Ursula Burns – The 1st Black Female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company

So here's a spotlight that I love for so many different reasons.  Clearly she's black and an executive BUT she's also..

THE 1ST BLACK FEMALE CEO OF A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY (XEROX)

That's HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  There's usually nothing more frightening to the "Good Ol' Boy" Network of corporate America then a woman (they just don't seem to respect us as much) then a BLACK woman (awwww hell naw, I can just see the stereotypes flying in their little heads).

In a male-dominated corporate America, fewer than 3 percent of the CEOs at Fortune 500 firms are women.

Kabooooooooom, guess who stepped

Kweisi Mfume

I want to spotlight Kwesi for several reasons. First and foremost because he accomplished the things he has in an unorthodox way. Kwesi didn't graduate high school, he got a GED and went on to be President/CEO of the NAACP and become a United States Congressman. Our society has a way of making people especially kids feel that they can't do anything unless they attend college, etc and while I agree that an education is paramount to having a successful life; I also think that traditional education isn't for everyone and Kweisi's story proves that you can do anything. DISCLAIMER: CUS' SOME OF YALL BE WAITING READY TO POUNCE! YES KWEISI DID

Everybody Can’t Be Lil’ Wayne or Lebron

As I was in the process of developing this site President Obama gave a speech on how our children and people should strive for something more than being the next Lil Wayne or Lebron James. This has actually been on my mind for a long time and when he said it it just became so real, I don't think he's the first person to say it, I kinda' recall Bill Cosby saying something similar in his rant a few years back but either way it needed to be said again and since Obama is "our" golden child I believe more people heard or "received" the message than from before. Our society is so stuck on the glitz and glamour, most people… Continue reading Everybody Can't Be Lil' Wayne or Lebron