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Over the past few days, the venue for dialogue and action focused on black America’s advancement could be found at the 23rd Annual Conference of 100 Black Men of America, Inc., an impressive event chock full of power players from business, politics and entertainment who brought messages of achievement and empowerment.
First up, let’s address the green economy. There has been a lot of talk about green-collar jobs. Last year, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided $500 million to the Department of Labor to fund training workers in “green†careers. “People have been doing these jobs for years. It's just a matter of how you market yourself so that customers will know,†says Phillip O’Neal, founder of Green DMV, a program that provides green job skills for low income communities.
Inspired by hometown heroes of his own, Grant Bennett wanted to pave a way for the young students in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to build bright futures.
Dr. Sabrina Kizzie, an award-winning social media lecturer within the Department of Communication Studies at CUNY Baruch College in NYC, devoted over seven years to conducting research that she believes cannot deny the power of the Black millennial trend to spend.
