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  • Empowering and Educating Youth to Open Doors for a Future in Technology

    Empowering and Educating Youth to Open Doors for a Future in Technology
    2024/01/19

    Giving the next generation options, accessibility and confidence” is what drives Courtney Batiste to lead The Batiste Project whose mission is to empower, educate and bridge the tech divide for economically challenged youth in multiple areas of technology. Her journey as a woman of color in the field of technology has led her to do great things that are making a difference in the lives of students today, that will open doors for them tomorrow.
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    26 分
  • Reaching Out and Reaching Back to Pull Up the Next Generation

    Reaching Out and Reaching Back to Pull Up the Next Generation
    2024/01/11

    Meet Johannes Starks – educator, mentor and leader who is full of wisdom and energy to reach out and reach back to pull up the next generation, by providing opportunities through her work with STEAM-based programs and organizations. She serves in many roles to live out her “why” to connect passion and purpose. She is the Executive Director of BEST of Texas Robotics; she volunteers as a statewide mentor for NASA HUNCH (High schoolers United with NASA to Create Hardware), and she serves as a college and career readiness Leadership Coach for Educate Texas.
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    24 分
  • Championing Diversity and the Success of WBE/MBEs in the Public Transportation Sector

    Championing Diversity and the Success of WBE/MBEs in the Public Transportation Sector
    2024/01/03

    Gabriel Beltran of Dallas Area Rapid Transportation shares his journey of living out his desire to help others by serving in the public sector, supporting women and minority-owned businesses, as an executive in the Diversity & Vendor Management department.
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    28 分
  • Woman-owned business walks the talk for diversity and bridging the digital gap

    Woman-owned business walks the talk for diversity and bridging the digital gap
    2023/10/11
    “We walk the talk.”—Tomeka Herod, President, of The Wilkins Group, a multi-generation, woman-owned telecommunications company committed to closing the digital divide by placing fiber in cities throughout the United States. Tomeka and her team show respect and care by employing the hard-to-employ, providing STEM education to young people in the community and developing minorities in their technology careers.
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    20 分
  • Increasing the Representation and Participation of Black people in T­echnology

    Increasing the Representation and Participation of Black people in T­echnology
    2023/09/11
    “I’ve found my why. I have to do this.” -- Peter Beasley of Blacks United in Leading Technology International. As Executive Director of BUILT, Peter shares how his organization is building equity for Blacks in the technology industry through community-focused activities, events and programs. BUILT places an emphasis on their efforts being a united movement, and partners with organizations representing all ethnicities who act as investors to support their work.
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    28 分
  • Solutions for MBEs struggling to access capital to grow and scale their business

    Solutions for MBEs struggling to access capital to grow and scale their business
    2023/09/05
    Playbook Investors Network’s Rodney Woods (Founder, CEO & Board Chairman) and Dean Jones (Venture Partner) engage in a candid and lively discussion regarding the challenges black business owners face to take their enterprise to the next level. Through PIN, they provide opportunities for all types of emerging business enterprises to do business with a range of corporations, from the Fortune 500 to smaller organizations and other diverse suppliers looking to broaden their reach.
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    32 分
  • Insights on Small Business Development and Impacting Community as a Black Business Leader

    Insights on Small Business Development and Impacting Community as a Black Business Leader
    2023/08/29
    Larry Hall, President & CEO of Qnet Managed Services, shares about the challenges and learnings that come with building a start-up technology business of 24 years. Larry serves as President of the Greater Southwest Black Chamber of Commerce and is a leader, mentor and role model to other small business owners, as well as young Black students in Dallas ISD. His “why” is to empower minority-owned businesses to be successful, while using his natural gifts and talent for leadership.
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    21 分
  • Transforming lives of youth from underserved communities in partnership with caring adults and business leaders

    Transforming lives of youth from underserved communities in partnership with caring adults and business leaders
    2023/08/24
    “My why in life is to improve the lives of others.”, shares Antoine Joyce-Roach, Vice President and City Leader, All Stars Project of Dallas. Antoine takes us through his personal journey and how it ties to the history of the All Stars Project from New York to Dallas. His passion to give back is contagious and inspiring. His focus is to build community by bridging racial, economic, and social divisions to develop a caring 21st Century America.
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    27 分