Discover How NYC Make-up Artist Zania Imani Glams UP New Film: "A" for Alpha

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Emerging New York Based Make-up Artist Zania Imani Glams Up Acclaimed New Movie: "A" For Alpha

Rising Make Up Artist Zimani, Founder of Faces By Zimani

By nZinga EFA Austin

Meet Zania Imani, known in the industry as Zimani. Zimani, is a New York City based Freelance Make-up Artist and aspiring esthetician. She is a well regarded graduate of the HBCU North Carolina Central University and Founder of Faces By Zimani. Zimani, is also the talented up and coming make-up artist for the provocative new movie: "A" for Alpha. According to her, " the movie “A" for Alpha is a short film that explores gender norms, toxic masculinity and social disparity in today’s society."

"A" for Alpha, will premiere in the Toronto Black Film Festival, February 10th, 2021. For more information on seeing the film online click here.

She reveals "the film was written and produced by NCCU Alumni Reggie Lochard. Furthermore, Zimani looks towards a bright future in the business as she states "this is the first of many more to come" in terms of her debut as the Key Make-up Artist for the film.

Zimani reflects "it was a pleasure to have worked with an amazing cast and crew! I can’t wait for you to see our work!"

Click Here To Register To See The Movie

Black Lives Matter Inspired Real Estate Fund Seeks Investors

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FOUNDER OF BLACK LIVES MATTER REAL ESTATE FORUM, LLC LAUNCHES $25M INVESTMENT FUND

Thomas Lopez-Pierre, President and CEO of the Black Lives Matter Real Estate Forum, LLC, has launched a social impact private equity real estate fund called BLMREF Fund I, LLC and has already begun raising funds from accredited investors with an initial targeted goal of $25 million.

"I have been a securities lawyer for 25 years and preparing the legal documents for this venture was especially fulfilling. I look forward to my new role as Co-Chairperson of the Founding Advisory Board of The Black Lives Matter Real Estate Forum, LLC," said Clem Turner, Former Partner - Alternative Capital Practice Group Leader, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

The Fund will invest in small-to-midsize multi-family property developments in Black and Hispanic communities that display favorable rental markets, employment, and population growth across America (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The Fund has a pipeline of actionable opportunities, driven by its network of experienced Black and Hispanic real estate joint-venture partners that will minimize risk, improve execution, and increase profits.

Checkout Maryland's Newest Black-Owned Spa - The Diva Day Spa Healing and Retreat Centre

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BLACK WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR OPENS HEALING SPA AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

Veteran businesswoman Cindy Tawiah is proud to announce the opening of Maryland's newest Black-owned spa. The Diva Day Spa Healing and Retreat Centre, located in the city of Upperco (just 30 minutes from downtown Baltimore), is a dream that’s been a decade in the making. The spa will offer detox sauna treatments, foot detoxes, healing and counseling services, and wellness workshops.

“You can’t heal what you don’t reveal,” Cindy says on her core beliefs about the power of self-care. “We speak so often about self-care yet we are afraid to do the inner work that will get results.” For Cindy, The Diva Day Spa is designed to help clientele achieve those results by launching their journey of reflection and healing.

Cindy’s passion for self-care started decades ago during her childhood growing up in Ghana, West Africa. She garnered an extensive amount of global understanding during her time spent in boarding schools around the world from Switzerland to London to India and beyond. During these introspective years, she had no choice but to come to terms with her deteriorated self-esteem that was a result of the emotional and physical abuse she suffered from in her youth. Through it all, her faith in God, her family, and her sense of community could not be broken. Her passion for inner healing, wellness, and helping others was strengthened despite her many as she found her way into the beauty industry at just 16 when she learned to make nail polish and lipstick with her chemistry teacher.

Black-Owned Bakery "Luv’s Brownies" Launches Dessert Truck

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AWARD-WINNING BLACK-OWNED BAKERY LAUNCHES FIRST EVER DESSERT TRUCK

The award-winning online bakery, Luv’s Brownies®, home of the Original Heart-Shaped Brownie®, is bringing its sweet treats to the Bay Area with the launch of its first-ever dessert truck. Luv’s Brownies kicked off the first two locations on January, 9th & 10th at the Rose Garden Farmers’ Market and Cupertino Farmers’ Market.

The Luv’s Brownies mobile dessert truck will bring its famous heart-shaped brownies and a new menu — including heart-shaped brownie ice cream sandwiches and marshmallows, house-made waffle cones, and caramel. Inspired by Luv’s Brownie founder Cuban heritage, the dessert truck will also feature Cuban style specialty coffee drinks, and more — to gathering spots across Santa Clara County.

Customers will also be able to use the new Luv’s Brownies mobile app to find out where the truck is located and easily order online. They will also know the truck is nearby when they hear the Celia Cruz “La Vida Es Un Carnaval” jingle coming from the speakers and in the app notifications.

Black Inventor Creates Twisternator The Unique Comb-Twist Device

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BLACK INVENTOR CREATES UNIQUE DEVICE THAT MAKES COMB-TWISTS AND OTHER UNIQUE HAIR STYLES

After complaining about spending hours in the hairdresser's chair on Crenshaw Blvd in South Central Los Angeles, former English teacher and inventor David “DC” Holland was challenged by a hairdresser to invent something. Gladly, he took the challenge and invented the Twisternator, an innovative electronic comb-twist maker that can be used to easily make comb-twists and other styles that depend on rotary manipulation of hair.

The device is still currently in the developing stages, and the goal is to provide the product for less than $50. Holland comments, "With economies of scale, this is possible because the more orders of the Twisternator that we get, the lower the cost of manufacturing will be which will allow us to offer it to customers at a lower price."

Why Is The Case Still Open For This Black Family Murdered 45 Years Ago?

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NEW FILM "AMERICAN WISPER" DRAMATIZES MURDERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY MURDERED 45 YEARS AGO, AS THE REAL CASE REMAINS OPEN

On a cold December afternoon in 1975, a mother, two daughters, and a son were found shot to death in their large, suburban home in Teaneck, New Jersey. They were discovered by father and husband Wesley Diggs, an entrepreneur who owned bars and restaurants in Harlem, NY. He immediately became a suspect in the case, yet was cleared only a few weeks after the tragedy occurred. The police had ruled out robbery as a motive and said there were no signs of forced entry into the home.

A lengthy probe by The Amsterdam News revealed that a local police chief and county prosecutor had treated the case as if they were dealing with a pickpocket. After many years, detectives were still unable to secure even one arrest.

A source close to the investigation also told the newspaper that the Bergen County, N.J. Prosecutor’s Office had mounted a search for an informer, who had promised to furnish them with clues to the killers, but disappeared soon after being paid a large sum for his “cooperation”. With revenge remaining as the only possible motive (including the possibility of reprisals from impatient loan sharks), detectives began “stepping up” their inquiries with friends, extended family, and business associates of Wesley Diggs - yet when Diggs suddenly died on a public street from a heart attack in 1987, police were no closer to solving what had been a disturbing, and very senseless crime.

Rising Media Stars Chole and Halle Bailey Experience Growing Pains On Social Media

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Chole And Halle Bailey Grew Up To Be Famous On Social Media And Now Are Being Sometimes Cruelly Scrutinized 

Rising Superstar Entertainers Chloe (left) and Halle (right) Bailey

By nZinga EFA Austin

Chole and Halle Bailey have been Internet and social media sensations for over 10 years.  They've reached fame and acclaim in the diverse digital spotlight of social media and Youtube.

I remember when my dad showed me Chole and Halle when they first started out.  But back in those days they sang more popular Beyoncé songs.  I thought back then maybe one day they can sing their own songs.

The group now has become famous and accomplished song writers -- with well known creative artistry. Recently Chole has made the news because of her controversial dance moves.

Chole has been bullied on the internet and some people say they do not like how she dances.  Much of the issues about her dancing centers around the sexy way she expresses herself in dance.

However, with some negative comments about their hair and double standards in contrast to other young artists, is the group experiencing subtle racism in treatment?  Media stand out Roland Martin seems to think so in his recent remarks.

People who are racist do not even like her hair.  They've made negative comments about their beautiful natural hair.

Recently Roland Martin, citing hypocrisy in the double standards, many have on Chole's dancing and sensual attire, spoke out against Chloe's negative treatment on Roland Martin Unfiltered.  In short he strongly suggested for people on the internet to "Leave her alone."

Younger Chloe X Halle Bailey Singing

Beyonce's: "Pretty Hurts"

Chloe X Halle Bailey More Recently Performing: "Do It!"

Helping Blacks With Marijuana Convictions Become Entrepreneurs

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WOMAN LEADS PROGRAM TO HELP BLACKS WITH PREVIOUS MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS BECOME ENTREPRENEURS

Khadijah Tribble is fighting hard for returning citizens with marijuana convictions. As Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Curaleaf, a leading medical and wellness cannabis operator, she is using her experience in government relations to help create equitable cannabis regulations that will give returning citizens a new start in the multi-billion dollar industry.

The harm caused to the Black community through the criminalization of cannabis must be acknowledged in order to set a new path forward. One out of every four individuals who have a marijuana conviction live above the poverty line. That means three out of four, or 75% of those individuals, are living in abject poverty.

Book, Myths About Black Dads

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NEW BOOK “MYTHBUSTERS: LESSONS FROM ACTIVE BLACK FATHERS” CHANGES THE NARRATIVE ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN FATHERS

A newly released book dispels the myth that Black dads are not involved in actively raising their children. Mythbusters: Lessons from Active Black Fathers tells the stories of exemplary Black fathers who have taken an active role in rearing their children providing support, motivation and love to their offspring and being a part of the village that rears many others.

Author, entrepreneur, and podcaster Marvin Banks was inspired to write Mythbusters because he was all too familiar with the negative connotations and misperceptions held about Black fathers in America and reinforced by media stories. However, that wasn’t the reality for him nor most of the Black fathers he knew.

“Having been a father for more than 15 years raising my own children, I saw men who were taking an active role in parenting, developing and caring for their children in a way that contradicts the narrative that is so often portrayed,” Banks said. “I was literally in the trenches with these men who were present and doing the work on a day-to-day basis to raise, happy, healthy and well-rounded children, but whom you never hear about on the news, or in the office. I decided to write this book to correct the misinformation that exists about Black fathers so that people will know the truth: that Black men really are present in the lives of their children.”

Podcast on Black Women Disparities

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2021: PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE, ONGOING FIGHT FOR EQUAL PAY

In recognition of ongoing disparities that affect millions of Black women, In These Times magazine and the Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting present a 12-episode podcast series In The Gap, hosted and produced by award-winning Black woman journalist Chandra Thomas Whitfield. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and most major podcast platforms (view the episodes list and listen on InTheseTimes.com), In The Gap features everyday Black women and experts alike sharing their personal experiences and insights facing systemic racism, gender discrimination and ultimately pay discrimination on their jobs.

“The In The Gap podcast explores how race and gender discrimination affects the lives—and livelihoods of Black women in the American workplace,” says Thomas Whitfield, a 2019-2020 Goodman Institute fellow, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Essence and on NBCNews.com. “With the latest research on this issue as a backdrop, this podcast provides a space for Black women to share their emotional experiences while also exploring solutions. Listeners have an opportunity to learn and grow in their understanding of the historic issues, public policies, and contemporary challenges that contribute to the chronic economic and wealth disparities that persist for Black women and their families in American society. More importantly, this podcast affirms their experiences and with data as a backdrop, conveys to America why Black women's’ livelihoods matter. We deserve equal pay!”

HBCU Grad Creates Card Game to Empower Black Families

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HBCU GRAD CREATES CARD GAME THAT EMPOWERS BLACK & BROWN FAMILIES TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH

From a story of power and perseverance comes a game of life and learning. Meet Ruby Taylor, an HBCU graduate from Howard University who is the founder of Legacy! Card Game - a fun, interactive way for black and brown youths and families to learn how their career and financial choices impact their legacy and wealth building. It exposes all players to new financial concepts and career possibilities they may not otherwise encounter.

Focused on the empowerment of black and brown youth and families in building their wealth and choosing career paths, the lessons of LEGACY don’t just apply to the game, but also to real life. With the wealth distribution gap growing in oppressed communities, it is imperative that the youth of today learn to manage their career and financial goals, and that they be supported in their journeys of learning.