By Ashleigh Fields, Special to the AFRO Each year the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) honors the top journalism and media professionals in America who continue to break the mold. “The free press is a pillar– maybe the pillar of a free society–not the enemy,” said President Biden in his remarks at the dinner. “Tonight
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The D.C. Small Business Development Center (DCSBDC) will host a Meet the Bankers event on May 10 at the Howard University School of Business. The event will start at 10:00 a.m. in the school’s auditorium. More than 15 bankers will attend the event to talk to entrepreneurs about
By DaQuan Lawrence, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore City Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Baltimore City FCA) and the Park Heights Saints Football club recently hosted the Annual Victory Celebration and Fundraiser banquet at Martin’s West in Baltimore. The event took place May 1 and honored Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and his wife
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Interledger Foundation, a nonprofit focused on creating an open payments network to engender greater global financial inclusion, hosted a panel discussion at the Global Digital Development Forum in D.C. on April 24. The discussion took place at the District Architecture Center and covered how open source technology
By Anissa Durham, Word in Black You probably don’t notice, but every time you inhale, you are breathing in plastic. The production of plastic has exponentially increased in the last two decades. So much so that, globally, 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced every year. Because plastic does not decompose, all plastic that
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