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GUAP Coin: The Crypto-Currency for the Advancement of Black Culture and Economic Wealth
By Jerome Johnson PACE NEWS Contributing Writer Have you heard about GUAP Coin? GUAP Coin is a crypto-currency for the culture founded by Tavonia Evans. GUAP Coin will amplify the economic voice of the Black community. What is GUAP Coin exactly? The dollar, Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen and Mexican Pesos. These are currencies not…
Read MoreOneUnited Bank, Largest Black Owned Bank And Visa Launch OneTransaction Campaign
LOS ANGELES, PRNewswire/ — OneUnited Bank, the largest Black owned bank and first and only Black owned digital bank in the country and Visa are proud to announce for Black History Month the OneTransaction Campaign to close the racial wealth gap. The Campaign includes a state-of-the-art, free virtual financial conference on Juneteenth (June 19, 2021). In 2020, America was…
Read MoreCalifornia’s $500 Million Small Business and Nonprofit Grant Program Second Round Application Window is Open, Lendistry Announces
New Applicants Can Apply Through February 8, With No Advantage for Early Birds and No Action Necessary for Round One Applicants Who Were Not Selected — — Round One’s 45-Day Funding Distribution Period to Selected Diverse, Disadvantaged and Disproportionately Impacted Businesses and Nonprofits Began January 22 — — More than 300,000 Round One Applications Completed, Processed,…
Read MoreWatch Your Mail for Economic Impact Payment Cards
January 19, 2021 The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing millions of second Economic Impact Payments by prepaid debit card to speed delivery of the payments to as many people as possible. If the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov shows a date that a recipient’s payment was mailed, they should watch their mail for either a paper check or…
Read MoreState Selects Black LA Firm to Disburse $500 Million in COVID Relief Grants
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media The State of California announced that it has selected a Black-led-and-operated financial firm in Los Angeles to act as the intermediary charged with disbursing $500 million in COVID-19 grants to California small businesses and non-profits. The California Office of The Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), which operates under the…
Read MoreJudge: People in Prison Can Receive $1,200 Stimulus Payments
By Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media The first round of economic impact payments funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, has been opened to a new group of Americans. Incarcerated individuals can now apply to receive their stimulus payments of up to $1200. According to a June…
Read MoreBlack Employees Say Racism is Rife at Cal Air Resources Board
Mary Nichols, an influential California attorney known and respected in environmental policy circles across the United States, is finding herself at the center of racial storm brewing at home. Black employees say racism is widespread at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the organization Nichols chairs. In September, African American employees hit CARB with a 13-page letter alleging that they have been experiencing racism – widespread,…
Read MoreThousands of Students of Color Join Efforts to Mobilize Voters for the Upcoming Election
Los Angeles, CA – In what will likely be the most important presidential election of their generation, more than 5,000 young women from middle and high schools in Southern California and throughout the U.S. are working together to form civic engagement “teams” to mobilize voters in their communities for the upcoming election. The Las Sonadoras team…
Read MoreDavid Miller, Co-Publisher, Our Weekly, Elected Chairman of the Board Of Voorhees College, a Historical Black College and University
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief LOS ANGELES—David Miller, a recent PACE Glory Awards recipient, light, fueled by his mighty good works, is shining so bright so much that he was elected Chairman of the Board of Voorhees College, a distinguished Historical Black College and University (HBCU) where he started in 1980 until he walked with degree…
Read MoreGeneration Lost: UC-Berkeley’s Missing Black Graduates
By Dr. Harry Edwards In the mid-1960s, the University of California, Berkeley started its Educational Opportunity Program to target underrepresented applicants and combat this history of discrimination. Unsurprisingly, this program was a success and the number of Black freshmen continued to rise until 1996. That year, Governor Pete Wilson and Black conservative Ward Connerly led…
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