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t’s time to #ShopLikeNana. Harlem-based Black Public Media (BPM), the national media arts nonprofit, is spotlighting the environmental crisis caused by fast fashion and promoting sustainable forms of fashion. Launched on Monday, September 9, during New York Fashion Week, BPM’s latest BE HEARD campaign, in partnership with Paramount+ and Big Couch Entertainment, introduces #ShopLikeNana. “BE HEARD: #ShopLikeNana encourages consumers to rediscover style and reduce fast fashion by returning to the “hand me down” form of fashion by shopping in their grandmother’s closet, reusing their wardrobe, or buying pieces from their local thrift stores,” BPM wrote on its website. “The goal…

New YorkCNN — Robby Starbuck, a former Hollywood music video director turned conservative activist, has caught fire campaigning online against some major American brands’ diversity, equity and inclusion programs (DEI), support for gay Pride marches and LGBTQ events, strategies to slow climate change and other social policies. Starbuck is both riding a wave of right-wing hostility to DEI programs and corporate advocacy on issues like climate change and LGBTQ rights and advancing the opposition himself. He has channeled energy on the right to target specific brands popular with politically conservative customers — Harley-Davidson, Tractor Supply Co. and John Deere — and relentlessly drawn attention online to…

Harlem was alive with music, dancers, marchers and attendees at the African American Day Parade Sunday. “It’s joy, it’s fun, so many organizations, people of color just sharing our culture,” Abi Corbin, director and head coach of Eagle Academy Queens Campus Cheer, said. What You Need To Know The 55th Annual African Day Parade made its way down Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in HarlemThe cultural significance of Harlem includes the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920sSome of the topics important to attendees include represenation of the Black community, solidarity and health The 55th annual parade celebrates African American culture in Harlem — significant…

As DEI faces a continuous wave of challenges, the event presents sessions on latest developments for CDOs and a special salute to leading champions of inclusion NEW YORK, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — BLACK ENTERPRISE, the No. 1 Black digital media brand, will host its second annual Chief Diversity Officer Summit & Honors Tuesday, June 11 at the stunning private event space Guastavino’s in New York City. This groundbreaking event will recognize outstanding leaders who drive corporate DEI. It is also designed to offer a forum to spark robust conversations on the status of policies to expand diverse talent at a time when such practices have faced…

Happy Hues Company diapers are expanding nationwide with Target. Congrats to The Happy Hues Company, the Black-mom-owned and inclusivity-centered baby essentials brand that just embarked on a national retail expansion with Target. Announced on Aug. 26, the purpose-driven baby brand marked a milestone with its first national retail expansion and introduction of new product offerings. The major retail partnership comes just 18 months after Happy Hues made its launch into the $88 billion baby and toddler care industry with its unisex shea butter-infused diapers designed with hyper-dry absorption technology. Made to offer a snug, comfortable fit, Happy Hues diapers and pull-ups feature a double…

(WBFF) — Governor Wes Moore. Senator Chris Van Hollen, Representative Steny Hoyer, and the U.S. Department of Treasury announced a $10 million federal grant awarded to the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support small businesses in the community. “Turning an idea into a job-creator takes time, money, and support. By working together across the state and federal levels, we are helping entrepreneurs and small business owners access all three. Maryland is grateful for the strong leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration, as we continue moving in partnership to make our state more competitive and leave no one behind,” Gov. Moore said. This…

Even though she works in the bluest of cities in the bluest of states, Taffi Ayodele sees how it’s still a struggle for women and minorities in small companies to demonstrate their financial skills to large asset managers. “It’s actually more challenging than you think,” said Ayodele, director of diversity, equity and inclusion and emerging manager strategy for the Bureau of Asset Management in the New York City comptroller’s office. The bureau handles investments for the five independent pension funds in the $270.5 billion New York City Retirement Systems. “It’s harder than it should be,” said Ayodele, who joined the comptroller’s…

As counsel at Ares Management, Juan Gonzalez leverages his diverse background and immigrant roots to drive success in the alternative investment space uan Gonzalez spent the first year of his life in Cuba before he and his family immigrated to south Florida. His family and community inspired him to excel at every opportunity presented to him—including baseball, an early passion. Gonzalez’s Cuban roots helped plant the seed that would eventually blossom into his successful legal career. “As someone proud of his Cuban heritage and who experienced the law in the US from the perspective of an immigrant and political refugee, I…

Winsome Earle-Sears is looking to make history in Virginia again. Virginia’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears has officially launched her campaign for governor, NBC News reports.  Earle-Sears’ documents were accepted by the Virginia Department of Elections on Sept. 4 in order for her to earn the party’s nomination in 2025. The current GOP governor, Glenn Youngkin, can’t seek re-election. The Old Dominion state is the only one that limits governors to run for consecutive terms. As the first Black woman to hold office in the state’s lengthy history, Earle-Sears is the first Republican to officially enter the race for the party’s…

Four of the businesses hail from the Denver metro area. DENVER — Five small businesses in Colorado rose to the top out of thousands of applicants vying to be named best in the nation by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Washington D.C.-based business organization announced an inaugural list of 100 small businesses last week that it calls the “best and brightest in America.” The list, dubbed the CO-100 in a nod to the Chamber’s digital platform for small businesses, analyzed 14,000 applications from small and mid-sized companies nationwide. More than half (64%) generated $1 million or more in revenue…