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The Black Voices for Black Justice Fund DMV Plans to Invest $300,000 in Local Community Activists

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 2, 2020October 30, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonNovember 2, 2020October 30, 20202400

The Black Voices for Black Justice Fund DMV announces a fund to invest $300,000 in local activists, in partnership with DC-based nonprofit GOODProjects...

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs and ‘Black Lives Matter’

Ella RuckerJuly 2, 2015November 18, 2017

by Ella RuckerJuly 2, 2015November 18, 2017543

Being an entrepreneur is a very tenuous business. We are disruptors of sorts. However, as change agents, we want to protect the institutions we are...

Education

Community Pastor Talks About the Role Faith Leaders Play in Supporting My Brotherâ€™s Keeper

Courtney ConnleyJune 15, 2014September 29, 2017

by Courtney ConnleyJune 15, 2014September 29, 2017123

Rev. Mike McBride, of PICO National Network Lifelines to Healing campaign, speaks on the role faith leaders play in "My Brother's Keeper"...

Arts and Culture

Are Millennials Doing Enough for Our Community?

BlackEnterprise.comApril 11, 2012November 14, 2017

by BlackEnterprise.comApril 11, 2012November 14, 2017129

Community engagement blogger Ebonie Johnson Cooper puts millennials to task for their lack of social activism and political awareness...

Health and Wellness

Taking a Stand Against Tobacco

Tamara E. HolmesOctober 25, 2011October 25, 2011

by Tamara E. HolmesOctober 25, 2011October 25, 2011103

Growing up in Durham, North Carolina, in the heart of tobacco country, Chad Bullock understood the consequences of smoking. His great-grandfather had died of smoking-related...

Magazine

Purpose in Your Passion

Kingsley Kanu Jr.May 1, 2009January 21, 2010

by Kingsley Kanu Jr.May 1, 2009January 21, 201072

To counter his chaotic surroundings, then 19-year-old Bill Strickland, a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, started the Manchester Craftsmenâ€™s Guild, a small community arts...