Ken Granderson, the CEO of BlackFacts.com, recently spoke at this year’s FUTURE:ADY Conference in Harlem, an annual event that prepares and strengthens future ready communities through technology and innovation. Founded in 1997 by MIT alumnus Granderson, BlackFacts became the world’s first Black history search engine. 25 years later, the monumental
NEW YORK (AP) — Kathryn Ross was one of just two Black women in Accenture’s Miami office when she first joined the global consulting firm nearly 27 years ago. Now a managing partner, Ross was tapped in December to create the inclusion and diversity agenda for Accenture’s venture capital investment
How do you brand yourself as an entrepreneur? This is a question that was purposed to me in a caribou coffee shop one random afternoon by an acquaintance of mine. He went on to speak about the uncertainty of taking on such a title, let alone maintaining it. This discussion
In the black community, therapy often has a negative stigma attached to it, which is based on the misconstrued assumption that only “crazy” people require therapy, or that it should be reserved for the weak-minded. By creating Therapy for Black Girls, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D., is eagerly working to
As a young woman and a minority on Wall Street, the odds were against Lauren Simmons. However, the 23-year-old college graduate didn’t let societal norms and expectations prevent her from chasing her dreams. Currently, Simmons is the youngest as well as the only female and African-American woman employed full-time as
