What happens when you decide to leave the corporate world to start your own small business? Stephanie Franklin knows that decision all too well. Once pursuing a career in AdTech, Franklin left behind her corporate job to share her passion for wine with the world. Now the CEO and founder of Fly Wines, Franklin’s goal is to revolutionize the wine experience and emphasize the importance of diversity and inclusion in the wine industry. We understand you left your career in AdTech to go into the wine business. What made you decide to make the leap? Leaving the AdTech industry to…
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We at Reaching Out are excited to introduce a new program launching this fall.PRIZM is a new multi-day event for post-MBAs and other experienced, mid-career business professionals. The first PRIZM event will take place Sept. 27-29, 2024, in Los Angeles in conjunction with this year’s ROMBA Conference. Registration for both ROMBA and PRIZM will open soon.While the ROMBA Conference provides a unique opportunity for MBA students and early-career professionals, we recognize that experienced, mid-career professionals are looking for different insights and ways to drive career growth and enable networking.The target audience for the first PRIZM conference is professionals with 2-7…
By Franz Bautista Take stock of your immediate surroundings. Without giving it too much thought, name a handful of things around you that STEM has contributed to your lifestyle. It shouldn’t be too difficult. From smartphones to the car you drive and the internet you navigate, science, technology, engineering and mathematics have contributed wonderful advances to our society. But there could be so much more, and even better results, if we expanded the opportunities to a more diversified group of people.While there has been steady growth in STEM-field occupations and the workforce employed in these jobs, representation across…
Does your job ever negatively affect your mental health? Challenging projects, conflicts with co-workers or changing work duties can all affect your mental health. According to Mental Health America, 78% of workers agree that workplace stress affects their mental health. Thankfully, there are steps you can take at your job to help protect yourself. Here are five tips to improve your wellness at work. Be Patient With YourselfGetting back into the workforce, starting work for the first time or just changing roles at your current job are significant adjustments. Be patient. You’ll need to get used to new people, tasks and…
By Amina AlTaiBeing a leader in 2024 requires resilience and fortitude not known by previous generations of leaders. In a world of constant change, COVID-19 catapulted the pace of transformation to extraordinary heights. Coupled with the fear of economic decline, geopolitical unrest, soaring interest rates and the management of remote and hybrid workforces, we have a new normal regarding unpredictability and challenges within our businesses.As leaders, we’re meant to have it all figured out—and that goes for caring for ourselves as well. In a time when so many leaders are concerned about employee burnout, it feels like there is little…
In one of the most populous cities in the United States, Dominic H. Choi has made history. In a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles Board of Police selected Choi as the new interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department—one of the country’s largest police departments. Choi’s appointment marked the first time that the LAPD had been led by an Asian American person.“I’m very happy to be the first Korean American interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department,” NBC reported Choi saying. “I proudly represent that community. But just to be absolutely clear, my role is to represent all…
The Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce (GLAAACC) 30th Awards Gala lived up to its tradition as the premier black-tie business event. At the sold-out event held on April 19, 2024, at the JW Marriott LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, awards were presented to deserving corporations, public servants and business owners recognized for contributing to the community and being champions of Black enterprise.The award-winning wireless network operator T-Mobile was the 2024 dinner sponsor for GLAAACC’s 30th Economic Awards Dinner.Communications giant Verizon was recognized as the Telecom Company of the Year for its commitment to the business community.…
May 17 will now be known as “Shohei Ohtani Day” in Los Angeles County, for at least the next decade. On that special day of recognition Ohtani was honored at Los Angeles City Hall and presented with the resolution.While the event took place in the morning, Ohtani returned to Dodger Stadium in the afternoon. He celebrated his first Ohtani Day by hitting an opposite-field two-run homer to help the Dodgers beat the Reds, 7-3.Major League Baseball reports that the two-way superstar has accumulated multiple distinctions since making his Major League debut on March 29, 2018. At the end of his…
Former NBA star Charles Barkley has committed to donating funds to support young Black girls at St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans and his alma mater, Auburn University, to help them achieve their potential.As reported by AL.com, the “Inside the NBA” host has pledged $1 million to St. Mary’s Academy after watching a “60 Minutes” segment featuring two of the school’s former students. The program highlighted Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, who used trigonometry to prove the Pythagorean Theorem, a feat previously thought impossible.“We teach young women to serve, empower themselves, and engage with their community. We nurture their spiritual…
By Natalie Rodgers Longtime actress and advocate, especially for the Latinx community, America Ferrera is finally making her directorial debut. Initially announced in 2021, Ferrera was hired to direct the book-to-movie adaptation of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Earlier this year, the rights to the film were sold to Amazon MGM studios, but it was confirmed that Ferrera will still be heading the project. The book, by Erika Sánchez, is renowned for its emotional and comedic insights into identity, race, culture and immigration topics. The announcement surrounding studio changes leads the public to believe that the production and…
