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Party With a Purpose 

For over 30 years, I have owned a company that started as an event management firm.  I was blessed to work with some of the best companies, organizations, and individuals helping them with various events.  I especially appreciated when I was able to work with groups that not only held an amazing event, but their main goal was to party with a purpose.  Their desire was to raise funds and awareness to help others. 

Righteous Reflection On Being African: A Kwanzaa Meditation 

Kwanzaa is a time of celebration, remembrance, reflection and recommitment. It requires these practices throughout the holiday. But the last day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to deep reflection, meditation on the meaning and measure of being African and how this is understood and asserted for good in the world in essential, uplifting and transformative ways.  

SoLa Tech breaks ground in the Crenshaw District  

Council President Pro Tem Marqueece Harris-Dawson along with Martin Muoto, founder and CEO of SoLa Impact; and Sherri Francois, executive director of SoLa Foundation held a groundbreaking for the SoLa Tech and Entertainment Center last week.  

Let’s Make Sure No One is Left Out in Cancer Care 

Nearly everyone has been touched by cancer. For some of us it may be a family member, friend, or coworker. Others have experienced a heartbreaking diagnosis themselves. During the last few years, I helped my friend and hair stylist navigate the healthcare system after she found a lump in her breast. 

Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs Say State’s $30 Million Fee Waiver Fund May Not Be Enough

Alphonso “Tucky” Blunt, the owner of a marijuana product store in Oakland called Blunts and Moore, says his business is located in the same zip code where he was arrested for selling weed illegally in 2004.   Now that he is legit in the business – he opened his store a little over three years ago– Blunt says it is nearly impossible for Black and other minority-owned cannabis startups like his to make a profit in California.   “Where’s the tradeoff? I’ve been in the business for a few years and I’m still in the red. California has one of the highest