We all need a place. Not just any place, but one where we belong. Where we can be ourselves, do creative work and even be vulnerable and real with colleagues. This place didn’t exist for Jared Simmons, a longtime Cincinnatian originally from Alabama. So he built it.
“I want to plant that seed.” That seed is taking root thanks to grants Carol received from United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s Black Empowerment Works (BEW). It invests in Black-led, grassroots ideas and programs that might not qualify for, or may traditionally have been left out of, other grant programs. The BEW grants make it …
An old jail in Ohio that shut down almost two decades ago is back open, but not for inmates. It’s now a space for small businesses. Jacqueline Beckum had no idea that the front steps of a jail would lead straight to her future in business. It’s where she met Kelly Bullock. Their husbands were …