The last two years have underlined what we already knew: the digital divide in America is real and has consequences for millions of Americans. An affordable, reliable connection is imperative in participating in the 21st century economy, […]

Treating chronic hypertension in early pregnancy benefits parents, babies

April 5, 2022 admin 0

By NIH Study shows pregnant adults less likely to experience preterm births or other serious problems with treatment Adults treated with medication for high blood pressure present before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, defined as chronic hypertension in pregnancy, […]

Sexual Harassment: Breaking the Silence

March 24, 2022 admin 0

By Beverly Dawn Whatley, M.Ed. What is Sexual Harassment? In cartoons we found it amusing. The plump, little hen was being pursued by the salivating wolf, whose eyes rolled out of his head and back as he looked her over. […]

Women’s History Month Events

March 10, 2022 admin 0

By National Women’s History Museum As you know, women have long been left out of our national discourse, education, and retelling of our nation’s history. Indeed, fewer than 11% of textbook references are devoted to specific women in K-12 state […]

Howard University Gets Grant to Preserve and Digitized Extensive Black Press Newspaper Archives

March 2, 2022 admin 0

The Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) received a $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation to support the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives, a newspaper collection of titles by Black journalists, editors and publishers. MSRC worked in partnership with the Center for Journalism and […]

Women in Black History – Ida B. Wells

March 1, 2022 admin 0

By National Women’s History Museum with video by Blackfacts.com Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 By Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow | 2017 da B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, […]

Meet Dr. Amber Robins-Hickson: Speaker. Author. Entrepreneur

February 28, 2022 admin 0

Speaker. Author. Entrepreneur Amber Robins-Hickson, MD, MBA is a double board certified Family and Lifestyle medicine doctor as well as a certified life coach. She is a best-selling author, physician journalist, creator of Sanxtuary MD by Dr. Amber, and co-founder […]

Links Chapters of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Host the Community’s Biggest Heart Health & Wellness Program on National Wear Red Day

February 27, 2022 admin 0

Program Garnered Global Education and Awareness During Heart Health and Black History Month ARLINGTON, Va. February 21, 2022 — Live from Facebook on National Wear Red Day, the 14th Annual DMV Links Red Dress Program — Heart Health and Wellness […]

Within the emerging metaverse, what are the biggest cyber risks experts expect to be battling in the coming years? (Danny Meneses/Pexels)

The 4 Biggest Cyber Threats Hanging Over The Future

February 24, 2022 257873455330365 Comments Off

Just as vaccines are a good defense against a biological pandemic, preventive and defensive measures fight cybercrime.
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Black History Milestones: Timeline, Part 3 (1965 – 1995)

February 23, 2022 admin 0

Black PR News Wire (BPRW) with additional video footage from BackFacts.com Selma to Montgomery March, March 1965 In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register Black […]

New CDC Studies: COVID-19 Boosters Remain Safe, Continue to Offer High Levels of Protection Against Severe Disease Over Time and During Omicron and Delta Waves

February 12, 2022 admin 0

By CDC Data from two CDC reports today show COVID-19 vaccine boosters remain safe and continue to be highly effective against severe disease over time. In the first study, CDC reviewed data from two of its vaccine safety monitoring systems, v-safe and […]

Meet LyNea “LB” Bell & Sharifah Hardie; The Dynamic Duo Redefining Black Business & Black News

February 10, 2022 admin 0

By (BPRW) Black business and black news have always been defined as a “Man’s World.” Not anymore. These two pioneering women, LyNea “LB” Bell and Sharifah Hardie, are shaking things up by redefining business and news on their own terms. […]