United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is an educational assistance organization that provides college tuition for 39 historically black colleges and universities. Founded on April 25, 1944, UNCF is still providing funding for students today. UNCF is enabling more than 60,000 students to attend college this year. North Carolina has five UNCF member institutions: Bennett College, [...]

Brooklyn, New York native Lystra John is the founder of LEAP4STARS, an image consulting company whose focus is to help women work on the visible and invisible image they have of themselves. In addition her goal is to provide women everywhere with encouraging information on how to live a healthier and more beautiful lifestyle. LEAP4STARS [...]

Love saving lives. T.H.U.G.S. Inc. Is the acronym for Truth Healing and Uniting Greater Souls Incorporated. Truth is what Jesus said would set us free. Healing is restoring or nursing back to health. Uniting is coming together and bonding for the good of the purpose in which you serve. Greater is vast or enormous and [...]

Tammie Ellis, a nurse before her burn accident, saved for a year in order to qualify for a car. It was awful the way it happened. Thirty-nine year-old Tammie Ellis was preparing to grill supper for her family. She had told the apartment management about a propane leak in the grill, but nothing had been [...]

Starting a business is easy. Keeping a business running is the hard part! Over the past several years (2008-2012), during the recession, there has been a spike in small business start-ups. Now I am on the fence questioning if operating a business is a good or bad thing simply because there are nearly more businesses [...]

Just Friends With Benefits (JUFWBE, pronounced Ja-Foo-Bay strings chat, global business and networking together with themes of respect, determination and focus to create an online environment where members can seal their next business deal and make a dinner date — all on one site. Small business owners, educational institutions and professionals alike can come together [...]

Shaunielle “Shaun” Foster is a hard-working woman with an amazing work ethic to impact the Greensboro community in a positive way. She is the chief executive officer of Footsteps to Follow, Foster Administrative Services, and the founder of Ladies of the Triad. She currently holds the title of “Ms. Black Greensboro USA 2012” and will [...]

A concerned father and husband, an employee for the City of Greensboro, and a part-time disc jockey, James Johnson is on a mission to end community violence. He is hosting an event in Greensboro called; Stop the Violence —Gun Drop. This event is targeted towards the entire Triad community at large, especially pre-teens and teenagers [...]

Who if not us will advocate for our children?” such a simple, yet multifaceted sentiment is a quote from our founder, Sarah Walden Herbin and continues to resonate throughout the halls of our organization and the hearts of our staff each day as we strive to bring to fruition our mission statement – To improve [...]

Jerry N. Brand of Greensboro, N.C., has a lot to be thankful for in his life. At 45 years of age, he is a retired North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper, former small business owner, and U.S. Army Veteran who served in special operations-military intelligence. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [...]