Health & Wellness

America’s #1 Black-Owned Vegan Cookie Company Adds New Cookie Inspired by Michelle Obama

Back in 2018, The Chocolate Voice had the opportunity to interview Maya Madsen of Maya’s Cookies, a gourmet vegan cookie company that’s fast becoming America’s #1 Black-Owned vegan cookie company.    Since we last spoke with Maya, she recently shared some exciting news. As it turns out, she has a new cookie inspired by the […]

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Oprah Foundation Commits Additional $3 Million in Covid-19 Relief Support to ‘South LA Forward’ Collaboration

LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2020 — The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation (OWCF) announced today a $3 million donation to South LA Forward, a newly created coalition of three Los Angeles based grassroot organizations – SoLa I Can Foundation, SEE-LA, and the Watts Healthcare Corporation. This OWCF donation is in addition to the previously announced $12 million

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Meet the entrepreneur who’s redefining the natural haircare industry

Meet the intelligent founder behind the brand Odyssey Box, the new subscription service delivering luxury haircare. Previously living in Germany as an English Language assistant and also elected as director of Equality & Diversity trustee in her final year of university. To add to her list of credentials, she is also the creator of the

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The Oprah Winfrey Charitible Foundation Announces $12 Million Covid-19 Relief Grant Recipients

Funds Support Underserved Communities in Oprah’s “Home Cities” of Nashville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Kosciusko, Mississippi Los Angeles, CA – The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation announced today the newest grant recipients of Oprah Winfrey’s $12 million COVID-19 Relief Fund. The $12 million in grants support organizations in Oprah’s “home cities” of Nashville, Chicago, Milwaukee, Baltimore and

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Some people found joy in COVID-19 isolation. At this virtual gathering, they’ll reveal how

No Memphis In May. No Beale Street browsing. No proms or graduations — at least not in the flesh. But in this time of social isolation and uncertainty, some people have found ways to celebrate what has always been in plain sight. For the Ellis family of Memphis, it was each other. “We’ve been eating dinner at

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Covid-19: Essence Study Reveals Key Insights on the Lives of Black Women

May 14, 2020 (New York, N.Y.)— While the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the nation in varying degrees, it is having a major impact on the daily lives of Black women.  ESSENCE, the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women and communities, today released research findings from its Impact of COVID-19 on Black Women study.  This first comprehensive

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Women in Business: Meet Alexis Hodges, Founder of Natural State of Mind Essentials

 Meet the creative entrepreneur Alexis Hodges behind organic handmade skincare brand ‘Natural State of Mind Essentials’. Alexis is not the ordinary entrepreneur having to overcome obstacles of sickness which resorted to her spending a large amount of time in hospital. Not afraid to let others know she is a survivor of Crohn’s Disease which is

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