By Iris Raeshaun This month marks the one-year anniversary of Alaysia Black Hackett as the Biden-appointed Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Officer. When the President wrote an executive order to the federal government to model diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), a global pandemic, international protests against the murder of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a White police officer, and a racially-motivated Capitol riot put...
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After nearly a year of negotiations and renegotiations, Chief Executive Officer Tony A Reimonenq Jr., of Reimonenq & Co LLC finally sealed the deal last July on an 20-unit strip mall in the Oak Grove community of Hattiesburg, MS. Reimonenq joins the state’s arguably three percent of African Americans to independently broker a million-dollar deal. Aptly named Greenwood Plaza, it is the second major commercial expansion of Reimonenq &...
By Iris Raeshaun National Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump tag teamed with local activist Tiffany Lee in pressing Houston Police Chief Troy Finner for answers regarding the disproportionate number of African Americans killed at the hands of police officers and what he has done to protect citizens the same way police officers are protected. Crump, Lee, and Finner talked head-on during Thursday’s Pleasantville Town Hall meeting called by community...
By Iris Raeshaun The Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather documentary is currently showing in film festivals worldwide, including California’s LA Shorts International Film Festival on July 27th, and will be a highlight in the Academy Museum’s Blacks in Cinema exhibit starting August 21. Already nominated for a Best Short Documentary by the Tribeca Film Festival, the documentary highlights the rise of legendary dancers Harold and Fayard Nicholas to international stardom and how...
Film enthusiasts will have their shot at mixing and mingling with industry execs this month at the third annual Jackson Film Festival, July 24-29, at the Jackson Convention Complex, 105 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, MS. Producer and organizer Maximus Wright says the festival takes an entrepreneurial approach as a step toward building the next generation of filmmakers. Set to participate in the festival’s BEE Pitch are: Ashley McFarlin, Vice President...
