Is it possible to explore diversity and create dialogue among diverse groups through art? Can art help combat racism, discrimination and prejudice in the workplace? Can a company effectively use a
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Brent Williams is not your typical retired professional athlete. A financial professional with AXA Advisors LLC, the former basketball player transferred his aggressive, competitive, team-oriented wor
The Executive Leadership Council’s Third Annual Black Women’s Economic Summit ended with a panel of Wall Street’s leading Black female executives discussing the challenges they faced in their cl
Open a copy of The State of Black America 2005: Prescriptions for Change and you'll be greeted by the in-your-face foreword of Marc H. Morial. Morial writes:
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of
When Antonio Martin joined New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., he thought it would be a six-month stint. He had been bitten by the acting bug while at Boston University and aspired to become an
BY Soroya Brantley
His voice might crack like a granddaddy’s from tune to tune, but his fingers retain the swiftness of a teenage boy’s as they whip along the strings of his electric guitar. He sings songs of unrequ
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In a 1933 poem entitled “Your Duty To-morrow,” Marcus Garvey wrote:
Forget not the past with all its good and ill reports. Contemplate your
David Robinson expects to make it big in baseball, although he won’t be throwing or hitting a ball as his late father, Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson, did. Robinson’s game is coffee, and he’s ne
BY Salome Kilkenny
Linda Herring dreams of creating a performing arts alternative to Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway and even the Brooklyn Academy of Music. As executive director of the Tribeca Pe
BY Ines Bebea
When Joseph T. Crowder started his building services company, Royal Cleaning Services Inc., in 1991, he chose not to become a certified minority business enterprise. Crowder believed that any governme