52 Years of Celebrating Juneteenth Milwaukee has been celebrating Juneteenth Day since 1971. Thousands of community members came out on Martin Luther King Drive to celebrate the holiday. It is on record that Milwaukee has one of the longest-running Juneteenth celebrations in the country. Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration was held on June 19, 2023. This year’s […]
27 Years of Highlighting Black Films and Filmmakers 2023 makes 27 years of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Starting in 1997, the festival has been the spot for Black filmmakers to be seen, heard, and celebrated. ABFF returned to Miami from June 14-18, 2023. There will be a virtual program from June 19-25, 2023 […]
Reaching Manhood Terron Edwards became a father at the age of 16. Within that time, Edwards thought he reached true manhood at least 20 times, but it wasn’t until recently that he knew he was the man he wanted to be. Edwards said everyone’s definition of a man is different, but he defines it as […]
Community Conversations Series Northwestern Mutual, a life insurance company, wants to ensure that Black and Brown people find their way in this economy by closing the racial wealth gap, so they hosted a Community Conversations panel in Atlanta on June 3, 2023. Community Conversations was created to provide an in-person forum for the workforce to […]
Engaging Black and Brown Professionals Social X, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting group, started in 2012 to create spaces for Black and Brown professionals to engage in different parts of Milwaukee. The founders knew of doctors, attorneys, business owners, and people from around the world that moved to Milwaukee for work who wanted more […]
Big Tigger and Atlanta Beltline Partnership Atlanta BeltLine and entertainer and current V-103 DJ Big Tigger and the Big Tigger Foundation partnered to present the inaugural Big Tigger’s BeltLine BikeFest on June 4, 2023. During the event, more than 100 bikes and helmets were gifted to Atlanta Public Schools students from surrounding BeltLine neighborhoods. The […]
