Nationwide — Ruby “Sunshine” Taylor, a graduate of Howard University and the founder of Financial Joy School based in Baltimore, Maryland is proud to introduce Project 10,000, an initiative geared towards providing essential financial education to black and brown youth and families through the financial literacy card game, LEGACY! Card Game. The initiative is supported by a $250,000 Read More…
Financial
Rent Increases
Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida, she reasoned, and she was happy to live there for a few more years as Read More…
Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE)
Florida’s new Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE), which provides renewable energy funding to homeowners for installation of solar panels and battery storage. This new program is helping homeowners save hundreds every month on energy without paying any costs for installation. All homeowners may apply for the PACE program. Installation also includes warranty, support, maintenance, Read More…
Maya Angelou Coin Released
Maya Angelou Coin has finally be release. After a decades-long fight – and, to be clear, amidst enduring, egregious inequities – the U.S. Mint has begun circulating a new quarter featuring the late poet, author and activist Maya Angelou, now the first Black woman to appear on the coin. The Angelou tribute is the first in an American Women Read More…
The Global Economic Crisis
The Global Economy seems trapped in a “death spiral” that could lead to further weakness in oil prices, recession and a serious equity bear market, Citi strategists have warned. Some analysts — including those at Citi — have turned bearish on the world economy this year, following an equity rout in January and weaker economic Read More…
Wayman Temple AME Church
Wayman Temple AME Church, Jacksonville, Florida Pays Mortgage. After an unsuccessful run to become the next Executive Director of Retirement Services for the AME church, one may wonder what Pastor Mark L. Griffin would do next. The answer is simple—continue to provide leadership to Wayman Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church and the broader Jacksonville, Florida community. And Read More…