Tag Archives: Our Youth

Meet the Young, Black Entrepreneurs Remaking New Orleans
Posted on February 8,2012 by ChocoChief

In a room packed with young people, 23-year-old Brittany guides attendees to a raffle sign-up sheet and admonishes them to come to future events. Jennifer, 28, a Californian who recently got her masters in urban planning, examines posters for community service initiatives. While she checks her Blackberry, her friend Michael, a native New Orleanian, explains [...]

11-Year-Old Black Entrepreneur Creates Eco-Friendly Clothing
Posted on February 8,2012 by ChocoChief

An 11-year-old girl from the metro Atlanta area has turned her passion for making clothing into a successful online business. The pre-teen entrepreneur designs handmade eco-friendly garments and accessories that are sold on her website to customers across the globe. Maya Penn, CEO and owner of her own online company called Maya’s Ideas, set up [...]

Florida Highlights “29 Days of Amazing African-American Children” Available for Adoption During Black History Month
Posted on February 8,2012 by ChocoChief

Tallahassee, FL – Victoria loves playing football and wants to be a zoologist.Montel writes his own music and likes social studies. Aaliyah wants to be a police officer when she grows up. Sheaundra and Jonathon are siblings; Jonathon wants to be a civilengineer, and Sheaundra is a fashionista who like algebra. Tyrell is a good [...]

Black Pilot to Create Classroom in the Sky
Posted on January 30,2012 by ChocoChief

In high school, Barrington Irving was a football star who never dared to imagine a career in aviation until he met a United Airlines pilot who asked him if he’d ever considered flying. A few years later he was in college on a full scholarship, studying aeronautical engineering. By age 23 Irving, born in Jamaica [...]

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