WE’RE DREAMING UP ABOLITIONIST FUTURES. Help us share our vision.Scalawag Reckoning with the South Demetrius Hunter sees a worrisome pattern among non-profits providing food to his community in Southeast Raleigh, North Carolina, where grocery stores are inaccessible for many residents.“I have seen the trucks come from these non-profits that give food away, and they are…
RALEIGH (WTVD) — In Lori Jones' kitchen, water is boiling on the stove, fresh coffee beans are being ground and coffee is being shared.Two years ago, she had a vision of creating a coffee company. Just a few months ago, she was able to put her vision into motion after she was laid off as…
WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — Long before the pandemic, two people working in New York City as a contractor and a mortgage banker lost their jobs to the Great Recession.So they decided to take an old adage literally."When life gave us lemons we went on a street corner in Queens and we started to sell…
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RAEFORD, N.C. (WTVD) — A local candle business was featured on Good Morning America on Thursday morning.Durham native and military spouse D'Shawn Russell quit her job as an educator after 22 years and started Southern Elegance Candle Company. Now, business is booming.WATCH: Black-owned Raeford business sees sales skyrocket after George Floyd's death sparked social justice…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A new gateway for Black business ownership is going up in Raleigh. City leaders and local investors broke ground Thursday Montague Plaza, an entrepreneurial hub and shopping center in the heart of southeast Raleigh. The plaza aiming to help ensure Raleigh's current growth spurt is an equitable one."Raleigh is growing so…
RALEIGH (WTVD) — Terry Mangum is just 20 years old and already a small business owner. He owns One of One Boutique in the heart of downtown– offering handcrafted shoes and clothes in addition to the more common, commercial pieces.Mangum opened the shop a mere month before the COVID-19 shutdown. His store was damaged during…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The cabin fever set on by the COVID-19 pandemic has turned a lot of us to the great outdoors. State parks officials are pleased not only with the increase in visitors, but the increase in the diversity of visitors.So now park officials are working with a group that is also trying…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Minority- and women-owned businesses in the Triangle are getting a financial boost.Lenovo and a non-profit group called Location Initiatives Support Corporation are joining forces to distribute $1 million in grant funding to support certain businesses.In the Triangle, 12 businesses that have already been selected have each been awarded grants worth $10,000.The…
APEX, N.C. (WTVD) — A brand-new black-owned business opens in Apex on Friday. The restaurant named Monifa's Southern Food will be opening and serving up Southern-style fare." Fried chicken, fried fish, fried pork chop, baked chicken; we have chopped BBQ collard greens," said owner Zane Marks.The restaurant is a soul-food lover's dream coming to southern…