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San Diego: Maya’s Cookies Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Black-Owned, Female-Owned Gourmet Vegan Cookie Company and Latino-Owned and Operated Craft Coffee Purveyor Create a Sweet and Meaningful Treat SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Oct. 4, 2021 San Diego favorites XTECA Coffee and Maya’s Cookies are celebrating Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month with a new cookie showcasing flavors that honor Hispanic Culture. The collaboration has resulted in the Café de Olla cookie. Café […]

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Temecula: Coworking Space Hera Hub Announces Grand Re-Opening

Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony planned to commemorate event  After a year of groundbreaking success in the wake of COVID-19 and in an effort to further transform experiences for entrepreneurial women, Hera Hub Temecula — the first international, woman-owned, and female-focused coworking space and business accelerator in the Inland Empire — will host

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Howard University Renames College of Fine Arts After Chadwick Boseman

Today  Howard University announced that it has named its newly re-established College of Fine Arts after one of its most famous alumni: the late actor Chadwick Boseman. News of the school was first reported in the Washington Post. Earlier this month, Howard named actor and alumna Phylicia Rashad as the dean of the fine arts school. Boseman was a

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Black Women Named Interim COO of Naval Medical Center San Diego

On April 9, 2021, Captain Kelly O. Elmore MC, USN and board certified OBGYN made history by becoming the first African-American female, interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Naval Medical Center San Diego. NMCSD is the flagship of Military Medicine, a large hospital, that provides healthcare services to more than 1/2 million beneficiaries (with a

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Atlanta: Veteran attorneys Uwonda Carter Scott and Donald M. Woodard form entertainment law firm

March 9, 2021 – Atlanta, GA] – Veteran attorneys Uwonda Carter Scott and Donald M. Woodard have joined forces to form the entertainment law firm, Carter + Woodard. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, they each bring over 20 years of service and experience throughout the business and entertainment law space. Carter + Woodard will provide exemplary service to

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Urban One Submits Proposal for First Black-Owned Casino and Resort in the United States

In an announcement via Instagram, Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson of Urban One, Inc. (formerly known as Radio One, Inc), the largest African-American owned and operated, broadcast company in the nation says it plans to build and open the only black-owned casino in the country. As reported on woldcnews.com,  Urban One held a press conference to

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SXSW Online: Ava DuVernay, Jemele Hill, Keenan Thompson, Swizz Beats Announced in New Round of Featured Speakers and Panelists

Austin, Texas — February 24, 2021 — South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals has announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; master facilitator, author, executive producer and host of The New York Times podcast Together Apart Priya Parker in conversation with Anand Giridharadas; and writer and author Charles Yu as Keynote Speakers, along with a new round of Featured Speakers for SXSW Online (March 16 –

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NATPE Virtual Event: Putting the Spotlight on Business of Black TV

Los Angeles, February 12, 2021 – In a salute to Black History Month, the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) is putting the spotlight on the business of Black TV during a new event created to spark compelling discussion around key industry topics on an international stage.  The premier global business association for content producers,

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