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The National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment (NABFEME) is a nonprofit organization for professional women in the entertainment industry. Their mission is to raise the profile, increase awareness, and magnify the number of economic opportunities women of color experience in entertainment.
“A key component of my strategy was to build a more corporate presence on the university’s board," said Dr. Freeman. “The corporate presence on the board is deliberate, a new way to run HBCUs — hopefully turning a faltering university around.†The university’s board includes a few exceptional leaders across a wide range of industries, including, Bishop McKinley Young, Bishop of the Third District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; Mark Wilson, president and CEO of eVerifile; Adrienne Trimble, general manager, diversity and inclusion, Toyota and John Miller, CEO of Denny’s, Inc., and more.
AT&T is using the power of its network to provide opportunities for a better future for many underserved students. Its signature education initiative, AT&T Aspire, drives innovation in education through technology, social innovation, and relationships to provide students with opportunities to develop the skills they need to succeed in school and beyond.
“I started a lawnmower business with a friend in junior high school because money was hard to come by in my family, and jobs were hard to come by in the community in the mid-1960s. We learned that we could create our own,†says McKinney.
Sen. Bernie Sanders' new press secretary, Symone Sanders, talks about her early start in politics, the Black Lives Matter movement, and gives advice to young voters.
