By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times On Tuesday, more than a dozen Birmingham high school students met with local leaders at the first of a two-day leadership event hosted by Protective Life and The World Games 2022. The event began with a panel that included Scott Adams, Protective’s executive vice president of corporate responsibility; Nick […]
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By Dee Manyama and Torin Darling Brazzle It was in January 2022 when Prosper announced its plan to develop a Black Ecosystem Report as part of its Black-Owned Business Acceleration initiative. Prosper, which is a coalition of community, civic, and business leaders, plans to publish this report this fall to shed light on the current […]
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By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson There is a level of cautious optimism I maintain about the state of affairs today. Seen the news lately? Just as we’re churching, brunching and gathering…. COVID cases are creeping back up. Just as we are slowly coming out of COVID and it appears things are getting back to normal; just as some […]
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By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson The House Select Committee investigating the sacking of the Capitol on January 6 last week began the first of its primetime, public hearings. The committee has done an exhaustive investigation, interviewing a thousand witnesses, looking at tens of thousands of documents. The hearings revealed new information about what was […]
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By Samuetta Hill Drew Last week’s safety article outlined three of the seven fraud prevention checklist items recommended by Amy Nofziger and Mark Fetterhoff, who are both with AARP’s Fraud Watch Network helpline team. This week we will summarize the final four checklist recommendations: • Review Your Credit Report – Free credit reports are available […]
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