Tag Archives: economic empowerment
My Powerful Life As Mrs. Buy-Black America
Thanks to the Empowerment Experiment, we've met some extraordinary entrepreneurs
When we created The Empowerment Experiment, we knew things would be different. We knew…
By Maggie Anderson
Our Choice: To Empower
Can a middle-class, professional, suburban black couple lead a Black Power movement?
My family made a choice, publicly, to spend as much money as possible with Black…
By Maggie Anderson
Banking on Our Own
Investing in black-owned financial institutions is investing in ourselves
It’s expensive to be black in America. Recent studies and lawsuits prove we are overcharged…
By Zachary Raynell Rinkins
Establishing A Legacy of Wealth: Part 4
We must take control of our destinies
When all is said and done, we have the ability to take control of our…
By Ryan Mack
My Beef With Black Business
Black-owned companies need to spend more money with black-owned media
Our businesses leave BE and other black media hanging. When Forbes, Business Week or The…
By Zachary Raynell Rinkins
Establishing A Legacy of Wealth: Part 3
We must take stock of how we spend
Many African Americans are more concerned with what we are wearing, what we are driving…
By Ryan Mack
Establishing A Legacy of Wealth: Part 2
It's time to take care of business
Yes, we have been oppressed, but we can do much more to help ourselves. Why…
By Ryan Mack
Establishing A Legacy of Wealth: Part 1
We must work on taking the poverty out of the people
No, we haven’t had the best of times since arriving to this country. It…
By Ryan Mack
A Plan for Black America in the 21st Century
100 Black Men pushes empowerment through achievement, education, and community development
Over the past few days, the venue for dialogue and action focused on black America’s…
By Derek T. Dingle
Empowerment Experiment Shines Light on Black Business Blight
Chicago couple pledges to "buy black" for 2009
Like many other blacks in Illinois who live in areas where mainstream grocery stores are…
