Tag: success
Succeeding with Disabilities: Meet The Birmingham-Area Residents Defying The Odds
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
In Jefferson County, an estimated 16.1 percent of residents, aged 18 to 64, have disabilities, according to research from ADA-PARC,...
Regions Bank to Help Grow Black-Owned Businesses in Birmingham
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Regions Bank on Thursday announced the launch of a new initiative designed to support, complement and advance work that is under way to foster more...
“…you can be successful, but you have to know what’s going...
-Nadia Richardson, PhD, founder and CEO of the Black Women’s Mental Health Institute, a national nonprofit based in Birmingham which provides support for singles...
Birmingham Promise Accepting Applications for Students to Get Paid Internships
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Birmingham Promise has opened applications for next year’s seniors in Birmingham City Schools to compete for paid internships that are available at a range...
Alexis Vance: Birmingham Native Excels as Autism Advocate, Scholar, Model
By Joseph D. Bryant
For The Birmingham Times
Inspired by her younger brother who has non-verbal autism and her desire to better communicate with him, Alexis...
Former NBA Star to Invest $600M in an Alabama Beverage Hub
governor.alabama.gov
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that Manna Capital Partners plans to invest nearly $600 million to construct an advanced beverage production and...
The Drive and Determination of Isaac Cooper, BCRI Board Chair
By Mark Kelly
Alabama NewsCenter
Talk to people who know and work with Isaac Cooper, and some common themes emerge. Those themes – a commitment to...
How Two Small Business Owners Partnered; Found Success in Birmingham
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Tanesha Sims-Summers and Yogi Dada met during a Minority Business Network entrepreneurial event in 2017, there was an immediate...
Sharpe-Jefferson: Navigating Through a Successful 2022
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
As I reflected on the number of people who work hard to create novel sayings for the start of the New Year,...
Birmingham Businessman Larry Thornton Sr.: The Winner Within
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As a man of many talents—artist, leader, author, entrepreneur—Larry Thornton Sr. made history when he became the first African American...