Category: Food, Lifestyle & Culture

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Twin lawyers, sauce-preneurs team up on a new kind of case to keep their grandmother’s legacy alive

Twin lawyers, sauce-preneurs team up on a new kind of case to keep their grandmother’s legacy alive

Alice and Alicia Crowe are identical twin lawyers turned sauce-entrepreneurs who are now working on a different type of case, bottling and selling Emmaline’s All-Natural Hot Sauce, a family-owned line of hot sauce that is three generations old and is made from their grandmother’s original recipe. As proud graduates of Howard University School of Law, the...

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What Are You saying to Your DNA?

What Are You saying to Your DNA?

What Are you saying to your DNA? We have never fully understood the properties and actions of our human system. I talk about the Martial Sciences, The Living Sciences, and The Mystical Sciences but they are all the same in understanding the connection and the practices of the human system, OR ARE THEY? I hear...

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HBCU grad launches fastest-growing online marketplace for black-owned food brands

HBCU grad launches fastest-growing online marketplace for black-owned food brands

Meet Keisha Spivey, the founder, and CEO of SB Market, Inc. who has created a specialty marketplace called ShoptheBlackFoodMarket.com – the fastest growing online platform to sell and promote Black-owned food brands. The African American community has enormous purchasing power. The University of Georgia reported on August 11, 2021, that the spending power of African Americans has...

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6-year old author reveals memory tricks to help children learn and review the alphabet

6-year old author reveals memory tricks to help children learn and review the alphabet

Six-year-old Corban Stephenson has written a new book entitled Alexander’s Hide and Seek Alphabet. While there are many alphabet books out there, this book has a different spin. Corban’s book uses a fun learning technique called the “Loci Method” to help kids, ages 4-6, learn and review the alphabet. The method is a memory tool that...

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$40K in grants to be donated to K-12 public schools and black & brown community changemakers across the nation

$40K in grants to be donated to K-12 public schools and black & brown community changemakers across the nation

BeGreat Together, the philanthropic arm of online educational platform Assemble, announced it will launch Fall 2021, awarding up to $10,000 to two local public school programs and $20,000 to a local community changemaker, along with the logistical support and awareness necessary to create lasting positive change in disenfranchised Black and Brown communities. School districts with more...

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Two women from different countries come together to create a black-owned skincare brand that illuminates melanin skin

Two women from different countries come together to create a black-owned skincare brand that illuminates melanin skin

The skincare industry has created a space for more diverse products. Yet, despite the thousands of skincare products on the market, representation and advocacy for women of color are still limited. Black-owned skincare brands are on the rise, but most mainstream brands have the visibility and accessibility to market to women of color much easier...

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Children’s book series reintroduces social skills to young people post-pandemic

Children’s book series reintroduces social skills to young people post-pandemic

According to UNICEF, 188 countries have imposed school closings worldwide, affecting more than 1.6 billion children. While curriculum continues virtually, the lack of social interaction during global lockdowns could potentially have a lasting impact. Here in the U.S. and around the world, in-school education is crucial to child development. Children connect in this environment. They...

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Steve Harvey, billionaire Robert Smith team up to help HBCU students enjoy more ‘freedom’

Steve Harvey, billionaire Robert Smith team up to help HBCU students enjoy more ‘freedom’

Steve Harvey has always had soft spot for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Now the acclaimed comedian, television show host, entrepreneur, and philanthropist is taking his longstanding passion to new heights. Through his Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, an organization in which he shares with his wife dedicated to cultivating the next generation of...

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Founder of black-owned firm celebrates $10 million in growth financing to scale cybersecurity training across America

Founder of black-owned firm celebrates $10 million in growth financing to scale cybersecurity training across America

Ida Byrd-Hill, founder and CEO of Detroit-based Automation Workz, has landed $10 million in growth financing to drive the expansion of her company’s cybersecurity certification training across America. She comments, “I believe Blacks, with the right technical expertise, can face off against hackers and win as both are contrarian thinkers.” Affectionately known as “the Professor Xavier...