Inside Ujimaa, Jordan Subban’s New Site Elevating BIPOC-Owned Businesses
Chasing his NHL dream, Jordan Subban found himself faced with a nightmare. Living dorm life in his second year as a pro at Utica, New York, and playing for the Vancouver Canucks’ affiliate team—the Comets—Subban and his teammate were robbed
Has 2020’s spike in support for Black-owned business carried through to the holidays?
Click here to view original web page at www.marketplace.org At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in May of this year, there was a big push on social media for consumers
Fashion find of the week: Pop-Up on Fifth spotlights Black, women-owned brands
The Peoples Gas Holiday Market may have come to an early close this year because of COVID-19, but there are still other places to shop Downtown to support Pittsburgh-based designers and artists. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership opened for the holiday
Yelp To Deposit $10 Million Cash Into Black-Serving Banks
Yelp announced on Tuesday that it will deposit just under
Community support, Black Lives Matter movement have helped local Black-owned businesses
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – At the start of 2020, Vivian C. Mackenzie had big plans for her small business. Mackenzie, the owner of Kathleen’s Tea Room in Peekskill, New York – known for its afternoon tea service featuring scones and finger
Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Black-owned businesses
When Jasper Kuria considers strategies for addressing racial inequity and
Baltimore Ravens player Calais Campbell, Rockefeller Foundation launch Black biz fund
Rockefeller Foundation has pledged $75,000 to support the program alongside Campbell, who will be donating $125,000 This week on the Dear Culture Podcast, hosts Shana Pinnock and Gerren Keith Gaynor talk BLACK business. With a new presidency promising a lot
How Artsy is Promoting Black-Owned Art Galleries
In 2019, a study looked at racial inequality in the
Leadership Advice From the Founders of Six Fast-Growing Black-Owned Businesses
The year 2020 has been an especially trying one for many Black business leaders. The economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus has disproportionately hurt minority-owned small businesses, according to an August report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife.
Beyoncé’s Stylist Zerina Akers and Thrilling Are Putting Black-Owned Vintage Shops Front and Center
Zerina Akers in a vintage Patrick Kelly dress. Earlier this year, shortly after the murder of George Floyd and the rise of the social justice movement in America, Zerina Akers launched an Instagram account called Black Owned Everything . The