black business association

Earl "Skip" Cooper  |   OW Guest Contributor
Feb 24 2011

AEG efforts applauded

The potential Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) football stadium for downtown Los Angeles would spur major economic development and finance for the local economy, and in particular, for minority and small businesses. I strongly applaud the efforts of AEG, as well as Farmers Insurance Exchange, in their commitment to this historical project. The proposed football stadium will be dubbed Farmers Field under a naming-rights agreement announced by AEG.

Nov 11 2010

Summit recognizes companies

The Black Business Association (BBA), the oldest minority business organization in the state of California held its annual Procurement Exchange Summit and Awards Luncheon Thursday at the Sheraton Gateway LAX Hotel in Los Angeles.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 14 2010

What your vote means

Proposition 23 is a ballot measure that aims to suspend implementation of air pollution control law—AB 32.

In 2006, the California State Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted an environmental law, AB 32, (also known as the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006) which requires greenhouse gas emissions in the state be cut to the levels that they were in 1990—(approx. 427 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) by 2020.

Apr 15 2010

The Black Business Association recently held its 2010 Salute to Black Women Business Conference

The Black Business Association recently held its 2010 Salute to Black Women Business Conference and Awards Luncheon at the Omni Hotel. The theme was “Writing Women Back into History” and the purpose was to honor women who have been at the forefront of the fight for civil rights and have advanced the community towards better opportunities in education and business. Congresswoman Maxine Waters was the Honorary Chairperson and South African Consul General Jeanette T. Ndhlovu was the Honorary Co-Chairperson.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
May 22 2009

Membership has its rewards

By the time he was seven years old John Austin LeDay said he was considered “a man,” in the tiny, rural French-speaking town of Basile, Louisiana, where he was born.

That was old enough to start working on the family farm, and leaving his one-room school house in third grade, that’s exactly what he did.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”