BY BLEU MAGAZINE Growing up is stressful and it can often feel like you’re missing life milestones that you see friends hitting. Now with social media, you can even see classmates and colleagues, both current and former, reaching similar milestones. Getting married, buying your first car, graduating college or trade school, moving out of […]
Finance & Money
Beyoncé & The NAACP Kick Off Housing Relief Program For People Facing Evictions Amid COVID-19
By Twila-Amoure McDaniel Image: Beyoncé Beyoncé & The NAACP Kick Off Housing Relief Program For People Facing Evictions Amid COVID-19 Beyoncé is reaching into her good samaritan bag again. On Thursday, January 7th, applications officially opened for Beyoncé, via her BeyGOOD Foundation, and NAACP’s housing relief initiative. The purpose of the link-up between […]
NETFLIX INVESTS $25 MILLION TO END RACIAL HOUSING INEQUITY FOR BIPOC FAMILIES
by Dana Givens Image: National Association of Real Estate Brokers State of Housing in Black America Previously, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported on Netflix’s multi-million dollar investment in initiatives geared towards racial equity and wealth within the Black community, which was sparked by a conversation on race relations that were brought about by the protests against racial […]
POWER COUPLE LAUNCHES BLACK-OWNED REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE TO HELP MORE FAMILIES FIND A HOME
BY BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors image: BlackNews.com Meet Calvin and Ro’Shunda Russell, founders of Park Place Realty Group, LLC, a Black-owned real estate brokerage that is helping families qualify for homeownership. The self-taught duo, who launched the company earlier this year, was able to purchase their first income property at twenty-five years old. […]
Gen Z and Car Ownership: What to Learn About Today’s Car Owners
By Trevion Lind Gen Z may be younger than millennials. But they have other thoughts when it comes to car ownership. According to reports, millennials are likely to delay car ownership in favor of car sharing. When it comes to Generation Z, most of them plan on buying their own […]
Black Real Estate Boss, Keira Ingram, Reveals How to Be Successful in the Industry
In her new book, How To Become A Real Estate Boss, Keira Ingram demonstrates ways to become a successful real estate professional, step-by-step. The book focuses on a wide range of audiences: novice businesswomen who are new real estate agents, former agents who are re-launching their real estate businesses, and those […]
How Jamisa Mclvor went from supermarket cashier to managing 23 properties
By Daron Pressley Jamisa Mclvor, owner Rosebud’s Investments. (Photo credit: Briana Tansey) At the age of 19, South Philadelphia native Jamisa Mclvor was living a simple life working as a cashier. Today, Mclvor is the owner of Rosebud’s Investments, which manages 23 properties. She recently sat down with us to share her […]
As “Shop Black Week” 2020 is Primed to Make History, TikTok, Shopify, Amazon and Walmart Are Now Jumping on the Bandwagon
ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — “Shop Black Week” began years ago as a meeting of the minds that included determined Black business owners and community organizers as a campaign to promote Black economic empowerment that soon escalated and became a world-wide movement. The idea of Shop Black Week (SBW) […]
Dr. Roberta Hoskie and Her Daughter Launch 1,000 Black Families Homeownership Movement Targeting Generational Wealth
Nationwide — Dr. Roberta Hoskie and her daughter, Allia, are the founders of a nationwide program called 1,000 Black Families that started as an initiative to help families get into their own homes. The program, however, has rapidly become a movement to address the wealth gap among Black families nationwide by providing the […]
4 Fun Activities to Teach Kids About Money
These simple activities teach kids about basic financial principles, including charitable giving, delayed gratification, budgeting, saving money, and compounding interest. By Beth Kobliner PHOTO: BLEND IMAGES – JGI/JAMIE GRILL/GETTY IMAGES We don’t have to tell you it’s important to teach your children basic money skills. The big stumbling block is how to do […]