economic development
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Honoring and Maintaining the Legacy: U.S. Treasury Department Celebrating the Freedman’s Bank
Almost thirty years ago I first learned about the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings Bank (officially known as the Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company). While in college I was able to do further research on the legacy of freed Black slaves in America, and the one thing that stood in the way of their…
AME Church, AME Zion Church, economic development, economic empowerment, Emancipation Proclamation, February 7th 2016, financial dignity, financial empowerment, Financial Literacy, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, Freedmen's Bureau Preservation Act, Hampton University, Howard University, Jim Crow, John Hope Bryant, Natasha Foreman Bryant, Oliver Otis Howard, poverty, poverty eradication, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, slavery, southern states, U.S. Treasury Department, Washington D.C. -
Women’s Economic Development Agency (WEDA) Beyond the Basics Business Bootcamp this Weekend
Attend the Women’s Economic Development Agency (WEDA) Beyond the Basics Business Bootcamp this Weekend: We are Celebrating March – Women’s History Month! In the Atlanta area? Join us for an affordable $99 Business Bootcamp at the SBA funded Women’s Economic Development Agency (WEDA) located in Midtown Atlanta this Sunday Mar 18th! For details and to…