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Tapping Into Your "Why?": A Blueprint For Better Black Entrepreneurship | The Root Institute 2023

Tapping Into Your “Why?”: A Blueprint For Better Black Entrepreneurship | The Root Institute 2023

Successful Entrepreneurs On Leveraging Your Niche & Accelerating Your Brand | The Root Institute

Highlights from the 2023 Root Institute panel featuring a diverse array of entrepreneurs invested in economic equity and turning their niches into empires.

Bravo Stars Give Advice on Building Better Black Representation on TV | The Root Institute

Bravo Stars Give Advice on Building Better Black Representation on TV | The Root Institute

The Plight of Black Women: Targeted At Home, At Work & In Politics | The Root Institute

The Plight of Black Women: Targeted At Home, At Work & In Politics | The Root Institute

Watch: How to Tackle the Black Maternal Health Crises

Watch: How to Tackle the Black Maternal Health Crises

Events, Health & Wealth, The Root Institute

Tapping Into Your “Why?”: A Blueprint For Better Black Entrepreneurship | The Root Institute 2023

The Head of Amazon's Black Business Accelerator, Danyel Surrency Jones, highlights the most important questions to ask when building your brand.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

December 4, 2023
Events, Health & Wealth, The Root Institute

Successful Entrepreneurs On Leveraging Your Niche & Accelerating Your Brand | The Root Institute

Highlights from the 2023 Root Institute panel featuring a diverse array of entrepreneurs invested in economic equity and turning their niches into empires.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

November 30, 2023
Entertainment & Culture, Events, The Root Institute

Bravo Stars Give Advice on Building Better Black Representation on TV | The Root Institute

Stars of the Real Housewives franchise, Summer House, and Southern Charm joined us in D.C. for a panel on female entrepreneurship

By

Shanelle Genai

Published

November 21, 2023
Events, The Root Institute

The Plight of Black Women: Targeted At Home, At Work & In Politics | The Root Institute

Highlights from The Root Institute’s panel on “The Plight Of Black Women,” with four successful women from different walks of life.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

October 19, 2023
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Watch: How to Tackle the Black Maternal Health Crises

Hear from four Black medical professionals and healthcare advocates about the accelerating Black maternal morbidity crisis, part of the 2023 Root Institute

By

The Root Staff

Published

October 11, 2023
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Tackling A Black Maternal Health Crisis & Embracing Reproductive Justice | The Root Institute

Highlights from The Root Institute’s panel on “Tackling the Black Maternal Health Crisis,” with leading women from various health initiatives.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

October 2, 2023
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Here’s How Medicaid Expansion Can Play a Role in Black Maternal Healthcare | The Root Institute 2023

Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, CEO of CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, explains the role Medicaid can play in her blueprint for a healthier Black America.

By

Adriano Contreras

Published

September 28, 2023
Events, The Root Institute

Plight of the Working Black Woman: Work, Cry, Die

The desensitized reaction to the death of JoAnne Epps reflects society's treatment of Black trauma.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

September 27, 2023
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Lessons from Brilliant Black Minds at the 2023 Root Institute

The event was filled with wisdom that will help us build a better Black America.

By

Amira Castilla

Published

September 26, 2023
Events, The Root Institute

The Root Institute: 5 Ways to Tackle The Black Maternal Health Crisis

At The Root Institute this year, we spoke to leading experts on the Black maternal health crisis. Here are some of our takeaways.

By

Jessica Washington

Published

September 25, 2023