Starting 2021 On A Happy Note, With Victoria’s Joyful Creations
We could all do with a big dose of positivity and joy to start 2021. And there’s no one better to help us do this than entrepreneur and founder of […]
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Contributors
Some Good 2020 News You May Have Missed: ALA Appointed Its First-Ever Black Woman Executive Director
By Valerie Brett Shaindlin Amidst all the tragic news of 2020, there was a bright spot you might have missed: Tracie D. Hall became the first female African American executive […]
Interviews
Black Women Of The C-Suite: QualityWorks Founder & CEO Stacy Kirk Talks Diversity In Tech
Every successful entrepreneur has one sentence in common: “My parents thought I was crazy.” So it goes for Stacy Kirk, one of the only Black female founders of a major […]
Fashion & Beauty, Interviews
Atlanta Fashion Designer Launches Fall Collection Inspired By Her Team Of All Black Women
If you haven’t yet heard about Atlanta-based designer Iman Ingram and her label By Iman Akilah, it’s time to get familiar as she is launching her second collection just in […]
Interviews
Meet Coleen Otero – The “CEO Chick” Who Helps WOC Entrepreneurs Collaborate, Create & Dominate
According to the 2019 Amex State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, Black women-owned businesses make up 21% of all women-owned businesses, are the largest segment following non-minority owned businesses in the […]
Interviews
Barrier-Breaking Doctor Says COVID-19 Exposed The Need For More Black Physicians In Healthcare
The year 2020 will forever be marked for the way it changed American life forever. With the spread of COVID-19 at the start of the year, shown to disproportionately affect […]
Causes
Privilege, Power & Platform: Supporting Melanated Voices On GTHQ
Dear GTHQ reader, We are in the middle of some uncertain times right now in our world with COVID-19 pandemic, but also specifically here in the United States as we […]
Contributors
I Became A Financial Planner To Take Back My Power & Help Other Black Women Do The Same
By Jala Eaton Let me start by saying the majority of my life I ignored my money. I spent it. I hid it from myself. I obtained thousands of dollars […]
Interviews
How This Travel Blogger Quit Her Day Job, Left The Country And Started All Over Again With A New Home And Career
We’re in the middle of a global pandemic with COVID-19 and while we all work together to stay healthy and keep our distance, there are also many of us wondering […]
Contributors
COVID-19 Is Adversely Affecting Black People In America: So What Do We Do?
By Alicia R. Wallace I remember leaving each day of my graduate public health program with a heavy heart, tight chest, and feelings of hopelessness. I was studying health theory, […]
Girl on a Mission
3 Black Female ER Doctors Launch Free Telehealth Service For Marginalized Communities To Deal With COVID-19
There are countless examples of how, during a time of crisis, it is the women in any given community who have risen up to take on the challenge of helping […]
Interviews
Filmmaker A-lan Holt On Working With Lupita Nyong’o & Championing Diversity In The Arts
She’s a writer, filmmaker, activist, educator, and mother, whose work is all about changing the equilibrium in Hollywood when it comes to representation of especially women of color. A-lan Holt […]
Girl on a Mission
Meet The Woman Just Elected President Of The Oldest & Largest Library Association In The World
By Valerie Brett Shaindlin Forbes magazine recently published an opinion piece by an economics professor who feels that public libraries across the country should be replaced by Amazon stores. The […]
Feminism
FEMINIST FRIDAY: ‘Grabbing Back’ Docu Follows 3 Trailblazing Black Women Running For Office
Welcome to another Feminist Friday, our weekly column where we make no bones about supporting feminist content, sharing 3 videos that are on our radar right now. This week, we’re […]
Working Women
Why Black Women Are Leaving The Engineering Industry At An Alarming Rate
By Annamarie Houlis for Fairygodboss It’s no secret that the engineering industry is predominantly run by white men—the need to diversify the field has long been emphasized, especially as women of color […]