NVBCC Hosts Exclusive Media Event

Washington, D.C: In February 2023, the Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce (NVBCC) announced its Congressionally Directed Spending award in the amount of $300,000 in Federal funding from the Fiscal Year 2023 government spending legislation. Based on that award, NVBCC is prepared to announce the initiative that will be funded. On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, […]

Virginia Department of Education Releases Model Policies to Ensure Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools

RICHMOND — The Virginia Department of Education today released the final Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools. After the 2021 Model Policies purposefully kept parents in the dark about their child’s health and wellbeing at school, the 2023 Model Policies restore parental rights in decision making […]

Black Father and Son Launch 4th Annual Online Summer Camps to Teach Financial Literacy, Investing, etc.

Kevon Chisolm and his 16-year-old son, Kamari, the founders of Junior Wallstreeters, Inc. a non-profit, are offering online summer camps for children for the fourth year in a row. Their camps are great for preventing learning loss and offer fun environments for students to learn wealth-building concepts with other like-minded students. The course is called Junior […]

Creators of Soul Food Starter Packets Sold in Grocery Stores, Launch Black Education Fund

Behind the brand of the family mealtime staple is a husband-and-wife team who want to ensure Black students across the U.S. can thrive without financial barriers and systemic limitations. Claude and Crystal Booker created their timesaving seasoning packets, Booker’s Soul Food Starters, to help folks reconnect at the dinner table. Dedicated to bettering the community […]

Tracy Blake releases statement on overcoming his record

by John Reid Last week, records from the Virginia Court Case Information website were posted on several Facebook groups. The records were related to Neabsco School District Board candidate Tracy Blake, stemming from 2006 – 2015. Some of the records that he pleaded guilty to include misdemeanor marijuana possession, carrying a concealed weapon, and driving […]