Get The Scoop On How The Future of Black Investing May Be A Dream Exchange

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Dream Exchange CEO Joe Cecala Discusses Future of Public Capital for Small Business on Yahoo Finance

Joe Cecala, Founder and CEO of Dream Exchange, In July, appeared on Yahoo Finance's "Financial Freestyle" with host Ross Mack to discuss its mission to build a public market that is designed for small and medium-sized companies. During the interview, Mr. Cecala detailed the Dream Exchange's progress towards registering as a national stock market with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its future plan to answer the market's need for a clearer path for capital formation to entrepreneurs from all walks of life with the creation of a venture exchange after the enactment of the Main Street Growth Act into law.

Mr. Cecala explained that for nearly a quarter-century, the path for small, innovative companies to enter the public markets has been largely closed. "By the time they are going to the public markets today, all the wealth creation, all the opportunity to 'get in early and build wealth by making an investment in a company that is emerging', it is gone," said Mr. Cecala.

The Dream Exchange is being built to solve this problem by focusing on the needs of emerging businesses. It will be the first stock exchange that is privately owned by individual investors, earning it the name "The People's Exchange." The objective is to create a trusted and accessible stock exchange in conjunction with a venture exchange where the most imaginative and innovative companies can find the capital they need to grow and thrive.

Get The Scoop On Healing Postpartum Wounds and Helping To Reduce The Burden of Care Givers

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Health Is Wealth Watch:

Healing Postpartum Wounds and
Helping To Reduce The
Burden of Care Givers

By Shanika Small

Postpartum Wound Care

Caesarean Sections have increased drastically in the last 30 years, from 7% in 1990 to over 21% of all worldwide births today. With the increase in surgical births, there's the increase for Postpartum wound care.

Infection at the incision site and opening of the incision exposing the tissue (dehiscence) are complications that can occur.

It's important to:

• Keep area around the incision clean and dry
• Do not put on any creams, lotions or perfumes on the incision.
• Perform hand hygiene often.
• Follow activity restrictions as ordered by the doctor

Call your doctor if you have increased pain, fever or chills or pus draining from site.

Use a pillow and hold it to the site when sneezing or coughing. This is called Splinting.

This time should be spent healing and bonding with your Newborn, let's do our best and partner with your health professional to prevent infections.

A Surgical wound that doesn't heal may open or pull apart (wound dehiscence), Exposing internal tissues or organs.

Chidozie Okike Files $90M Discrimination and Defamation Lawsuit Against Credit Union in Florida

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Chidozie Okike Files $90M Discrimination Lawsuit Against Credit Union

Chidozie Okike and two of his family members, Renda and Amanda, have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit against Campus USA Credit Union, alleging racial discrimination, sex discrimination, national origin discrimination, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and unfair lending practices. The plaintiffs are seeking $90 million in damages.

The complaint details an incident on March 30, 2024, in which the plaintiffs allege they were unlawfully denied a personal loan at Campus USA’s Newberry branch and subjected to humiliating treatment based on race, national origin, and sex. The suit further alleges that Campus USA employees made false and defamatory statements to law enforcement, leading to an unwarranted police welfare check at the plaintiffs’ home and subsequent collateral damage to Mr. Okike’s parental rights in an ongoing custody case.

According to the filing, the Alachua County Equal Opportunity Office investigated the matter and, on March 10, 2025, issued a Final Investigative Summary concluding there was reasonable cause to believe that Campus USA violated the county’s Human Rights Ordinance. The report allegedly found inconsistencies in the credit union’s explanations for denying the plaintiffs’ loan application and determined that a racially biased call to law enforcement supported an inference of disparate treatment.

The plaintiffs claim the incident caused severe emotional distress, humiliation, reputational damage, and financial losses, forcing them to secure higher-interest credit elsewhere. They also allege the bank’s false statements were later weaponized in family court proceedings.

Black Mom, Black-Owned Line of Sandals That Match Your Skin Tone

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Mom of 3 Launches Newest Black-Owned Line of Sandals That Match Your Skin Tone

 Just in time to snag those perfect end-of-summer deals, Jeneba Barrie, Founder and CEO of Jeneba Barrie Nude Footwear, a Black woman-owned luxury brand, has officially launched her line of high-quality, inclusive nude sandals.

Finding nude shoes that match your skin tone shouldn’t feel impossible, or break the bank. That’s why Jeneba created her line of skin-tone shoes for women of color, offering 13 beautiful shades from light rosè to deep cacao truffle—so more women can find their “true nude.”

Dating Summit for Black People Over 40

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Founder of 2025 Forty Plus and Flirty Summer Dating Summit Empowers Grown Folks to Date with Purpose, Power, and Passion

Sharon C. Jenkins, Founder and CEO of the 2025 Forty Plus and Flirty Summer Dating Summit, has announced that this year’s event returns virtually August 20–23, 2025, with a bold message: it’s never too late to experience real, grown-up love. The Summit features workshops to help mature adults enhance their dating skills.

This year’s summit features empowering sessions on relationship dynamics, self-confidence, and communication filled with real-life stories, expert advice, and a special in-person networking event to connect like-minded individuals. “It’s Popping in the 3rd” on August 23rd in Houston, Texas, is an in-person gathering allowing networking and a chance for love.

Black Man Files $90M Discrimination Lawsuit Against Credit Union

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Black Man Files $90M Discrimination and Defamation Lawsuit Against Credit Union in Florida

 Chidozie Okike and two of his family members, Renda and Amanda, have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit against Campus USA Credit Union, alleging racial discrimination, sex discrimination, national origin discrimination, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and unfair lending practices. The plaintiffs are seeking $90 million in damages.

The complaint details an incident on March 30, 2024, in which the plaintiffs allege they were unlawfully denied a personal loan at Campus USA’s Newberry branch and subjected to humiliating treatment based on race, national origin, and sex. The suit further alleges that Campus USA employees made false and defamatory statements to law enforcement, leading to an unwarranted police welfare check at the plaintiffs’ home and subsequent collateral damage to Mr. Okike’s parental rights in an ongoing custody case.

Black Mom and Son, Grocery Store Owners Raising Funds for Youth Training Farm Near Chicago

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Black Mom and Son, Grocery Store Owners Raising Funds for Youth Training Farm Near Chicago

 Ena Jones, a mother, community developer, and founder of Roots & Vine Produce and Café, a micro grocery chain combating food apartheid in underserved communities, is rallying support with her son to purchase a 20-acre farm just 35 minutes south of Chicago.

Through her nonprofit, Green Table Talks, Ena is raising funds to transform the site into a youth-focused agricultural training and retreat farm, aimed at creating career pathways in farming, food production, and land stewardship for youth and families in historically excluded neighborhoods.

New Book Keeps Black History Alive

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Insightful Historical Fictional Book Emerges Amidst Removal of Stories About Slavery

 Andrea Blackstone has created a platform to honor her ancestors, celebrate her personal identity, showcase her artistic projects, and keep history alive. AndreaBlackstone.com was developed because Blackstone wanted to prevent her ancestors’ plight from being forgotten. The first book in her new Black Water Cove series, The World We Left Behind, was inspired by Queen Jackson Haley, a multiracial enslaved woman whose alleged father was a Confederate Colonel.

A miniseries and book based on Queen’s life was written by Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, author of Roots, and David Stevens. However, Blackstone is a next-generation storyteller and a 15-year journalism veteran who continues to piece together elements of a more intimate story about her great-grandmother, Queen. Alex Haley passed away before “Queen” was completed. Stevens finished the story that was tied to the Forks of Cypress plantation located in Florence, Alabama.

Dad, Son, and Grandson United in Fight for a Life-Saving Kidney Transplant

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Dad, Son, and Grandson United in
Fight for a Life-Saving Kidney Transplant

Ben Howell, an African American father of three, a devoted husband for over 50 years, grandfather of two granddaughters, and most recently of a one-year-old grandson, is fighting for his life.

He’s seeking a live kidney donor for his O blood type. Unfortunately, none of his family members have a matching blood type. However, his 32-year-old son, Blake, is willing to donate his kidney to a donor exchange program that will save someone else’s life and provide a compatible donor for his father.

Ben was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure last year, a condition that has forced him into a grueling daily dialysis routine. Dialysis is lifesaving for people with kidney failure, but no substitute for the real thing.

Ben has reached the point where even on dialysis, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to control his blood pressure, even with all his medicine. The kidneys help regulate blood pressure, so this can be a side effect of kidney failure.

The best scenario (and quite possibly the life-saving option for him) would be to receive a kidney from a living donor. This can come from a family member, friend, or stranger-anyone who’s healthy and willing. He has received offers from both family and friends, but so far, none have been compatible or approved for donation.

Though the treatments leave him weak and exhausted, he remains hopeful, buoyed by the unwavering love of his family. Despite the setbacks, Ben tries to maintain a positive outlook and continues to be a source of strength and encouragement to those around him.

His determination to live isn’t just for himself—it’s for his wife, his children, grandchildren, especially his grandson, whom he hopes to see grow up.

Guarded and Mixed Emotions about Zohran Mamdani's Primary Win For NYC Mayor

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New Yorkers Need A Change But
Is Zohram Mamdani The Answer?

By Kamau Austin, Co-publisher of the Black News Scoop

As a longtime community activist and advocate for Black economic development, I can't say I'm excited about Zohran Mamdani’s recent primary win for New York City Mayor. Black people are often treated as political pawns—used and discarded by both the left and the right like collateral damage.

And I say this as someone who identifies as an independent, though I’ve often voted Democrat. So-called Democratic Socialists like Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani focus heavily on workers' issues. But critical Black concerns—like reparations, lack of business capital, limited access to government contracts, police brutality, banking exploitation, and redlining—are usually treated as side issues, if acknowledged at all.

To complicate my mayoral decision It's disheartening to see yet another Black mayor—Eric Adams—come under constant legal and media attack, only to be turned on by segments of the Black community. Some of the same people criticizing Adams are willing to overlook similar flaws in leaders like Andrew Cuomo. It’s a double standard.

Let’s not forget that Eric Adams earned the support of many Black New Yorkers because of his history fighting police brutality, even from within the NYPD. Unfortunately, some younger activists seem unaware of his and others' historic efforts to address gang violence and crime in our communities.