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Providing A Pathway for Next Generation of Black Pilots
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Providing A Pathway for Next Generation of Black Pilots

Sentinel News ServiceMay 25, 2023

Robert Sausedo, president of the South L.A. nonprofit organization Community Build, Inc., directs over a dozen programs that provide assistance and support services for youth and young adults.  Willie Daniels is the president of Shades of Blue, a nonprofit organization that trains youth for careers in aviation.  Together, the two expanded Shades of Blue’s reach and number of aviation workshops.

Black Investors Take Note: Reddit Rebellion Rescues GameStop Stock
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Black Investors Take Note: Reddit Rebellion Rescues GameStop Stock

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentFebruary 11, 2021

The band of amateur day traders that interact with each other on the Reddit page WallStreetBets, encouraged whoever was listening to buy shares of the flailing GameStop, AMC, Macy’s and Koss stocks. Big investors, often in the form of hedge funds, frequently bet against struggling public companies using a process referred to as “shorting,” which allows investors to bet on the degree of misfortune a stock may experience and earn billions of dollars in profits as a result.