Elise Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Praxis Labs, a learning and development company. The company uses immersive learning experiences to increase empathy, reduce bias, and remodel sustained behavior change for individuals and organizations.…
Dana Bolden, a high school senior at Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi has secured over $1.4 million in college scholarships. “Once school started, I just decided to go ahead and knock it out…
Dr. Africa Wallace has been named the president of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society (ECTSS). She is the first Black woman to hold this position in the health professional body’s 60 year history and the…
Wanda Austin is the former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, an American nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Austin joined The Aerospace…
The pandemic unequivocally changed how we work. It shook up the traditional workplace setup and ushered in the remote work era. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 22 million employed adults in the U.S.…
Ideas and beliefs become traditions after being passed down generations. Traditions capture the essence of a culture, understand their needs and aspirations and manifest innovative measures to build and protect community. They are tested by…
Wallace “Wally” Amos, entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies has died at the age of 88. His family, in a statement, said Amos died from complications with dementia at his home in Honolulu. “With…
Freddie Figgers is the proverbial stone that the builders rejected. Abandoned as a newborn next to a dumpster, he was adopted by an elderly couple in rural Florida. His spirit was crushed when he discovered…
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