Capital One Hosts Discussion on How to Really Diversify Tech
80% of middle-skilled jobs require digital skills. Building these skills is key to unlocking access to 21st-century jobs.
College
Browse 21594 search results
Can Clinton Break Barriers for Black Businesses?
Hillary Clinton pledged to invest $25 billion to support entrepreneurship and small business growth in low-income and “underserved†communities. The investment would be used to train 50,000 underserved entrepreneurs, expand...
$2.7 Million in New Deposits at Black-Owned Industrial Bank
As the national conversation about the value of black lives and the role of police intensifies, celebrities and community leaders alike are calling on the black community to deposit money...
2016 STEM Grad Says ‘Vive la France!’
Shut off your mind and everyone’s opinions, and open your heart. As an African American woman in STEM, I’m a minority within a minority—the field is heavily white male. But I never took it to heart because if I know what I’m doing I can get the job done. I’ve established a reputation for being a hard worker.
Changing Lanes: Wall Street Trader Quits Job to Pursue His Dreams
Anteneh “Anthem†Addisu, 25, loved working on Wall Street. Making close to $150,000 a year, the Duke University graduate was among a handful of Black men living the fast paced, Manhattan life of a Wall Street trader. During his first year in finance, Addisu’s take-home pay helped care for his mother, who’d been laid off while he was senior year in college. But a prestigious job, six-figure salary, and the accomplished joy of being able to support his family wasn’t enough. Addisu wanted to be a rapper.