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(BPRW) Comcast Announces $4.5 Million Grant to Per Scholas, Advancing Economic Opportunity Through Digital Skill Building and Tech Training

(Black PR Wire) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Comcast Corporation today announced a new $4.5 million, three-year grant to Per Scholas, a leading national nonprofit advancing economic equity through tech training and career build...

(BPRW) 60th Anniversary of March on Washington A Continuation of Dr. King’s Work

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – This August, Martin Luther King, III, Arndrea Waters King, and Rev. Al Sharpton will participate in events marking the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. A continuation, not commemoration, o...

(BPRW) International African American Museum To Host Smithsonian Museum Men of Change Exhibit and Events

(Black PR Wire) Charleston, S.C. — The International African American Museum (IAAM) will host the Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth., as a special exhibition and as a component part...

(BPRW) FPL’s Youth Energy Academy

(Black PR Wire) Continuing their commitment to education, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), sponsored the second Youth Energy Academy. The event was in partnership with the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) - Florida ch...

(BPRW) PEPSI® Dig In Partners With TikTok-Famous Food Reviewer Keith Lee To Help Find the Country's Best Black-Owned Restaurants and Give Diners a Chance to Win $10,000

(Black PR Wire) PURCHASE, N.Y. - Pepsi Dig In, a platform designed to drive access, business growth and awareness for Black-owned restaurants, is kicking off its latest call for submissions for its Restaurant Royalty program with...

(BPRW) KBLA TALK 1580 ENTERS ITS THIRD YEAR

(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES: -Two years ago, on June 19, 2021, Juneteenth, KBLA Talk 1580 launched with the promise to give disenfranchised citizens a voice in current political, social and cultural issues with empowering, sustainable and r...

(BPRW) The Investment Integration Project Releases New Report Introducing Racial Inequity as a Systemic Risk to Investment and Outlining How Investors Can Take Action

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Investment Integration Project (TIIP) today released a new report that outlines how the financial industry can manage the systemic risk of racial inequity and promote the equitable distri...

(BPRW) Petco Partners with Snoop Dogg to Sniff Out 'Better Quality Pet Care for Less Human Money'

(Black PR Wire) SAN DIEGO - Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: WOOF) today announced it has teamed up with hip-hop legend and devoted pet parent Snoop Dogg for a new advertising campaign that spot...

(BPRW) 38TH ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED: PAST0R MIKE, JR. TOPS THE LIST WITH TEN NODS, FOLLOWED BY TYE TRIBBETT, MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN WITH MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO, IL - Central City Productions today announced the nominees in 25 categories for the 38th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards taping on Saturday, July 15, returning to the Las Vegas Orleans Arena. The 38th editio...

(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color Taps into The Importance of Juneteenth

(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – In recognition of Juneteenth, Thrivin’ in Color, the acclaimed podcast devoted to elevating Black leaders, released its latest episode featuring the notable Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs. In this eye-...

(BPRW) NAACP to Honor Activist and Leader Dr. Hazel N. Dukes with the Spingarn Medal at 114th National Convention

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON – Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, renowned activist and leader, will be awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal in recognition of her years of transformative advocacy and brave leadership. The medal will be presented...

(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color Presents a Cool Dad’s Point of View

(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – In honor of Father’s Day, episode 9 of Black PR Wire’s popular podcast, Thrivin’ in Color, features Kevin Barnett, the founder and director of CoolxDad, a non-profit organization aime...

(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color: Father’s Day Special

(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – Thrivin’ in Color, the acclaimed podcast for Black leaders to share their stories, is celebrating Black fathers and father figures in its latest episode featuring the brilliant community activist...

(BPRW) MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TAPS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S DERRICK BROOMS TO LEAD ITS BLACK MEN’S RESEARCH INSTITUTE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(Black PR Wire) Morehouse College has appointed Dr. Derrick Brooms as the new executive director of its Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) beginning August 1. An award-winning scholar, activist, educator, speaker, and writer,...

(BPRW) Sprite Summer Campaign Honors Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary by Teaming Up with Some of the Genre’s Biggest Stars

(Black PR Wire) Sprite – a brand that has championed hip-hop culture for more than 35 years – will celebrate the groundbreaking genre’s 50th anniversary this summer with a buzzworthy TV spot starring a crew of living...

(BPRW) South Florida Book Festival 2023 at AARLCC on July 13-15

(Black PR Wire) BROWARD COUNTY, FL - "WORD! Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture" brings together literature and visual and performing arts, featuring leaders, authors and scholars of Florida's hip-hop community, from July 13 t...

(BPRW) The Black Effect Podcast Network Names John Hope Bryant to Its Board of Directors

(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Black Effect Podcast Network, the historic joint media venture partnership between iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God, today announced that John Hope Bryant, American entrepreneur, autho...

(BPRW) PEPSI® Dig In Partners With TikTok-Famous Food Reviewer Keith Lee To Help Find the Country's Best Black-Owned Restaurants and Give Diners a Chance to Win $10,000

(Black PR Wire) PURCHASE, N.Y. - Pepsi Dig In, a platform designed to drive access, business growth and awareness for Black-owned restaurants, is kicking off its latest call for submissions for its Restaurant Royalty program with...

(BPRW) Announcing Helium Health's $30M Series B

(Black PR Wire) LAGOS — Helium Health (the Company), a Lagos-headquartered healthtech company providing Software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools, financing, and insights to healthcare providers and public health organizations, ann...

(BPRW) THE DUSABLE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2023 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO – In honor of Juneteenth, (June 19, 1865), the day more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in Confederate states were declared free, The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center will present...