Harlem Business Alliance, HBA is partnering with the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to let you know about a new initiative the City is kicking off to help more Black-owned businesses start and grow in New York City. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Regina Smith
Dining With Miss Lil: Dream With Your Eyez Open Presents Vision Board Workshops In Harlem
By Lil Nickelson
Monique Caines-Talley is Harlem born and raised and she’s a woman who always dreamed about owning her own business someday.
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Join The Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition 2019 At Jacob Javits Center
Due to decades of ill-informed popular opinion, industrial hemp had long been lumped into the psychoactive drug category. Continue Reading →
Regina Smith Talks Harlem Business On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)
Join Regina L. Smith, Executive Director of the Harlem Business Alliance (HBA), as she talks Harlem Business, Equity, cannabis and much more with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show. Continue Reading →
Op-Ed: Changing The Face Of Cannabis Ownership: A 6-Point Plan For Black Equity
By Regina Smith, Harlem Business Alliance
Oakland, Calif., native Tucky Blunt was arrested 15 years ago for an $80 marijuana sale that ended up changing the trajectory of his life. Continue Reading →
HBA Executive Director Regina Smith Speaks At The City Council Marijuana Hearing
The Harlem Business Alliance (HBA) has been at the forefront of advancing minority entrepreneurship in the cannabis industry. Continue Reading →
OP-Ed: Locked Up And Locked Out, How To Ensure NY’s Black Community Gets Its Share Of Cannabis’ ‘Green Rush’
By Regina Smith
While Corvain Cooper sits in a prison cell in California facing a life sentence for marijuana-related charges he is dealing with the reality that he may never be reunited with his family again or get a second chance at life outside of prison. Continue Reading →