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BE NOLA'S Stevona Elem Rodgers pens love letter to New Orleans in 30th anniversary Essence Magazine cover story
Without our ancestors, there would be no New Orleans. This country tries to hide the truth of our genius, but your existence reveals what it means to build, resist and remember.
Meredith Moore named Women in Business to Know
In 2016, Meredith Moore, a former McDonald’s executive, was about to launch her own leadership development and communications agency. She gave her new business an heirloom name: Leverette Weekes. The first Leverette Weekes was founded in 1973 in Minneapolis by two Howard University alums — Moore’s
Here's one way we're addressing the high Black maternal mortality rate in the Twin Cities
Too many of us risk our lives giving birth. Black birthing women deserve joy.
GreenLight Twin Cities Invests in Irth to Address Maternal Health Disparities
GreenLight Fund
Set A Deadline: 15 Essential Tips To Successfully Author A Book As A Busy Entrepreneur
Forbes
1954 Project Luminaries highlighted by PepsiCO
BET
Black-owned First Independence Bank draws $3.2M in deposits from statewide campaign
Business Journal
California Approves Revised Math Framework as a Step Forward for Equity and Excellence
SCV News
Shift Your Mindset From Performance To Purpose
Forbes
WVON interview with Atiba Buchanan and Darlene Hill
WVON Radio
Two years in the 1954 Project is moving the needle on funding for Black leaders in education
Inside Philanthropy
Council Post: 18 Concrete Ways For Entrepreneurs To Improve Their Branding Strategy
Forbes
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