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Current Grant 2026 Opportunities March/April
Founders First CDC – Kitty Fund (Mompreneur Business Grant) The Kitty Fund is a national microgrant program supporting mother‑owned, employer‑based small businesses in the United States. The program awards $1,000 cash grants to selected mompreneurs and includes free access to a Founders First CDC business accelerator program, providing training and support in areas such as […]
A Bridge, A People, A Responsibility
Editor’s Update (May 2026): Just weeks after marking the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the fight for voting rights has entered a new phase. Last week, in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court issued a decision that narrows the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, making it more difficult to challenge voting maps […]
Rooted in Her: Honoring the Past. Shaping What’s Next. The Legacy of Evelyn Cunningham
Before civil rights marches filled television screens, before history books settled into neat chapters, there were journalists documenting the truth in real time. AND their words traveled swiftly, reaching those hungry for truth. BUT many of these stories remained unheard by the wider public, pushed aside or ignored. THEREFORE, we turn to the work and […]
Tariffs Just Hit a Legal Wall — What the Supreme Court’s Ruling, Refunds and What it Means for Small Businesses (2026 Update)
For nearly a year, small businesses have been operating in a fog of trade uncertainty. Rising supply costs. Shifting tariff policies. Pricing instability made forecasting feel like guesswork. Take Mia, who owns a specialty packaging shop in Cleveland; this spring, her cardboard supplier hiked prices twice, and tariffs forced her to renegotiate every monthly order […]
Black History Month Events – February 2026
Where Memory Meets Meaning, and Community Shows Up Black history is not a moment—it’s a movement. It lives in our gathering, our creativity, and our willingness to sit with truth while imagining what’s possible. This February, we invite you to join a series of events that honor Black history through celebration, reflection, art, and shared […]
Current Grant 2026 Opportunities FEB/March
Funding has a rhythm, and 2026 is off to a great start. For nonprofits, small business owners, creatives, farmers, and community builders, this month brings a rare concentration of opportunities designed to support impact, innovation, and sustainability. The grants below span industries and missions, but they share one thing in common: they are meant for […]
“7 Historic Neighborhoods: Lessons from Black Business Districts That Still Speak Today”
“There have been many black millionaires over the years. What we have lacked are black institutions – banks, schools, businesses – that survive beyond one man’s success.” — Thomas Sowell Black History Month is not only a time to remember who we were—it is a moment to reckon with what we built. Before visibility, before […]
January on the Gulf Coast: Where Mobile, Pensacola & Surrounding Areas Rise Together
January doesn’t whisper along the Gulf Coast. January doesn’t whisper along the Gulf Coast. It calls. It remembers. It gathers Mobile, Pensacola, and surrounding Gulf Coast communities at the intersection of history and hope and asks a single question: What will you do with what was handed to you? This month, the Gulf Coast becomes […]
Book Club Recap: Our July/August Journey Through Kindred
Across July and August, our book club stepped into Octavia Butler’s Kindred—a story that didn’t wait politely at the door but swept us straight into its storm. Month by month, chapter by chapter, we traveled with Dana as she was pulled between her present and a past that felt too heavy, too raw, and disturbingly […]
Book Club Recap: Our November Read — Blanche on the Lam
November led us into Blanche on the Lam, and what a refreshing, clever twist of a mystery it was. We followed Blanche White—sharp-tongued, sharp-witted, and unwilling to shrink herself for anyone—as she stepped from one trap into another, only to outsmart every snare laid in her path. This book didn’t just give us a mystery; […]
