Petra Brennan is not waiting for the tourism industry to make room for Black artists and multicultural entrepreneurs she’s building the table herself. As a director within the Multicultural Tourism Department at the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Brennan leads initiatives that sit at the intersection of culture, commerce, and community. Through the Art…
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What Vanessa James built when Caribbean culture had no seat at the table?
Vanessa James has never needed anyone’s permission to celebrate Caribbean culture she simply built the room herself. The Trinidad-born media personality, voiceover artist, and entrepreneur spent nearly two decades in corporate radio, freelance media, and brand storytelling before channeling everything she had into Food, Wine, and Fête, a sold-out Caribbean cultural festival set…
Kyle Balda’s ‘Sheep Detectives’ Is set to Wow families
Kyle Balda has spent his career turning underdogs into icons. The acclaimed animation director behind global franchises including Minions and Despicable Me 3 has long known that the best comedy lives right next to something deeply human. His latest project, Sheep detectives, is now in theaters. It is a mystery-comedy that marks a bold creative…
Rising star Xavier Mills turned his ‘on-court’ hustle into extraordinary acting success in new film ‘Is God Is’
From his emotionally layered role in Is God Is opposite Sterling K. Brown to returning as Nishan Leonard in Season 2 of Chad Powers alongside Glen Powell, Mills is building momentum with every project. Fans will also see him reprise his role as Christian in Season 2 of Netflix’s Forever, continuing a story that resonated…
Clifton Powell leads ‘Return of the Mack’ in a powerful story about life, family and second chances
Clifton Powell never had a plan. No five-year strategy, no carefully curated brand just a kid from the block who wanted to play football, ended up on a stage, and somehow never looked back. Forty-six years, dozens of films, and one iconic villain later, Powell is still showing up and still surprising people. At 70,…
What Adrienne Moore wants Black women to know after surviving two cancers?
Adrienne Moore knows firsthand how dangerous silence and lack of awareness can be. After surviving two separate cancer diagnoses, she is now using her experience to speak directly to Black women about the warning signs she once missed. What began as a personal health battle has grown into a mission to close the information gap,…
DeJuan Ford’s powerful journey from Detroit streets to the screen in ‘Return of the Mack’
DeJuan Ford has spent a decade quietly stacking credits more than 140 productions, over 40 as executive producer while the rest of the world was still catching up. Now, with Return of the Mack: Back for the Smoke hitting major streaming platforms, the Detroit native is stepping fully into the spotlight he has long been…
What Arnika D. Frazier-Jackson is building at UNCF is hard to ignore
Courtesy:Frazier_Arnika Arnika D. Frazier-Jackson did not plan on becoming one of the most influential architects of Black professional opportunity in America but a corporate door that closed in her face changed everything. After watching a healthcare company benefit from her research and work without extending her a full-time offer, she pivoted with purpose, channeling her…
How Kendra Bulluck turned a powerful legacy into a thriving movement for Black culture and community
When Kendra Bulluck set out to revive the Orange Blossom Classic, she wasn’t trying to make history she was trying to honor it. As the executive director of one of the most storied events in HBCU culture, Bulluck has quietly become one of the first Black women to own a major HBCU sports property, a…
Alysia Lee, Dr. Rashida Govan and Selena Wilson are waking up American cities to the unstoppable power of young people
Across Baltimore, New Orleans and Oakland, a quiet revolution is underway and it is being led by women who refuse to let cities make decisions about young people without young people in the room. Alysia Lee, president and CEO of the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, is building Baltimore’s first-ever Youth Master Plan after decades…