News by subject: BLK

This year, organizers will host the inaugural FutureLAND conference, an annual Cleveland-based destination experience celebrating diversity in tech, arts and culture. FutureLAND seeks to transform Cleveland's innovation and tech ecosystem by...

Greenhouse, the hiring software company, has released its Candidate Interview and...

The Foray Firm is proud to announce that it is launching a scholarship program to aid Black law students in their educational goals. Each semester going forward, the firm will offer a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving African American student who is...

In their second year of partnership, Cantu Beauty and Gyrl Wonder, a professional pipeline 501c3 initiative giving rise to ambitious women of color between the ages of 17 - 23, has teamed up to host the Gyrl Get Hired (GGH) Conference on Sunday,...

The Balm In Gilead, Inc. is partnering with the Black Churches 4 Digital Equity Coalition (BCDE) to help individuals and families in underserved populations get access to broadband internet through the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The Balm...

SoLa Impact and Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson will partner to raise $2 million to establish SoLa Tech West, a youth and workforce development technology and entrepreneurship center in the Crenshaw Corridor in South Los...

While the percentage of U.S. high schools offering foundational computer science coursework has increased year-over-year and over time, there remain significant gaps in access, particularly among historically underrepresented and underserved...

Today, the Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI) recognizes National Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This year, the day is observed more than one month later than it was last year. The added days signal the widening wage gap that still exists between...

Zillow's second HBCU Housing Hackathon, which drew more than 200 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), awarded top prizes to teams that developed innovations to help renters and first-time buyers find their dream...

Accel Real Estate Commission Advance, a subsidiary of Balanced Bridge Funding, is able to provide funding to real estate agents and brokers on their pending fees from transactions related to Bank of America's (BOFA) new Community Affordable Loan...

Stackwell, the digital investment platform created to eliminate the racial wealth gap, and the Detroit Pistons today announced a multi-year strategic partnership to increase access to investment in the financial markets, and bring financial...

Stackwell, the digital investment platform created to eliminate the racial wealth gap, today announced the release of its first product, a robo-investing app, which is currently available for download in the App Store....

Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) divisions Entertainment Studios Networks, Inc. ("Entertainment Studios") and Weather Group, LLC ("Weather Group") won a significant legal victory in federal court on Friday, September 16, 2022. The AMG lawsuit...

Oakland-based Common Future announced that it is acquiring Seattle-based Community Credit Lab (CCL). Community Credit Lab will exist as an affiliated entity under Common Future. This acquisition would bring together two field-leading organizations...

High school students from across the Southeast and beyond will descend on Walt Disney World Resort next month for the largest-ever HBCU Week featuring a huge college fair, a parade of high-stepping marching bands, a fierce battle of the bands and...

Dexterity Sounds, the record label of T.D. Jakes, a globally renowned businessman, faith leader and philanthropist has joined forces with Roc Nation, the world's preeminent entertainment company, for the distribution of the album, Finally Loosed....

Canada is one of the healthiest countries in the world, and everyone in Canada deserves opportunities to thrive and lead a healthy life. The Government of Canada is taking action to address systemic health challenges and barriers so that every...

Students from Morehouse College take home top honor including $20K scholarship and a guaranteed internship offer Sixty students from 15 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) competedMulti-platinum artist, philanthropist, and...

Today, on National Voter Registration Day, Ben & Jerry's, alongside Black Voters Matter, is unveiling a sweet new look and mission to their popular flavor, "Change is Brewing" ? a cool combination of cold brew ice cream, marshmallow swirls, and fudge...

In this fourth year of 'The CLIMB' career summit, it returns with a hybrid model, taking a deep dive into what it means to reshuffle professionally and empower attendees both in-person and virtually, with the tools and resources needed to redefine...

Baseball Beyond Borders (BBB) and Converge Media (Converge) announced tickets are available for the premier of the short film "Reconciliation Tour" on September 27 at T-Mobile Park's Ellis Pavilion from 3-5 p.m. Tickets can be reserved at Baseball...

Chispa, the #1 dating app made for U.S. Latinx singles, has reunited with the grassroots political organization Voto Latino to educate, empower, and mobilize the next generation of Latinx voters for the 2022 midterm election....

The Better Mattress, the first Black owned and operated retail mattress operation in Colorado, has chosen the University Hills neighborhood in South Denver for its first storefront.  The new store features over fifty different famous name mattresses...

Humanity Health, the premier career acceleration and talent sourcing platform for underrepresented leaders in healthcare and life sciences, is delighted to announce a pioneering partnership with MedTech Color. Through this partnership, MedTech Color,...

Today, creator platform UnitedMasters, announced that after thousands of submissions and millions of views, Cherelle Stephenson/@sherealtalk with Danyale Brooklynn Lowery/@30foez and ArmonieJAY/@armoniejay had won the first ever Hit-Boy Beat Exchange...

Black female founded education and empowerment platform Boss Women Media launches its newest initiative, Building Women for the Future, in partnership with Amazon's Black Business Accelerator (BBA). As an extension of their most recent collaboration,...

LUNGevity Foundation, the nation's leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization, is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2022 Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Awards....

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced a partnership with the nation's four Historically Black Medical Colleges (HBMCs) to further support the cutting-edge scientific research they are leading to address significant gaps in genomics...

Today, Per Scholas, a national nonprofit committed to advancing economic mobility and increasing access to tech careers, awards Mike Tomlin, the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL), its Diverse by Design North...

The National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) recently published a new series of resource sheets for underserved communities living with disabilities....

REVOLT, The leading Black-owned and operated multimedia platform announced today that strategic partnerships have led to an increase in global brand presence at this year's REVOLT  Summit x AT&T, which will take place in  Atlanta, Ga., on September...

The demand for a diverse and inclusive workplace culture is growing, and companies must keep up with that momentum to continue to thrive in the market for top talent today....

VC Include (VCI), an organization committed to evolving the traditional investment industry by creating an inclusive ecosystem of LPs and GPs from diverse backgrounds, today announced this year's BIPOC First-Time Fund Manager fellows.  Twelve venture...

Celebrated radio personality and bestselling author Cayman Kelly happily announced he had renewed his contract as the official voice of ESPN's Monday Night Football for the third year in a row. Already recording in the studios for the 2022-23 NFL...

Emmett Till continues to change lives from the grave. The 14-year-old Black child was tortured and murdered for whistling at a white woman decades ago. It fueled the Civil Rights movement, an anti-lynching law, an ABC mini-documentary and soon an MGM...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has named 19 institutions of higher education as Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader for 2022. ECA established the Fulbright...

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today the launch of Talk That Talktm, an educational campaign and call to action to drive prostate cancer awareness and reinforce the importance of screening for early detection...

Despite the progress America has made throughout its history, race relations continues to be a plaguing theme for the nation. Award-winning author Jack Lessenberry's provocative book, Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justice, provides...

The first image Jackson State University Archivist Darlita Ballard scanned as part of the inaugural Getty Images Photo Archives Grant for Historically Black Colleges was of royalty: A photo of a JSU queen....

Wakati Hair's HBCU tour is back for a second year! Kicking off after HBCU week, the five-city tour will run from September 16, 2022  through October 15, 2022....

A group of sports and entertainment executives led by longtime industry veteran Dr. Keenan J. Davis, announced today the creation of Our Name branding and career development platform for collegiate athletes.  Our Name is an opportunity marketplace...

The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) is proud to announce the launch of the Ignore No More: ACTe Now! (Advance Clinical Trials for Equity in Sarcoidosis) campaign. The goals of this campaign are to increase representation of Black American...

She's the embodiment of the American Dream. Now she's been tapped on the shoulder by the Clinton Foundation to share her expertise on the biggest stage this month at the Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting. A first-generation Hispanic-American,...

CME Outfitters (CMEO), a division of KnowFully Learning Group and a leading accredited provider of continuing medical education (CME/CE), today announced the launch of a partnership with the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) to address...

The American workforce expanded from July to August, but many of those workers found they were unable to secure a full-time job that paid a living wage, according to an analysis by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP)....

A global movement culminates next week. Woman, Thou Art Loosed! The Grand Finale conference at the Georgia World Congress Center on Sept. 22 - Sept. 24 will host more than 20,000 women from around the world. Female titans of business and powerhouse...

Black Health Matters is bringing its award-winning Fall Summit & Health Fair to Hollywood. Leveraging our expertise in creating spaces where Black Americans can take a moment to learn how to better manage their mental and physical well-being, we have...

The Smith College Board of Trustees today announced that Sarah Willie-LeBreton has been named the 12th president of Smith College. Willie-LeBreton currently serves as provost and dean of the faculty at Swarthmore College, where she has taught since...

Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies' Greenwood Initiative announced the launch of the Black Wealth Data Center (BWDC) which will host the new Racial Wealth Equity Database. The BWDC aims to empower decision-makers ? including practitioners, elected...

Today, Hope Credit Union (HOPE), the nation's leading Black- and women-owned community development financial institution, announced plans to provide $1 billion financing to improve lives and close the racial and gender opportunity gaps in Alabama,...