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Aug. 7 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day–New Research Shows Too Few People Know Black Women Face Such a Large Pay Gap

August 5, 2018 / Front Page, LifeStyle

In partnership with adidas, Lyft, P&G, and Reebok, LeanIn.Org is highlighting the unfairness of this pay gap and the double discrimination that holds Black women back. August 7 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which marks how far Black women had to work into 2018 to catch up with what white men earned in 2017 alone. On average, Black women are paid 38 percent less than white men and 21 percent less than white women. To raise awareness of the […]

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Women Business Owners Share Success Stories and Tips for Rapid Growth

June 14, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

It’s lonely at the top. The need for continuing business education, specifically targeted to female founders of successful second-stage companies beyond the startup phase and focused on steady sustainable growth, has reached an all-time high. Local New York and Connecticut WPO members of The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer advisory group for leaders of multi-million dollar companies, will share their experiences at a recruitment event for prospective Fairchester Chapter members on June 21st, at Putnam & Mason, 34 East Putnam, Greenwich, CT 06830, from 6:00 […]

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Blockchain With Pride: LGBT Foundation and OST Announce Partnership to Launch Global LGBT+ Ecosystem

June 14, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle, Tech World

OST and the LGBT Foundation, backed by Hornet Networks, are pleased to announce a new partnership to launch an ecosystem powered by OST blockchain technology, to empower, connect and support LGBT+ people all over the world. The LGBT Foundation will launch the LGBT Token in cooperation with Hornet Networks, one of the largest social networks for gay men with more than 25 million members globally, and Revry, the LGBT answer to Netflix, reaching 70 million homes in more than 100 […]

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New report: Philanthropy must invest in the South to have a true national impact

June 14, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle, Tech World

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) offers eight actions funders can take to jump-start their philanthropy in the South The report’s introduction shares the facts and hope: “Between 2011 and 2015, foundations nationwide invested 56 cents per person in the South for every dollar per person they invested nationally. And they provided 11 cents per person for structural change work in the South for every dollar per person nationally. It is hard for Southern leaders, especially those at the vanguard of […]

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Art Basel 2018: Legendary Artist Noritoshi Hirakawa to Curate the World’s First Blockchain Art Exhibition, Untapped, in Basel, Switzerland

June 12, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

SAAB Projects, the Today is the Day Foundation, and the Tomita Family Collection are pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition experience this June in Basel, Switzerland between June 12th and June 17th, 2018. Untapped, exhibiting at Clarahofweg 25, is located three minutes’ walk from Messeplatz, Art Basel Center. Masterfully curated by legendary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa, the three-component show thematically addresses the supreme unleashing of potential and embraces new approaches for the exploration of emerging artists while paying homage to historical context. In 2014, […]

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QS World University Rankings 2019: MIT Named World’s Best University for Record-Breaking Seventh Consecutive Year

June 12, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the world’s best university for a record-breaking seventh consecutive year. The fifteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings , released by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, sees MIT hold outright the record it previously shared with Harvard University. QS rank the world’s 1000 best universities, which come fr om 85 different countries. Over 65 million stakeholders will view the rankings on http://www.TopUniversities.com this year. Key Facts US institutions retain all the top four positions (Stanford 2nd, Harvard 3rd, Caltech 4th); The UK’s top […]

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2018 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award

June 11, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

The 17th annual Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Awards Dinner Gala will be held on June 20th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. This year the top two Pinnacle Awardees are Angela A. Chao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foremost Group and Vivek Sankaran, President and Chief Operating Officer of Frito-Lay North America. As in past years, the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award Gala will include a wide array of Asian ethnicities that represent a microcosm of elite Asian American business owners, professionals and corporate executives across the […]

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The American College of Financial Services to Host 13th Annual Conference of African American Financial Professionals

June 11, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

John W. Rogers, Jr. of Ariel Investments to headline fireside chat on increasing minority participation in the financial services sector The American College of Financial Services, the nation’s largest non-profit educational institution devoted to financial services, announced today that it will be hosting the 13thAnnual Conference of African American Financial Professionals (CAAFP) from August 6-8 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. The CAAFP will focus on addressing the wealth gap in the African American community through the Double by 2027Initiative, which aims to […]

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PromaxBDA To Honor Debra Lee, BET Networks Chairman & CEO Emeritus With 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

June 11, 2018 / Front Page, Intersection Exhibit, LifeStyle

Award Will Be Presented at the 2018 PromaxBDA Conference, June 11-14 in New York PromaxBDA, the leading global association for entertainment marketing, promotion and design professionals, announced that acclaimed BET Networks Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Debra L. Lee will be the recipient of the 2018 PromaxBDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Lee will be presented with the Award on June 14th at the 2018 PromaxBDA Conference in New York. “Debra L. Lee has been a trailblazer throughout her career, inspiring a generation of marketing and creative teams with her […]

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