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BE NOLA'S Stevona Elem Rodgers pens love letter to New Orleans in 30th anniversary Essence Magazine cover story
Without our ancestors, there would be no New Orleans. This country tries to hide the truth of our genius, but your existence reveals what it means to build, resist and remember.

Meredith Moore named Women in Business to Know
In 2016, Meredith Moore, a former McDonald’s executive, was about to launch her own leadership development and communications agency. She gave her new business an heirloom name: Leverette Weekes. The first Leverette Weekes was founded in 1973 in Minneapolis by two Howard University alums — Moore’s

Here's one way we're addressing the high Black maternal mortality rate in the Twin Cities
Too many of us risk our lives giving birth. Black birthing women deserve joy.

GreenLight Twin Cities Invests in Irth to Address Maternal Health Disparities
GreenLight Fund

Set A Deadline: 15 Essential Tips To Successfully Author A Book As A Busy Entrepreneur
Forbes

1954 Project Luminaries highlighted by PepsiCO
BET

Black-owned First Independence Bank draws $3.2M in deposits from statewide campaign
Business Journal

California Approves Revised Math Framework as a Step Forward for Equity and Excellence
SCV News

Shift Your Mindset From Performance To Purpose
Forbes

WVON interview with Atiba Buchanan and Darlene Hill
WVON Radio

Two years in the 1954 Project is moving the needle on funding for Black leaders in education
Inside Philanthropy

Council Post: 18 Concrete Ways For Entrepreneurs To Improve Their Branding Strategy
Forbes

4 Tips To Get Your Career Unstuck Through Networking
Forbes

Council Post: 14 Coach-Approved Methods For Improving PR As A Startup
Forbes

Black Leaders: Ruth Richardson, Planned Parenthood North Central States
Business Journal

Black Leaders: Cornell Moore, Dorsey & Whitney
Business Journal

Black Leaders: Tony Sanneh, The Sanneh Foundation
Business Journal

Black Leaders: Simone Hardeman-Jones, GreenLight Fund Twin Cities
Business Journal

Black Leaders: Tiffani Daniels, Minnesota Business Coalition for Racial Equity
Business Journal

Off The Clock With Philanthropist
Liz Thompson
Essence

Get Unstuck And Move Forward In The New Year
Forbes

Equitable philanthropy case study: 1954 Project approach
Bridgespan Group

Crain’s women of note
Crain's Chicago Business

Council Post: 15 Challenges Coaches Will Work On With Executive Clients In 2023
Forbes

How a love of education shaped her philanthropic giving
Crain's Chicago Business

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