WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), an organization supporting Hispanic and African-American higher education, has received a multi-year award from BB&T Corporation to support the HSF/BB&T Scholarship program.
The HSF/BB&T Scholarship Program provides 10 $5,000-scholarships, awarded annually to five Hispanic and five African-American college juniors enrolled at a four-year university.
The 2009-2010 HSF/BB&T Hispanic scholarship [...]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -General Mills’ African American CSR initiative “Feeding Dreams” announced the winners of its 2009 program that annually recognizes African-Americans known for championing great work to improve their cities and local neighborhoods. The voting for this year’s winners took place online at www.FeedingDreams.com.
Over the last several months, residents of four southern cities – Birmingham, [...]
Target Market News announced it will host the 2009 African American Internet Marketing Summit on Thursday, Nov. 19th in Chicago at the Wyndham Hotel downtown. The all-day conference — the only such gathering of its kind in the nation — will feature some of the industry’s leading executives and companies in marketing, advertising, media, technology [...]
Pepsi is targeting a somewhat overlooked demographic—African-American moms—with a digital community where such consumers will be asked to share personal and inspirational thoughts.
The effort, promoted across various media with the tagline “We inspire,” will serve as the cornerstone of Pepsi’s African-American marketing outreach for 2010. Pepsi is aiming to build buzz for Pepsiweinspire.com via Facebook [...]
NEW YORK, NY - Interactive One, LLC The Digital Connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc., the largest African American multimedia company, today announced the launch of BlackPlanet Rising (www.blackplanetrising.com), the first comprehensive platform to provide tools, information and connections for African Americans to give back their time and resources to [...]