– ARIANE KIRPATRICK – Ariane Kirkpatrick is president and CEO of The AKA Team, a full-service commercial construction and facilities company. Based in Cleveland, the 10-year-old, multi-million dollar firm partners with its clients to provide collaborative management and construction services through three divisions. No matter the scale of a project,Continue Reading
ALICIA ROBINSON Dream-Believe-Achieve isn’t just Limitless Ambition’s motto, it’s the mindset that fuels Executive Director, Alicia Robinson. Alicia began with a vision of empowering a generation of young women that would one day change the world. The first-generation college graduate walked away from a career in fashion to pursue herContinue Reading
When Abraham Maslow developed his “hierarchy of needs,” he listed safety as a basic human necessity that follows only behind physiological needs for survival such as water, food, and shelter. Maslow understood that safety impacts all human behaviors and that people make decisions in accordance with how secure they feel.Continue Reading
The incomparable Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” sent this song skyrocketing to #1 on the Billboard charts in 1967 and it became a universal call to action for the civil rights and feminist movements. Its intrinsic message that everyone deserves to be heard and respected struck a deep chordContinue Reading
As 2022 ends, many people take a moment to reflect on their year and count their blessings. They count their blessings so they can ring in a new year by appreciating what they had. For Wayne Dawson, the counting of blessings started a long time ago and seems to continueContinue Reading
The holidays are a special time for everyone. It’s also the time for giving the ones you love presents that represent how you feel about them. The best gifts are the ones that offer functional use. Here are a few suggestions that just might make her smile and let herContinue Reading
Whoever coined the phrase, the best of both worlds truly knew what they were talking about. Growing up in a mixed household, I not only celebrated the birth of Jesus while anticipating good ol Santa sliding down the chimney with a big bag of gifts, I also got to enjoyContinue Reading
In the 1940s and ‘50s, people would get a job and stay at that job until they retired. They would get a gold watch, maybe a good pension if they were lucky, and they would disappear into retirement. Those times are gone. So, when someone mentions that they have beenContinue Reading
when Dave Mays started The Source magazine in college at Harvard University, he dreamed of turning the single-page newsletter into a full-print global magazine. But he had no idea that it would eventually be dubbed “The Bible of Hip-Hop” with over nine million readers. The initial $200 investment into TheContinue Reading
Sevyn Streeter is at a loss for words. This, of course, is a stunning revelation given that the boundless 34-year-old singer/songwriter/performer, who has boldly merged the line between pop and R&B for over a decade, is known to be quite a loquacious spirit. But when she is asked what sheContinue Reading
