On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Taste of Soul organizers invited over 300 festival vendors to a special appreciation reception at The Beehive in South L.A, CA, sponsored by Wells Fargo, thanking them for their entrepreneurial spirit and economic contribution to the festival.
“Operationally, this was by far, in my opinion, our best Taste of Soul,” proclaimed Danny J. Bakewell, Jr., Sentinel executive editor and The Bakewell Company president.
Sixteen BIPOC-led small business owners from South Los Angeles and the Crenshaw District celebrated the completion of Local Initiatives Support Corporation Los Angeles’s (LISC LA) first-ever Leveraging Real Estate cohort on May 22, at ORA Cafe in Leimert Park.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered empowering remarks about women’s rights at the Power, Leadership, and Influence of Black Woman Luncheon sponsored by Bakewell Media and the L.A. Sentinel on April 13.
The food distribution comes at a critical time as our community struggles with economic downturn during COVID-19 pandemic.
My phone buzzed. Like every other text message, I grabbed my phone immediately to read it. But this was no ordinary text. I looked down and read three words that suddenly meant someone’s life was about to change forever:
“I chose Berkeley”
West Coast’s largest family festival attracts thousands from L.A. area and beyond
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The games will host more than 7,000 special needs athletes from 170 nations and are expected to bring out more than half a million attendees