Business
Pitch Competition For Black-Owned Businesses
Thursday, September 28, 2023, The Michigan SBDC Pitch Black Grand Rapids Is A Pitch Competition Aimed Toward Uplifting Black-Owned Businesses In Grand Rapids, Michigan at the GVSU Building downtown.
Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Late last month, the State of Michigan took a significant step in recognizing the persistent gender and racial wage gap faced by Black women. They declared July 27, 2023, as "Black Women's Equal Pay Day," meaning the amount of time Black women must work into the year to earn what their White, non-Hispanic male counterparts made the previous year. In essence, for every dollar earned by a White man, a Black woman makes only 67 cents. Here is the text of the Proclamation:
Selfie Museum Announces Grand Opening
Sharmese Blackmon, her mother Tonya Sonnie, her mother's fiancé and her business partner Sheena Austin all came together and decided to open a selfie museum.