CREWBaltimore is a local chapter of CREW Network, an organization dedicated to accelerating success for women in the commercial real estate industry globally, through programs that educate women and girls about the career opportunities available to them and provide mentoring for those new to, and currently in, the industry.
Category: Celebrating Women’s History Month
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Spotlight: 5 Ohio organizations providing women of color with professional opportunity, resources
Black women are taking the workforce by storm with their growing presence in corporate America and increasing business ownership, and several Ohio-based organizations are helping support and promote them by providing professional opportunities and resources.
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Misty Copeland: A life in motion
Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, has used her platform to open the doors of the art form to a diverse group of people, and has also founded the Misty Copeland Foundation to offer free, after-school ballet classes for girls and boys in under-resourced communities.
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Meet Dr. Jamie Ware, the woman advocating for more cervical cancer education and preventive screenings
By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and if nothing else, Dr. Jamie Ware wants women to remember that unlike many other cancers, cervical cancer can be prevented. “There is a screening test to detect cervical cancer and with regular screening at the proper intervals, we can take measures to […]
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Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return
By Will GravesAP National Writer There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competition in two years, she knew plenty of people were wondering how it was going to go. […]
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Lincoln Financial Group’s Allison Green Named One of the Most Powerful Women in Corporate Diversity by Black Enterprise Magazine
By The Associated Press RADNOR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 28, 2019–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Allison Green, senior vice president, chief diversity officer and head of employee engagement, was included in Black Enterprise magazine’s list of Most Powerful Women in Corporate Diversity. This list recognizes women who are champions of diversity, and who set […]
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Trailblazing Author Talks Race, Politics and Getting the Story Right
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer After 60 years of asking the tough questions, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post, sat down at the Barnes & Noble on Howard University’s campus to answer questions about her memoir “Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist’s Fight to Make the Media Look More Like […]
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Bridging Barriers Between Black Women, Men
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Historically black women have been the backbone of their communities. Black women like Maya Angelo, Phyllis Wheatley, Angela Davis and Misty Copeland inspired us with their creativity and artistic talents. Harriette Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Gayle King are lauded for their bravery, while Johnnie Colemon and Shirley Chisholm are […]
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Dr. Anna McPhatter, Interim Provost & Vice President
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Dr. Anna McPhatter is not only an experienced social worker and researcher, she is a life-long educator. Currently serving as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morgan State University, her work at Morgan began more than 21 years ago, first as an associate professor […]
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Vaile Leonard, Founder & Executive Director, Light of Truth Center
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO The Rev. Vaile Leonard is the founder of Light of Truth Center (LTC), a non-profit organization that embraces a new innovative, three-phase process of recovery, transition, and restoration for recovering women. With five locations in Baltimore, LTC, is an innovative residential and outpatient therapeutic treatment program providing the […]
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Gwendolyn Woody, Health & Business Coach
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Gwen Woody is a Baltimore native and Texas-based entrepreneur who is paving the way for the community to learn about diabetes. Woody has established three businesses in the Baltimore area designed to help impacted communities learn about food choices that support wellness. “Many communities in Baltimore are food […]
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Cordelia Cranshaw, Miss D.C., U.S.A.
By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. Editor The road to beauty queen was not always easy for Miss District of Columbia 2019, Cordelia Cranshaw. With 18 siblings, a mother in prison and father with alcoholism, the 26-year-old beauty queen spent much of her life in foster care, ageing out at 21. As opposed to being defeated […]
