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Sharron Battle Sees Selfies Replace Cash

December 4, 2015

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service An Atlanta-based startup hopes to change the face of shopping – literally. This is the vision of Sharron Battle, 43, a lifelong pioneer in various business fields. Her latest creation is Selfiepay Inc., a technology company whose mobile application lets shoppers purchase products with nothing more than their own […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Futhum Tewolde, Selfiepay, Sharon Battle

Jaylen Bledsoe, Teenage Millionaire Entrepreneur, Committed to Inspiring More Teens to Business Ownership

October 30, 2015

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service Jaylen Bledsoe, 17, was astonished when a teenager told him his life’s goal was to become a drug dealer. Bledsoe, who gained national attention for creating a thriving Internet design company, could not fathom the youth’s position … at first. “That was his dream,” Bledsoe told Urban News Service […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Entrepreneurship, Jaylen Bledsoe, Young Entrepreneurs University

10 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Still Devastating On New Orleans’ Black Residents

August 28, 2015

by Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu took to the road to declare his city is “no longer recovering, no longer rebuilding” a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated it in one of America’s worst natural disasters, but some refuse to buy that speech. For many African Americans who watched their city […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Donya Richardson, Hurricane Katrina, Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans

Black Entrepreneurs Address Community Health Concerns

August 21, 2015

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service Bad knees forced fitness enthusiast Kendra Blackett-Dibinga to quit her passion of running and training. But those same knee troubles ultimately lead her to a business that has not only relieved her pain, but also provided her Washington, D.C.- area African-American community with a haven for improved health. An […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bikram Yoga, Black Women Entrepreneurs, Curtis Bunn, Kendra Blackett-Dibinga, Maurissa Stone, Yoga

Thousands March Nearly 900 Miles in Journey for Justice

August 7, 2015

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service SELMA, Alabama –The movement that began in a bungalow is traveling nearly 900 miles to the home of Dr. King’s “Dream.” A coalition of organizations, led by the NAACP, embarked Saturday on an 860-mile, 40-day, 40-night march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, D.C. This initiative recalls the original Civil […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 7 2015, Civil Rights, Cornell William Brooks, Curtis Bunn, Damon Younger, Journey for Justice, Selma March, Vol. 25 No. 30

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