Topic: Black-Owned Business
What We Don’t Know About Small Businesses
We can’t solve a problem we haven’t defined. That’s why Drexel’s Metro Finance Head is calling for federal, state and local changes to how we gather data
By Bruce Katz, Milena Dovali and Anne Bovaird Nevins
10 Small, Under-the-Radar, Black-Owned Businesses You Need to Know in Philly
Supporting small businesses supports Black families, communities, other small businesses, and dreams
By Abigail Chang
Grant Blvd + Blk Ivy
The B Corps fashion brand loved by Beyoncé is launching a men’s clothing line and a vintage clothing store, Blk Ivy, dedicated to Civil Rights era fashion, music, books— and activism
By Courtney DuChene
Brent Johnstone and Akeiff Staples
We’ve all heard the research: Early literacy is critical to success. Two fathers do their part to help Philadelphia’s early learners develop a lifelong love of reading — and of themselves
By Johann Calhoun
The Weird, Hopeful, Dismal, Exciting Year That Was (2022)
Happy to see 2022 in your rear view? Here’s what it means for 2023
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Sustainable Shops and Services in Philadelphia
Locally-owned shops and services that put a dent in climate change — and make you feel better about everything
By Courtney DuChene
WURD’s Empowerment Experience
The event on Saturday launches Pennsylvania’s only Black-owned radio station’s 20th anniversary year with shopping, cooking, hope — and dancing
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Cultural Curator
Quon Brinkley, founder of the Thinker Makers Society, makes space for Philadelphia artists of color and Philadelphia LGBTQIA artists in Old City
By Logan Cryer
The Equity Test
The Enterprise Center, Equity Alliance and Drexel’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab have co-created a plan to revive small, minority-owned businesses on Philly’s 52nd Street Corridor. Here’s why it matters
By Bruce Katz
Girlbuild
Serial entrepreneur Monica Miraglilo brings women into what was once a man’s world: demolition, residential rehab, and serious construction. (And helps them look good, too.)
By Courtney DuChene