Tag: Rhode Island Black Business Association
Everybody’s Business: She’s found her place in hospitality
(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
R.I. Commerce launches Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program
PROVIDENCE – Beginning Sept. 4, applications will be accepted for the state’s Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program that will funnel $2 million of...
United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...
Hibiscus from homeland a key ingredient to success
(Editor’s note: This is the 47th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Is holding an R.I. constitutional convention a danger?
As Rhode Island undertakes its once-a-decade tradition of deliberating whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, a unified opposition and scattered proponents have...
Coalition launches campaign against Constitutional Convention ballot question
PROVIDENCE – A coalition of residents and organizations have launched a campaign to reject a question on the state ballot in November calling for...
Secure Choice retirement savings plan coming to R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A newly signed law will establish a low-cost, public-option retirement savings program for Rhode Islanders.
The Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program...
The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to Latinos
(Editor’s note: This is the 44th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
R.I. Black Business Association’s new HQ now open
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association’s new home is now open for business.
The nonprofit that supports the advancement of Black- and minority-owned...
Lessons of his past prove useful in his legal career
There is a misconception prevalent outside of legal circles that criminal defense attorneys are seen as a sanctuary of trust for those accused of...
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