Grant Program for Black Female Business Owners to End After Court Settlement

Published on September 12, 2024

A venture capital firm has ended its small business grant contest for Black women following a settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit launched last year by a conservative nonprofit. The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) initiated federal court proceedings in 2023, claiming the Fearless Fund’s Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, a $20,000 grant only for businesses where a Black female entrepreneur has at least a 51 percent stake, violated federal anti-discrimination laws. According to the Sept. 11  joint motion for dismissal filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, both parties agreed to settle the case with prejudice, meaning the legal challenge can’t be brought back before a court under any circumstances....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Australian Indigenous Cultural Artefacts Returned From UK

September 12, 2024
A collection of artefacts culturally significant to the Warumungu Community of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory is returning from The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London.A formal handover ceremony by the Horniman took place on Sept. 12 in London to celebrate this occasion.The Warumungu community initiated the process with the support of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres St

Mom, Brother, Grandfather, and Caregivers Charged With Starving 7-Year-Old Disabled Boy to Death

September 12, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A mother, grandfather, adult brother, and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy who weighed 7 pounds and had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead on Christmas, officials announced Wednesday.Deonte Atwell had spina bifida, a birth defect of the spinal cord, and hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid on th