News by subject: BLK

The Walmart Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have launched a new program to expand access to healthy, affordable food in under-resourced communities, with an intentional focus on the Southeast region. Known as the...

Affordability gap for Black and Hispanic/Latino households remains wide About one in five of all Californians earned enough income to support the purchase of an $822,320 statewide median-priced home in 2022, down from just over one in four from...

SOUR PATCH KIDS is calling current or prospective students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) seeking scholarship funds to participate in the third annual "Mischief for Change" scholarship program. The brand has committed $1...

Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission, Teamsters Local 667, and the Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Division came together in Memphis to induct Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an...

M&T Bank is seeking as many as 50 entrepreneurs to participate in its second annual Capital Region Multicultural Small Business Lab ? a program designed to provide multicultural business owners with the guidance and skills needed to build strong...

Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) has announced former Nike marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro as the keynote speaker at the organization's 2023 Champions and Legends award show. The event, which honors black achievement in sports and...

New federal data reveals the unfortunate truth for Black mothers across the country ? as the national maternal mortality rate rose during the pandemic, Black mothers are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes than their...

Blue Note Entertainment Group announces the lineup for the second Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa, curated by five-time Grammy Award winner Robert Glasper and hosted by internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedian Dave Chappelle. The...

In the Black: Changing the Dominant Narrative in the Commercial Real Estate Industry by T. Dallas Smith is now available. The book is published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes, and is available on Amazon...

The Container Store, the nation's leading specialty retailer of organizing solutions, custom spaces, and in-home services, has chosen The Kaleidoscope Project as the beneficiary of one of its employee resource group-led charitable giving campaigns....

HOT 97, the New York-based global culture-setting hip-hop brand, unveils the lineup and details for the 2023 HOT 97 Summer Jam. After over 20 years, the iconic hip-hop music festival is back in New York at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY boasting a...

Throughout the country, many Black Christian leaders believe their voice has been muted and co-opted since the height of the civil rights movement decades ago. In response, prominent Black Christian leaders around the country have endorsed the AND...

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Labcorp , a leading global life sciences company, is partnering with the Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) to address health equity gaps in colorectal cancer screening. To raise awareness and provide expanded access to colorectal cancer...

The Lone Star State added more tech workers than any other state in the nation in 2022, according to a new report released today by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. ...

REVOLT, the leading Black-owned independent multimedia company, today is excited to announce the appointment of four highly experienced women who have joined its executive team. With this initiative, Dominique Andrews, Donyell Kennedy-McCullough,...

Today, PepsiCo and Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design celebrate the first step in their three-year partnership to develop Black designers and increase representation in the design industry. PepsiCo is revealing the work from its inaugural...

Against the backdrop of an eventful year tech employment in Virginia added new jobs and grew in depth and breadth, according to today's release of new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and...

Dr. Shawn Joseph, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Co-Director of the Urban Superintendent Academy at Howard University, published an article titled, "A Call for Black Superintendents to Document their Experiences...

With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering different cultural groups stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a...

Against the backdrop of an eventful year tech employment in Utah added new jobs and grew in depth and breadth, according to new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce....

Bass Public Affairs (BPA) is excited to announce the launch of the Humphrey-Pinkston Fellows program. The Humphrey-Pinkston Fellows program is offered to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The program is both a mentoring...

The World Natural Hair Show returns for its 23rd year this April 22-23 at the Georgia International Convention Center! More than an annual event, The World Natural Hair Show is a cultural movement that continues to positively change society's views...

RISE Financial Pathways hosted its 2023 Power Luncheon on March 29 and presented Operation HOPE Chairman, Founder, and CEO John Hope Bryant with the 2023 Robert A. McNeely Trailblazer Award, the organization's highest honor....

Living Cities, a national collaboration of prominent financial institutions and foundations, today announced a $3.2 million grant investment across six cities -- Albuquerque, NM, Austin, TX, Memphis, TN, Minneapolis, MN, Saint Paul, MN, and...

Northern Illinois Community Initiatives (NICI), a foundation created by Nicor Gas, is announcing a new economic development program called Northern Illinois Community Ventures (NICV). It has been established to help small business startups and...

Newly released data from the Eos Foundation's Women's Power Gap report, Breaking Through to the Top: Diversity Among Executive Leadership at Massachusetts' Largest Public Companies, shows a modest increase in women's representation among the most...

As Women's History Month comes to a close, Village Enterprise is thrilled to announce a gift of $7 million from MacKenzie Scott that will have a transformative impact on the lives of the most vulnerable women living in extreme poverty in rural Africa...

On March 30, 2023 the National Women's History Museum will debut its inaugural in-person exhibition at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC. Entitled We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC, the exhibition...

Evelyn Magley represents a paradigm shift. As C.E.O. of The Basketball League ? a pro basketball league with 49 teams and counting across the U.S.A. and Canada - Evelyn has a vision of professional sports that is radically different. For Ms. Magley,...

The Institute For Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), a nonprofit organization that works to eradicate the systemic barriers that prevent people from historically excluded populations from being able to build wealth through entrepreneurship, today...

This Field Looks Green To Me is a feature length fictionalized telling of a true Appalachian story about three kids who led their coal mining town to confront racial inequality. It's a movie which benefits kids and promotes mentorship on a national...

Making his mark in history, Ken Ampy, CEO of Astyra Corporation, was featured in Virginia Business Magazine as one of the prominent Black Business Leaders in the state. 17 executives were chosen out of 108 dynamic leaders, based on factors such as...

Rock The Bells, the global platform dedicated to elevating Hip-Hop culture from its roots to the modern day, announced today the return of the Rock The Bells Festival, taking place on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY....

Addiction Professionals of North Carolina announces our collaborative partnership with Mount Vernon Christian Church (MVCC) in Clayton, NC to provide mental health awareness and education....

The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) has appointed Mary Stutts as Chief Executive Officer where she will lead the global association's mission to accelerate the advancement and impact of women in the business of healthcare....

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today released a new report that shows an upward trend in non-fire carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths. The report, Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Deaths Associated with the Use of Consumer Products 2019...

Continuing its ongoing support of HBCU athletics and academics, financial technology corporation Ready Life returns as a major sponsor of the storied Orange Blossom Classic (OBC) for the second year in a row.   The OBC is...

The Gordon Parks Foundation will host its annual Awards Dinner and Auction celebrating Gordon Parks's legacy and those continuing his commitment to advancing social justice on Tuesday, May 23rd at Cipriani 42nd St. This year's gala will honor scholar...

The Knowledge House (TKH) will host their first in-person recruitment series since the pandemic. Launching mid-April 2023 through the beginning of May, the organization will host four (4) in-person recruitment events to reach more Black and Brown...

Founded by Dr. Ezella McPherson in 2021, Dr. McPherson Coaching, LLC is an education firm committed to increasing the graduation of college students, including low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities. Recently, we have expanded...

As "The Textured Hair Care Authority," Mielle ? the fastest growing Black-founded and women-led beauty brand ? is expanding its beloved Pomegranate & Honey Collection with the launch of the brand's 1st air dry stylers....

Honda will bring together more than 200 students and coaches from 32 Historically Black Colleges and...

1 in 23 men and 1 in 25 women develop colon cancer in their lifetime, making it the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. It is vital that all adults get regular screenings for the disease. Colorectal cancer disproportionately affects the...

Today, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) in partnership with the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) is proud to release recommendations for improving and standardizing data collection methods around race, ethnicity, and language...

Canada's Procurement Ombudsman will host the Diversifying the Federal Supply Chain Summit on April 4 and 5, 2023. Are you an Indigenous or a Diverse Supplier Aiming To Do Business with the Federal Government?Now in its fifth year, the Summit, that...

US-based pre-accelerator Geekz Ventures has announced its class of 10 startups for its inaugural cohort program. The...

Accelerate Auto, a not-for-profit focused on increasing representation of Black talent across Canada's automotive industry, today released the findings of new third-party research aimed at better understanding what Black Canadians experience when...

This weekend, 100 students from across the country celebrated the conclusion of the 16th year of Disney Dreamers Academy with an emotional commencement ceremony at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, featuring an inspirational speech by...

CURLS, the most recognized natural hair care brand in North America, the textured hair aisle, and the multicultural community, is excited to announce the launch of its 2023 Hair Trend Release TRANSLATE: a compilation of defined hair textures, forms,...