It’s official! The Senate voted 53-47, making Ketanji Brown Jackson the FIRST African-American woman ever confirmed to sit on the country's highest court. Now, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can take her well-deserved seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris, the first
Owner of Blendees, Monique Rousseau Never in a million years did Monique Rousseau envision that creating smoothies for her son’s football team would transform into one of the few, full-fledged Black and women-owned businesses in El Cajon, CA. But how did everything fall into place? Now, any mom
On Saturday, April 2, 2022, PaleyFest kicked off with the cast and creatives from This Is Us at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Dan Fogelman, Creator, Showrunner and Executive Producer, Milo Ventimiglia, “Jack
On Sunday, April 3, 2022, PaleyFest celebrated with the cast and creatives from black-ish at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The evening included: Maureen J. Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media, Anthony Anderson, “Andre ‘Dre’ Anderson,” Showrunner and Executive Producer, Courtney Lilly, Producer, Tracee Ellis
Taraji P. Henson Chris Paul President Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA's Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities. They are among nine men and nine women Biden is appointing to the President's Board of Advisors on HBCU's, the White House announced
LOS ANGELES – And just like that! Jessica Sarowitz is the woman re-defining the landscape of LA's creative community through philanthropy, filmmaking and social impact investing. She’s a mother, wife, executive producer, entrepreneur, social impact investor and founder of 4S Bay Partners LLC, based in Chicago. More
San Diego, CA, (March 30, 2022) — Rhymes with Reason, an Educational Technology company that aims to democratize English language literacy through music, is proudly launching an initiative with the Detroit Pistons and SAY Detroit that started in January 2022, and allows Detroit area students (who
By DL White The late god-father of Soul, James Brown sang in one of his hits, “It’s a man’s world, it’s a man’s world, but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” Brown was right women are the healers of society and make
Prior to his Oscar win, on Saturday, March 26th Disney’s Onyx Collective hosted a brunch in celebration of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Summer of Soul. The Oscar nominated documentary is the first title from Onyx Collective, the new content brand dedicated to empowering artists of color and
Kevin Winter/Getty Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra will perform this year’s nominated songs on the 94th Oscars®, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced today. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m.