Last year, Stephanie Johnson shattered the glass ceiling at Delta to become the airline company’s first black female pilot. “As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with airplanes and would think, ‘What a great thing it would be to know how to fly,’” Johnson, who has been flying for 20 years, said in an […]
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Photo Credit: Scott Miller “Pressure is a privilege. I want to represent people around the world who have faced adversity or didn’t come from the right neighborhood, or just had to figure it out.” Venus Williams Thirty five year old Venus Williams and her younger sister Serena, have been successful both on and off the court. While
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Tuesday morning, it was announced that Earvin “Magic” Johnson has been named President of Basketball Operations, while also relieving General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Vice President of Basketball Operations Jim Buss from their duties as leaders of the front office. The moves were made by Co-Owner and Governor Jeanie Buss, who joined Johnson — previously
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The first in-prison program supported by Union Bank will train inmates to develop entrepreneurial and job skills SAN DIEGO, CA – As part of its ongoing commitment to support the San Diego community, The MUFG Union Bank Foundation donated $50,000 to non-profit Defy Ventures to bring its highly successful “CEO of Your New Life” (CEO YNL)
Hallmark’s Mahogany brand today announced the Jill Scott Collection, a new offering of greeting cards featuring design, editorial and sound inspired by and created with Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jill Scott. “The Mahogany brand is genuine, progressive and optimistic – values that are important to me and reflected in my music and poetry, and now, through my card collection,” said
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Tween entrepreneur’s Madison Star and Mallory Iyana 12 and 11 respectively, have a lot on their plate these days. After successfully pitching their body care products business, Angels and Tomboy’s on Shark Tank (episode four of Season 8), securing a deal with not one, but two Sharks, the charming little sisters from Memphis,Tennessee, have
Los Angeles – OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank in America, has partnered with the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and BMe Community (BMe) to bring a powerful series of financial literacy videos to Black America that will underscore the importance of financial literacy, buying Black, banking Black and the genius of collective economics. Topics will include the importance
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Photo credit: FaceBook Kid-trepreneur sisters, Madison Star and Mallory Iyana, took their chances by swimming with the sharks on ABC’s Shark Tank. Madison, 12, and Mallory, 10, are the brand ambassadors and creators of Angels and Tomboys®, a beauty and body care company of handmade body lotions and body spray for ‘tween and teen girls.
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Forbes Magazine has announced its list of “30 under 30” innovators for 2017. More than 15,000 people were nominated but only 600 made the final cut. And, we couldn’t be more prouder of the number of chocolate superstar millennials who made the list. Check out a few of the influencers below: Jason Derulo (27) Musician Derulo, who
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, OWN’s award-winning hit Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s returns with an all new season on Saturday, November 19 at 9/8c. In a press conference at OWN studios in Los Angeles, stars of the series Robbie Montgomery and Tim Norman, appeared in good spirits, in light of a recent family tragedy and reports of Miss Robbie
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