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Multicultural Businesses Winning Green Tech Products and Services -- Solar Flying Airship, Biodegradable Desk Accessories, Organic Fertilizer and Youth Sustainability Leadership--Saluted at The Council’s Sustainability Summit on October 9 in NYC

Corporate Supplier Diversity Executives and Minority Business Owners Network Non-Stop Riding on the Rails from New York City to New Jersey

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney brings one woman comedy show to Harlem’s Dinosaur BBQ. Films include “What Does Love Have to Do With It” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” This fall, she co-stars in BET film “Gun Hill” with Larenz Tate

"Healthcare: A Now Frontier for Multicultural Businesses" is Second Annual Healthcare Symposium hosted by the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council. Healthcare is the second-largest industry in the United States.

Networking on the Green for Scholarships at the Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Twp, NJ Features Golf, Tennis, Dance Lessons, Games, a Luncheon and an Auction Including a Round of Golf with a Fortune 500 Company’s Chief Procurement Officer

“Award-Winning Journeys in Black Theatre” was Tribute to African American Theatre Groups Negro Ensemble Company and Audelco Awards. Actors Lillias White and Ralph Carter were Co-Hosts. NEC Alumni Include Denzel Washington & Samuel L. Jackson

Coalition of Theatres of Color Holds Town Hall Meeting “Can NYC's Theatres of Color Survive in the New Economy?” at Schomburg Center in Harlem on June 4 Featuring Speakers Danny Glover, Lonette McKee, Barbara Montgomery, Daniel Beaty and Others

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center and Coalition of Theatres of Color Honored Actor Alimi Ballard and Gilbert Glenn Brown, Artistic Director of Positive Youth Troupe as “Outstanding Alumnus of Mind-Builders”

Easter Sunday Performance by Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Orchestra at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Special appearances by poet Jayne Cortez, historian Robin D. G. Kelley and special guest Wayne B. Chandler

Renaissance House: A Retreat for Writers and Other Artists in historic Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard is celebrating its 11th season. This annual writers and artists retreat named for Harlem Renaissance writers Helene Johnson and Dorothy West