Juneteenth 2019 Recap!
Philadelphia, PA – As part of the forth annual Philadelphia Juneteenth celebration the whole of 52nd Street in West Philadelphia has been officially renamed and rededicated to Muhammad Ali. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Councilman David Oh, Congressman Dwight Evens, Minister Rodney Muhammad…
Nile Swim Club Grand Opening
Philadelphia, PA – The historic Nile Swim Club in Yeadon Pennsylvania reopened over the Memorial Day weekend with a full itinerary of family oriented events for current members and designed to attract new members to the venerable swimming club. The day long weekend events were…
PASSHE Chancellor Greenstein Comes to Cheyney
Cheyney, PA – Daniel Greenstein the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education visited Cheyney on April 26th to share his vision for the direction of Pennsylvania’s higher education system and its fourteen state owned universities. According to Greenstein the system needs to…
Pilgrimage to Point Comfort Virginia to Honor the Ancestors
Point Comfort, VA – Dr. Molefi K. Asante and his MKA Institute for Afrocentric Studies sponsored a trip to Point Comfort in Virginia Saturday April 26. Entitled 400 Witnesses for 400 Years the pilgrimage left from the institutes’ headquarters to travel by motor coach to Hampton Virginia’s Fort Monroe and…
Why We Should Support the Cheyney Resurgence
Cheyney, PA – The African Institute was the first institution of higher learning for African-Americans in this naton. Later renamed the Institute for Colored Youth, ICY was the result of a bequeathal of $10,000 from Society of Friends member and prosperous silversmith Richard Humphreys. Humphreys…
Jersey Couple Finds Joy and Profit in Health Bar
Three years ago Seth Amoah and Kelli Mouzon opened a juicing bar called The Juice Bar in Merchantville New Jersey. Their goal is to provide nutritious and healthy food and drinks using freshly pressed fruits and vegetables as a nutritious alternative to fast food and…
2018-19 The Made Man Tour
Philadelphia, PA – The Made Man Foundation was founded in 2013 by Dr. Ky Dele a former social worker, psychologist and agent for professional athletes and entertainers because she wanted to recognize and honor honest, hard working, high achieving community oriented African-American men who were…
Respected Roots Men’s Grooming Company
Philadelphia, PA – Men’s grooming, hair and skin care, beard and facial health products have become a booming business. According to observers the male grooming and skin care industry is predicted to reach $26 billion in revenue by 2020. Barbershops, beards and fly hair styles…
My Independence At Home, Home Health Care
Five years ago, Lisa Robinson and Ronda Winfield two visionary entrepreneurs started My Independence At Home a home health care business created to serve the elderly and adults with developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities which allows them to maintain their independence, remain in familiar home…
Akwaaba Expansion Brings Soul Inspired Bed and Breakfast to Philadelphia
Philadelphia – When Washington D.C. native Monique Greenwood and her husband Glenn Pogue decided to acquire, renovate, refurbish and turn a large single home mansion in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section into an upscale bed and breakfast inn people looked at her like she had three eyes….
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