Record-breaking, back-to-back hurricanes in Houston and Florida brought unprecedented winds and rains affecting millions of Americans. Yet another storm just as brutal, but financial in nature, is raging and affects at least 143 million Americans: that’ ...
Wells Fargo recently named one Grand Prize Winner and three finalists in its Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest, which ran from May 1 – June 16, 2017. The four winning businesses will each receive a physical ...
Wells Fargo recently announced that it is donating $1 million to support those affected by Hurricane Harvey and the extensive flooding in its wake. Wells Fargo is donating $500,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, and an additional $500,000 ...
ABOVE: The New York insurance company hosted a panel discussion on the racial wealth gap in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA) The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington, D ...
The song, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” may have been recorded decades ago first by Otis Redding and later by the Rolling Stones, but its message is still true today. Its lyrics, “I’ve tried, and tried” strike a resonant chord ...
The Houston First Corporation recently announced the following new members to its board of directors: Sofia Adrogué, senior counsel at Gray Reed; Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock, director of local relations at CenterPoint Energy; Ryan Martin, associate at Vinso ...
The Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) recently held a Kickoff Meeting for their new and expanded Missouri City Branch of the Chamber. The event was hosted by the GHBC and Fort Bend County Commissioner Grady Prestage at the new Fort Bend County Sienna A ...
According to the following statistics, the economic condition of America’s Black community is in dire straits: A recent study by Harvard University found that homeownership in the Black community stands at only 42.2 percent in the nation’s largest met ...
ABOVE: Mayor Sylvester Turner leads Houston delegation to host the prestigious World Petroleum Congress A Houston delegation, led by Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston First executives and leaders of the United States National Committee to the World Petroleu ...
Yet another report, the Nielsen African American Consumer Report, was released in October 2016. Titled, “Young, Connected, and Black – African American millennials are driving social change and leading digital advancement,” it points out var ...
