All Entries in the "Business" Category
Pride of Bed-Stuy: Omega Frater Earl G. Graves, Sr.
Source Earl G. Graves is a philanthropist, author, publisher and founder ofBlack Enterprise Magazine. Earl G. Graves was born on January 9, 1935, in Brooklyn and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, where he learned hard work and perseverance from his parents, Earl Goodwin and Winnaford Colette Sealy Graves. Graves attended Morgan State University, where he became [...]
Delta Soror Theresa Kennedy, entrepreneur follows her passion
Source It’s no secret Theresa Kennedy loves shoes, as she walks in a pair of black patent leather platform stiletto heels as if they’re flip-flops. It’s also no secret Kennedy loves the business of business, which is why last year the 32-year-old Moss Point native opened her own online shoe boutique called Red August. “A [...]
Gwinnett County AKA Chapter Accepts Applications for $1,000 Biz Grants
$1,000 Economic Success = Partnership Grants Available Lawrenceville, GA – November 30, 2011, the Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter, along with its non-profit affiliate, The Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation, Incorporated, will end the application phase in their second Economic Success = Partnership business grant program. First awarded at the beginning of 2011, these $1,000 grants [...]
Kappa Frater Ryan Gibbs, USC Senior Publishes First Book
Source Most college students are trying to endure the daily challenges and tribulations of higher learning, but Ryan Gibbs is a man with a plan — and his own book. Gibbs, a senior at USC Aiken double majoring in psychology and communications, wrote a self-help book entitled, “Idle Time.” Requiring almost a year’s worth of writing and [...]
The evolution of Alpha Frater Eddie Maisonet’s Ed The Sports Fan, a new online sports publication to launch 11.11.11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2011 CONTACT: 213.537.3873 or ed@edthesportsfan.com The Sports Fan Journal – the evolution of Eddie Maisonet’s Ed The Sports Fan, a new online sports publication to launch 11.11.11 CINCINNATI – Eddie Maisonet and Kenny Masenda of Ed The Sports Fan, have announced their launch date and roster of contributors for the [...]
Omega Frater George Gamble Launches CoolJuice, All-Natural Juice Alternative
The largest and fastest-growing, employee-owned supermarket chain in the country is now selling CoolJuice in its Atlanta division, marking a milestone for the chilled juice beverage. Atlanta is also the home of co-founder George Gamble, a veteran of the beverage business and is the original home of CoolJuice. First introduced into Atlanta school systems in 2007, CoolJuice has expanded to include supermarkets [...]
Marcus Graham Project Launches Two New Shows
On June 6 the Marcus Graham Project (MGP) began its 3rd annual iCr8 Summer Boot Camp. Eleven young professionals were selected from across the nation to participate in the boot camp program, forming a real-life integrated marketing communication firm – Bippitus – to train them to become mavericks within the advertising, marketing and media industries. [...]
Dovely Magazine Releases Spring Issue
The Spring 2011 Issue of Dovely Magazine is here! In this issue: National First Anti-Basileus and 2012 IGB Candidate Mary Breaux Wright has A LOT to say, Soror Kendra Hatcher-King and her Power Moves as a Top Advertising Executive, Dr. Syleecia Thompson on maintaining a healthy business, Soror Tamara Manning on living FINER, and [...]
Alpha Frater Darrell Barnes Writes Book on Success
Source After being raised in a single-parent family and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Darrell Barnes found his calling as a motivational speaker and author. Barnes, a Houston resident who graduated from Texas Tech in 1995 after studying television communications, is described by friends as a trooper. “If I had to sum [...]
Former Phi Beta Sigma Treasurer, Terry Davis sentenced in bank fraud case
Source Terry Davis, 43, the former elected National Treasurer of Phi Beta Sigma, an international fraternal organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to time served of 31 months in prison for committing bank fraud stemming from his theft of more than $50,000 from the fraternity’s bank accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen [...]
