Shop Style Shark, a fast-growing, woman-owned, Black woman-owned online retailer is taking on the largely male-dominated online fashion industry. Dionne Middlebrooks, the founder of online fashion retailer Shop Style Shark, is changing the game as a female owner. The fashion industry – and particularly online fashion – continues to be male-dominated even though women spend over...
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31-Year old becomes youngest black lawyer to open an office on the southside of Chicago.
Attorney Shymane Robinson, founder, and CEO of True Lawyer, is now the youngest Black lawyer to have a law firm office on the Southside of Chicago. At just 31-years old, she now has two offices in the city for her real estate and trademark law firm that helps transform black communities. Her firm is also the...
A woman who once saw her dad point a gun at her mom is now helping others to overcome childhood trauma
Patrice Brantley, a community licensed mental health therapist, says she watched her father tried to kill her mother when she was just 6-years old. Patrice Brantley is an author, educator, licensed therapist, and podcaster, who is on a mission to empower others to overcome childhood trauma and heal. At a young age, Patrice Brantley experienced...
Black mom and daughter duo makes history and open apparel store in one of La’s most luxurious malls.
Meet Lakeisha Jackson and her daughter, Katelyn, who are making history as the first African American mom-daughter duo to open a Black-owned lifestyle athletic leisure apparel store for women at the high-end Topanga Mall in Los Angeles. Their company, SGH Apparel™, is a lifestyle brand dedicated to superwomen who are movers and shakers, risk-takers, and goal-getters....
Meet the black entrepreneur partnering with hospitals across the country to help motivate their nurses.
Meet Rasheda Hatchett, a registered nurse, author, speaker, and resilience expert that educates and empowers thousands of nurses from across the country. Her company, Rasheda Hatchett Media, LLC, helps high-achieving healthcare leaders optimize their teams’ reach and productivity through the lens of resilience. During the pandemic, healthcare workers are fighting a lethal virus with acute shortages...
Founders of Black women-led organization launch event series.
FOUNDERS OF BLACK WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATION LAUNCH EVENT SERIES TO TEACH EDUCATORS HOW TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE Teach Your Heart Out (TYHO), a Black-women-led organization, founded by Lisa Dunnigan and Tosha Wright, is committed to creating high-impact programs and events for educators. They have recently announced their schedule of events through summer 2022. The upcoming schedule...
Black psychologist releases first-ever therapy card deck for black men
Dr. Ebony, the creator of My Therapy Cards, the first card deck and self-help tool for Black women, has finally created the first therapy card deck for Black men! After the successful release of the first deck of My Therapy Cards, she received so many requests for a My Therapy Cards for Black men! She...
Couple opens online store with over 170 black-owned products from over 58 business
Meet Troy and Aurora Nkrumah Dixon, the owners of The Necessities Company, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based storefront and online platform that sells more than 170 products from Black-owned businesses around the world. Some of the products that they sell include fresh produce, laundry detergent, toothbrushes, batteries, light bulbs, and more. Many people want to support Black-owned,...
Meet the black woman creating the most powerful executive personal brands for women in corporate America and beyond.
From near homelessness to running a premium brand consultancy, Deandra Coleman, a former c-suite Black executive, has mastered the power of brand elevation. And she’s disrupting the careers of America’s top leading executive women inside her new program, The Double Comma Woman Experience. It’s the most connected, luxurious way to advance your executive personal brand into...
Black chef shares unique and delicious summer African cooking classes online for kids, 3 to 15 years old.
Mirabel Umenei, a mother of three and the founder of Motherland Cooking Xperience, has launched interactive, virtual cooking lessons for children ages 3 to 15-years old that highlight Africa’s culinary diversity. The online classes combine cooking lessons with singing, Kiswahili lessons, and live music. The summer camp began on June 7th and ends on August 21st....