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When thinking about how today's financially-stressed African Americans can update the survival strategies of earlier generations of blacks, Dr. Cecilia A. Conrad keeps returning to the economic significance of the old-fashioned rent party.
By day I work in county government, but my passion is the mentoring program I founded 11 years ago, The Omega Lamplighters, Inc. Our mission is to light a path to success, to empower secondary-school aged youth with the academic and social skills, community connections, and progressive opportunities necessary to ensure their roles as active, educated, and responsible citizens.
Along with 40 other honorees, General Motor’s Alicia Boler Davis, will be celebrated as the Black Engineer of the Year next weekend by US Black Engineer (USBE) magazine at its...
Newlyweds Derick Pearson and Felecia Hatcher are first-rate savers. Pearson was raised in a large family and taught the importance of saving by his aunt and uncle, Jean and Stan Kennedy. “They taught me how to budget every cent, along with saving for future expenses such as education, vacations, and emergencies,†says the 26-year-old.
I tell stories and I represent people who tell stories. As a filmmaker, my goal is always to make movies that have a social justice focus, but that are also funny and entertaining.
