February 2019 - BlackHer.us

On Creating a Pathway for Black Women in Innovation Entrepreneurship: An Interview with Kathryn Finney

by Jocelyn Harmon | Feb 23, 2019 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Kathryn Finney, founder and managing director of digitalundivided (DID), a social enterprise that fosters economic growth through the empowerment of Black and Latina women entrepreneurs using innovation as a tool. An Echoing Green...

There’s No Business Like Show Business and There’s Nobody Like Broadway Producer Irene Gandy!

by Jocelyn Harmon | Feb 17, 2019 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Irene Gandy, an African-American pioneer and an American original. Gandy has worked on more than a hundred Broadway shows. In 2012, she was the first Black woman to win a Tony Award for Producer for a revival of “Porgy and Bess,”...