View fullsize Watchen Nyanue, a Liberian native, is the CEO of I Choose the Ladder. (Picture by Amber Del Rio) I Choose the Ladder is a career development agency specifically for Black women in corporate America and for corporations who want to attract high-performing Black female talent. Founder Watchen Nyanue started the company in 2018 […]
View fullsize City officials and other partners of the development broke ground for The New State development. (Picture provided by The New State)
View fullsize Jasmine (L) and Hakim Collins (R). (Picture taken from Instagram) Husband and wife Hakim and Jasmine Collins started the transformation challenge together three years ago. It began as a friendly competition between them to see who could have the best body transformation in 90 days. They bet each other $100 to see who […]
View fullsize A look inside a community in Puerto Rico. (Picture courtesy of Nick Price) A riveting documentary series called Hindsight reveals the true stories of minority communities in the American South and Puerto Rico. BIPOC-led media organizations, Firelight Media, Reel South, and Center for Asian American Media sponsored the series for the PBS channel. […]
View fullsize A look inside a community in Puerto Rico. (Picture courtesy of Nick Price) A riveting documentary series called Hindsight reveals the true stories of minority communities in the American South and Puerto Rico. BIPOC-led media organizations, Firelight Media, Reel South, and Center for Asian American Media sponsored the series for the PBS channel. […]
View fullsize The HaRUNBee Walk/Run welcomed all ages. (Picture by Justin Gordon) On the morning of August 7, 2021 the 6th annual HaRUNBee Walk/Run for Healthy Birth Outcomes took place on Martin Luther King Drive and North Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 5k walk/run was the first of many Bronzeville Week events, including day parties, […]
View fullsize The program director of the Entrepreneur Access Network, Nit Reeder. (Photo courtesy of Lauren K. Hare) According to Forbes, Black women create new businesses more rapidly than any other racial and ethnic group. Yet, the lack of support and access to funding sources threaten to erase years of hard work. Ernest & Young […]
View fullsize Alex Love’s Garden of Y.O.U.T.H. Alkaline Water was created to help his city in a time of crisis. (Photo courtesy of Alex Love) Alex Love, 32, grew up in Flint, Michigan—the epicenter of the water crisis that began in 2014 when government officials changed the water source of the city to save money—causing […]
View fullsize Dustin Young, 37, from Carson California. (Photo by Jeremy Green) Even as a child, 37-year-old Dustin Young was interested in the human body. Surrounded by Black women, including his three sisters, an aunt, his mother and grandmother, he was also surrounded by the experience of womanhood. Now he’s a certified doula. A doula […]
To create a sense of community during quarantine, Amber Thomas called on her friend Kadijiha Jones to found their business Brush Box. Brush Box combines Thomas’ superhero directive—which encourages individuals to build their own superhero—along with Jones’ love of crafts into one to inspire people to create and enjoy the process of art making. Thomas […]
