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Black Tech Consultant from Spain Launches Global Relocation Services for Professionals
Arnitha Webb, a veteran technology consultant, is bridging a critical gap in the "Blaxit" and digital nomad movements: the financial bridge between wanting to leave and having the means to stay gone. From her home in Valencia, Spain, she is launching RYLAbroad, a consultancy that teaches high-performing professionals and families how to move with a plan—not panic.
While most relocation services focus on visas and housing, RYLAbroad is built on an Income-First philosophy. Through her signature Authority Graph Session, Arnitha helps Corporate Transitioners decode their expertise into AI-resistant transferable skills to build portable income blueprints.
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Black Author Debuts Powerful Memoir, From the Projects to the Halls of Academia and Medicine
Rudolph Elliot Willis will release his debut book, Echoes of Cabrini-Green, on April 21, 2026, published by Southern Illinois University Press (SIU Press). Written as a series of intimate letters to his mother after her death, this deeply personal narrative reflects on a childhood shaped by systemic poverty, racism, and uncertainty, showing how faith, education, and resilience can remake lives. The memoir is available for pre-order from SIU Press and Amazon.
“A poignant and deeply personal account of African American migration, struggle and resilience in post-WWII Chicago,” said Teresa Irene Gonzales, author of Building a Better Chicago: Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment. “Willis powerfully illustrates how broader social forces, such as racism, deindustrialization, and poverty, shaped the lives of families such as his, while also honoring the moments of joy, humor, and hope that persisted.”
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Black Owner of Dessert Food Truck Celebrates Women’s History Month and 30 Years in Business
Andrea Lacy, Founder and CEO of Luv’s Brownies®, the iconic Bay Area bakery behind the Original Heart-Shaped Brownie®, is celebrating Women’s History Month with major milestones that highlight its continued growth, community impact, and commitment to expanding educational opportunities.
As her company approaches its 30th anniversary this October, she is strengthening her regional presence through her popular dessert truck, which now attends approximately 300 events per year, serves more than 20,000 items annually, and appears at some San Jose Earthquakes games and every BayFC soccer game at PayPal Stadium. “Everyone loves when Luv’s Brownies are at the matches,” said Bianca Padilla, Earthquakes and BayFC Event Operations.
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Bay Area Founder Launches 24/7 Caregiver Support Line to Address Care Gap for Black Families
In Black families, caregiving is not a choice. It is a calling, a cultural expectation passed down through generations, and one of the most underserved responsibilities in America. Now, one Bay Area founder is doing something about it.
Nikki K. Lopez, MBA, CDP, a Jamaican-born certified dementia practitioner, life coach, author, and speaker, is the founder of two organizations designed to meet family caregivers exactly where they are: Caregiver OneCall, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free 24/7 caregiver navigation and support services nationwide, and Caring Haven, an award-winning senior care agency serving the Bay Area.
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Ohio Program Celebrates Helping 91 At-Risk Youth Find Jobs and Avoid Trouble
Robinson New Way Empowerment was created to mentor, teach, assist, and empower at-risk youth and young adults. Recently, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based organization reached a major milestone by successfully helping 93 young adults in securing employment. This achievement highlights the group’s core mission to better prepare young people for success in the real world.
Many young adults today lack the necessary personal and interpersonal skills. Robinson New Way Empowerment seeks to address this gap by providing vital guidance and counseling. The organization fundamentally believes that at-risk youth and young adults have the potential to contribute and become productive members of society.
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The Battle for Shelton Muhammad’s Family Farm in Southampton County, Virginia: In Memory of Nat Turner
In 2009, we were asked by a Black farmer and his wife if we would consider purchasing their farm in Southampton County, Virginia, historically known as the place where Nat Turner was born, fought, and died to free our people from our former slave masters. At that time, I was working as an assistant principal and pursuing my doctorate in Educational Leadership at Fayetteville State University, and my wife was a nurse who also worked in North Carolina.
Although we had done some gardening in the past, we never had any plans to buy a farm. The family that owned the farm wanted it to stay in the hands of Black people, as it had been for many generations. The fact that the farm had an existing commercial contracted poultry operation suggested that we would have a source of revenue to maintain, sustain, and advance the farm and potentially build generational wealth.
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Entrepreneur Launches Free Hotline for Black Women Experiencing Hair Loss or Scalp Issues
Angela H. Brown, an African American hairstylist, entrepreneur, and veteran hair loss specialist with over 40 years of experience, has launched a free hotline for women struggling with hair loss or performance hair & scalp issues. By calling the toll-free number at 877-833-5877 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 7pm EST), a live person will provide personalized hair care advice and support to anyone in need — no cost, no judgment, just answers.
For decades, Angela has witnessed a troubling trend: countless Black women are silently losing their hair, often turning to friends, family, or nonprofessionals for guidance. Many salon-goers never receive the education they need to maintain healthy hair between visits, leaving them frustrated and without results. She created the hotline to change that.
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The
NIA Cultural Center Gospel Legends Unite: Karen Clark Sheard, Byron
Cage & The Brown Four Take the Stage for NIA Cultural Center’s 5th
Annual Emancipation Celebration
Join us Sunday, June 14, 2026, at the historic The
Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston for a celebration of Juneteenth honoring freedom, faith, and community through gospel music.
Galveston, TX – On Sunday, June 14, 2026, the NIA Cultural Center proudly invites the community to the 5th Annual Emancipation Gospel Celebration Concert, taking place at the historic 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston, Texas, the birthplace of Juneteenth.
The
event will run from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and promises an unforgettable
evening of gospel music, celebration, and cultural heritage.
Galveston
will commemorate the 161st Juneteenth Anniversary next summer with
events recognizing the heritage and impact of Black culture in America.
Central
to this celebration is the 5th Annual Emancipation Gospel Celebration
Concert, headlined by Four-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Karen Clark Sheard, a multi-Stellar and GMA Dove Award-winning gospel legend and member of the renowned Clark Sisters.
Also featured in the lineup is Award-winning gospel artist Byron Cage, affectionately known as the “Prince of Praise.”
Cage has made a lasting impact on gospel music as a minister of music and through chart-topping live albums and radio singles.
Byron Cage
His
iconic recording of “The Presence of the Lord Is Here” helped bring
contemporary worship music to the African American church, solidifying
his influence as a pioneer of Praise and Worship music.
The celebration will kick off with a performance by The Brown Four, a talented sibling group from Memphis, Tennessee.
The
ensemble features Daelin (14), Daniya (13), Deanna (11), and Davion
Brown (10), whose musical passion began at home, in church, and on local
playgrounds.
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Berngo Safaris Brings Culturally Rooted African Travel, Relocation, and Investment Opportunities to the Black Community
Berngo Safaris, LLC, a Black-owned travel and consulting small business founded in 2023 by Bernie Waruru in Cedar Springs, Michigan, is reshaping how the Black community engages with Africa by offering culturally authentic safari travel, heritage experiences, and newly expanded relocation and investment services in Kenya. For Black travelers and families, Berngo Safaris is uniquely relevant because it is built on lived African experience, deep cultural knowledge, and an understanding of Black history, identity, and the desire to reconnect with ancestral lands.
The accompanying photos feature founder Bernie Waruru in studio portraits wearing Berngo Safaris-branded apparel, representing the face and leadership behind the company.
Founded by Bernie—an entrepreneur with decades of firsthand experience living, working, and traveling across East and Southern Africa—Berngo Safaris was created to bridge Africa and the global Black diaspora through trust, representation, and authenticity. The company curates private and small-group safari journeys across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and select emerging destinations, combining world-class wildlife experiences with cultural immersion and historical context often missing from mainstream tourism.
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Black Serial App Entrepreneur to Debut New Book by Mobilizing 1,000 Women-Led App Businesses in 30 Days
In celebration of the March 10th release of her new book, I Have an App Idea: The Essential Guide to Building an App Without Tech Skills, serial app entrepreneur Amanda Spann has launched #CodeSwitch1000, an ambitious initiative designed to help start 1,000 women-led, app-based businesses and kickstart their journeys during the month of March.
The initiative comes at a pivotal moment. Following more than one million layoffs across public tech and corporate sectors over the past year, many professionals, particularly women, are navigating career uncertainty, stalled advancement, or reevaluating long-term stability.
#CodeSwitch1000 is positioned not only as a celebration of entrepreneurship, but as a practical response: a structured pathway for women and those who support them to build ownership, create scalable income streams, and solve real-world problems through technology. The campaign is supported by The Wave, a national professional network, and community partners including My Founder’s Keeper, UVI Research & Technology Park, RebrandLand AI, Entitled AI and Copper & Vine Studio.
“We are living through a moment where stability is being redefined. #CodeSwitch1000 is our response — turning readers of I Have an App Idea into builders,” says Spann. “The book delivers a clear, strategic sequence to follow; the initiative brings the community to activate it. Together, they equip professionals to transform lived expertise into scalable solutions and long-term ownership. Structure creates confidence. Confidence creates ownership. Ownership creates economic change.”
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New Book Tells Untold World War II Story About a White Village That Defended Black Soldiers
During World War II, when a white U.S. military police colonel ordered a British village to bar Black American soldiers from its pubs, local residents pushed back. Pub windows soon displayed handmade signs: “Black Soldiers Only.”
The act of solidarity infuriated white MPs. In the confrontation that followed, three unarmed Black soldiers were shot in the back and killed. Thirty-five were court-martialed. No whites were prosecuted. The US military made every effort to hide any public evidence of the event.
The largely forgotten episode is the subject of Colourblind (MJB Imprints, 2026), a forthcoming historical novel by Michael J. Barrington, based on documented wartime accounts.
“The story resonates strongly today, as conversations about race, military service, and historical memory continue to shape public discourse,” Barrington said. “Colourblind explores how racial divisions followed American troops overseas — and how, in one small English village, ordinary citizens chose dignity over discrimination.”
