Daily Archives: June 8, 2023

BLACKBONE Project: providing D.C. Black women founders with capital access, mental health resources and brick-and-mortar incubator

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com After winning JPMorgan Chase’s Annual Challenge, the Congress Heights Community Training and Development Center (CHCTDC)  has received a $3 million philanthropic investment to help the project get started.  Earlier this year, CHCTDC created the BLACKBONE Project, an initiative to help D.C. based Black women founders grow and scale

Kristen Welker: making history as first Black‘Meet The Press’ moderator

Kristen Welker, a former chief White House correspondent, has been with NBC News in Washington since 2011. She was recently named the new host of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” (Photo credit: NNPA Newswire) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia NBC’s long-standing political panel show, “Meet the Press,” will experience a history-making

Black Feminist Future highlights community with three-day long event, GET FREE: A Black Feminist Reunion

By Zsana Hoskins, Special to the AFRO Black Feminist Future (BFF) will be hosting GET FREE, an event where major movement organizers, activists and leaders in the making from D.C. and the surrounding area will gather to build power, community and shift culture for Black women, girls and gender-expansive people from June 8-11. The city

Tupac Shakur receives Walk of Fame star honor in the same month as birthday

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tupac Shakur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, just several days before the hip-hop legend’s birthday. The late rapper’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, accepted the star on behalf of their family. During her speech, she shed tears while describing

Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — June 09, 2023

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