The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)’s dynamic conference returns to New York City from February 24 to 26, 2025, with a stylish twist. Under the theme “ASJA: Always in Fashion, NYC 2025,” the event will be hosted at the Fashion Institute of Technology and supported by the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology and Marketing Communications Department, the presenting sponsor.  Some media industry leaders who will attend the ASJA Conference include Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer Lane DeGregory, deputy editor of the New York T...Read More

  In the wake of the most recent election, it’s clear that Black and Brown votes matter. But voting is only one part of the equation. History teaches us that change comes when people join forces, using both political and economic influence. Think of the colonists who boycotted British goods, or the Civil Rights leaders who used economic resistance to demand justice. These movements didn’t just rely on voting; they relied on the power of people coming together, strategically spending (or withholding) their money to create a world that reflected their values. This...Read More

  AUTHORIZED FOR REPUBLICATION Story/Copy: HERE All Assets: HERE Despite their role in transformative tech advancements, Black founders still struggle to get adequate funding and recognition.   By Linda Miller, BIPOCXChange  In 2014, tech entrepreneur Tavonia Evans raised $165,000 from angel investors to launch her first startup, a peer-to-peer identity verification and background check platform called Safe2Meet. But when she went looking for capital to scale the business, she ran headfirst into a shameful reality: Black women founders receive less than 1% of ven...Read More

  KFC also closed the gender experience gap and commits to achieving gender parity at every level across restaurant support centers and company-owned restaurants by 2030 Plano, Texas, March 26, 2024 – During the celebration of Women’s History Month, KFC today proudly announced that it has successfully achieved parity between women and men globally across its corporate offices, referred to as restaurant support centers (RSCs). Women now constitute 51% of the collective team. KFC recognizes the importance of ensuring its team reflects its global customer base. By embraci...Read More

Shocking video just released by the BIPOCXChange shows a gathering of Black and Latino friends being repeatedly water-hosed by a White male neighbor in an attempt to break up their upscale, backyard birthday celebration at the home of a prominent New York doctor.  The incident, which occurred Sept. 17, 2022, is the subject of a civil rights suit filed last week in Kings County, NY, against the neighbor, Marcus Rosebrock, and an unnamed White woman accused of forcibly entering the doctor’s home with a “large, menacing German Shepherd in an effort to silence plaintiffs and en...Read More

By Dr. Lawrence Jones II 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington still addresses America's persistent challenge to racial inequality and injustice. The March on Washington was a massive protest march in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s now-iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. The belief and power of religious an...Read More