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Dr. Katina Blue BENSON – The Town of Benson and the Benson Museum of Local History are excited to announce this year’s Black History Month Celebration honoring past and present Black business owners within the Town of Benson. In past years, the Museum has chosen an individual to highlight for their accomplishments within the community. This year, it was decided to shift focus to Benson’s Black community at large with a particular lens on business owners past and present. “We had a lot of input from community members and they have helped guide this new direction,” explained Benson Cultural Arts…

In North Omaha, the legacy of The Omaha Star lives on, steadfast through decades of change and challenge. Since 1938, Nebraska’s only Black-owned newspaper has been a voice for the community, and now, under the leadership of Terri Sanders, it’s poised to become a national cultural landmark. “Paper’s been going 87 years. We have never missed a publication day. So, we can’t start with me,” Sanders said in a telephone conversation with NNPA Newswire. The mother of former vice-presidential advisor and MSNBC News journalist Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, Sanders said she remains committed to preserving Omaha’s beacon of Black journalism. Dr…

Intermountain Healthcare and the Raiders today announced their Naming Rights Partnership for the Raiders’ Performance Center and Corporate Headquarters, which will house Silver and Black football and business operations. Intermountain Healthcare also becomes the Official Healthcare Partner of the Raiders and a Founding Partner of Allegiant Stadium. The Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center is currently under construction in Henderson, Nevada and set to open in the Summer of 2020. The Raiders and Intermountain Healthcare will focus their efforts and new initiatives by working towards better health outcomes and overall well-being for individuals, families, and communities in the west. “We are thrilled…

Grants, training, associations and more that can help legacy and new publishers Communities of color need to have strong, sustainable local news outlets to cover them in a fair, equitable way. While Black, Hispanic, Asian and Native newspapers, TV and radio have a long history, the shift of ad revenue to tech platforms has hit many of them hard – with the added difficulties of pandemic-induced losses in ads and events. New digital publications are springing up in response to community needs, but often without the resources available in wealthy, white communities. If the so-called mainstream local news publishers aren’t…

Equal=Grounds coffee shop (WHEC file photo)ROCHESTER, N.Y. — August is Black-owned business month, a way to highlight the Black entrepreneurs across the country.News10NBC TODAY was live from at Equal=Grounds, Rochester’s LGBTQ+ coffee shop on South Avenue. Monique Chatman is the owner of the business started by Harry Bronson and his husband John White-Bronson back in 2006.Chatman’s love for coffee started with her eldest daughter. Chatman said being a business owner gives her freedom and allows her to serve others. She said that she’d rather work 24 hours a day for herself than eight hours a day for someone else. Updates on…

The Fortune 500 is making progress when it comes to Black leadership. That’s the good news. The bad news is only eight Fortune 500 companies have a Black CEO. That’s just 1.6%, a far cry from Black Americans’ 14.4% share of the population. Still, eight out of 500 leaders is a near-record high, second only to 2022. (The list shrank after Rosalind Brewer’s abrupt resignation as Walgreens CEO last year, and is set to shrink further when Franklin Clyburn Jr. of International Flavors & Fragrances resigns this month.) Diversity workplace experts say it doesn’t need to be this way. Companies…

An Ohio business owner alleged Hello Alice illegally discriminated against him because he is white, but a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit Tuesday. A federal judge in Ohio has dismissed a federal lawsuit that accused the online small business resource company Hello Alice of racial discrimination for overseeing a grant program that awarded money only to Black-owned businesses. Judge Patricia A. Gaughan delivered the decision Tuesday, saying the lawsuit didn’t allege any harm that could be remedied by the court system. A news release from the fintech platform said Gaughan’s ruling marks “a significant win for the broader small business…

Photo of the old town of Portland Oregon Albina is a neighborhood in North Portland, Oregon that was once home to a flourishing Black community. A new organization, the 1803 Fund, and their inaugural project, Rebuild Albina, is aiming to ensure that the Black town thrives again. Earlier this year, Nike founder Phil Knight pledged a $400 million investment in the “Albina neighborhood, specifically to help Black Portlanders.” This gift was the inception of the 1803 Fund, so named for the year that York, an enslaved African American “was directed to join the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” Oregon has a…

‘It validated the experiences of black women who loved women’: The 1928 song that’s one of the world’s first gay anthems BBC Source link

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event for Vice President Harris in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Prior to the rally, Obama made a special plea to Black men who have been hesitant to support Harris. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Former President Barack Obama on Thursday had a blunt message to Black men: get behind Vice President Harris and get out to vote. Obama made a surprise stop at a Pittsburgh campaign field office ahead of a rally in the city — where his party has been working hard to…