This week, Carnegie Hall announced its 2021-2022 lineup, which features a broad range of voices and musical talent and promises to bring listeners to “bold new musical worlds.” According to the Carnegie Hall announcement, the lineup will feature Perspectives artists, returning favorites as well as “the world’s finest orchestras and

Student Freedom Initiative will make its first official debut in fall 2021, launching at Tuskegee University and eight other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 2021-2022 academic year. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring freedom in professional and life choices for students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs),

It’s no secret that many restaurants are struggling right now. According to Fortune Magazine, more than 110,000 eating and drinking establishments in the United States closed for business — temporarily or permanently — since the beginning of the health and economic crisis.  For the last year and a half, Robert

At a Racial & Economic Justice Virtual Town Hall in April, organized and hosted by Roland Martin, Robert F. Smith discussed how to direct capital for the purpose of ending systemic inequities in the Black community. The talk, which covered a range of topics from corporate responsibility to economic activism,

With the summer right around the corner, people are turning their attention outdoors and looking for fun activities. Experiencing the outdoors is so important, particularly for kids, who through experience can learn to become more responsible stewards of nature. Unfortunately, many barriers to equal access to high-quality outdoor experiences still

Juneteenth is a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. It celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black people in Texas were declared free by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army. Texas was one of the final holdouts of the Confederacy and the slave trade.