Tag: Rhode Island Black Business Association
RIBBA launches next Emerging Leaders Development Program
LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has kicked off the next cohort of its Emerging Leaders Development Program...
Everybody’s Business: A success in bringing flavor of South to R.I.
(Editor’s note: This is the 51st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Everybody’s Business: She’s found her place in hospitality
(Editor’s note: This is the 49th 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...
Everybody’s Business: Hibiscus from homeland a key ingredient to success
(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...
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...
Everybody’s Business: The doctor’s dishing out doses of health facts to...
(Editor’s note: This is the 45th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...



















