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 n ..read more

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 workfor ..read more

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 Yourself Getting 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 ..read more

By Amina AlTai Being 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 em ..read more

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 ..read more

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 roo ..read more

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 eng ..read more

By Vladimir Kogan   Whether you’re a student yourself or the parent of a soon-to-be college kid, it’s natural to be anxious about the experiences that come with attending higher education and entering the next phase of life. Parents of children with autism know this overwhelming feeling all too well. Adolescents, teenagers and young adults with sensory processing challenges face distinct obstacles throughout their lives, especially as they approach college and face unfamiliar social norms and expectations. Teens who experience difficulties in sensory integration and regulation can s ..read more

The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) MBE Center for Accelerated Growth, Innovation, and Resiliency and KDM & Associates are partnering to create The Best-in-Practices 12-Week Government Contracting Incubator cohort. This program is made possible thanks to funding from the Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA’s) Capital Readiness Program. It is designed to provide minority business enterprises (MBEs) and Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals (SEDIs) with the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in government contracting and procurement o ..read more

In 2019, the U.S. military established the Space Force, a specialty branch of the Air Force dedicated to operations and protections in space. Less than five years after its conception, a Space Force Guardian is finally heading to the stars. Space Force Col. Nick Hague will be the first Guardian to launch into space on a NASA mission to the International Space Station. Though his exact launch date is unknown, Hague will embark on the mission no sooner than August 1st of this year. Commander Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr G ..read more