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A new program set up by Bethel New Life church and The PrivateBank looks to assist entrepreneurs on Chicago’s West Side with intensive training and access to funds.30 entrepreneurs from the neighborhoods served by the Bethel New Life Church have been selected for a one-year training program. Participants will attend 15 weekly classes to develop a...

Supermarket and bodega owners, alongside small business advocates assembled at City Hall to protest the decision by both New York City and the State of New York to provide the online grocer and delivery service, FreshDirect, with $127 million dollars worth of tax payer subsidies.Joined by South Bronx Unite, Willets Point United, and other business...

Downtown Pittsburgh hosted the Allegheny Conference on Community Development where nearly 600 businesses and political leaders gathered to hear the organization’s annual progress report, last week.This is the first year of the Conference’s new 2012 – 14 agenda, which guides the organization’s work. It’s organized into three strategic priorities (En...

The death of Jam Master Jay in 2002 and the “bad rap” Hip-Hop was receiving at the time was the push Tamekia Flowers-Holland needed to found “Hip-Hop 4 Life,” a nonprofit out of New York City with a double mission to foster positive youth development while shining a better light on Hip-Hop culture.A long history working with young...

Ed Gardner, the 87-year-old founder of Soft Sheen hair care products, met with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week to discuss the lack of African-American construction workers on jobs around the city....

theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's charity Yele Haiti has closed down following the resignation of its chief executive, Derek Q. Johnson......