Regina Smith Archives - Harlem World Magazine

HBA Supported, MVP Accelerator Launches 100 Black-Owned Ventures Online

MVP Accelerator Inc. (“MVP”), a diversity-focused SBA Growth Accelerator, today announced its new “Equity Online Initiative” (“EOI”), a technical assistance program to launch 100 Black-owned e-commerce ventures in 2021 and 2022.Continue reading

Rudy’s World: Borough President Talked The Talk And Walked The Walk-In Harlem

Photographs by Rudy Collins On Tuesday, August 25th, 2020, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer talked the talk and walked the walk-in by dropping off masks to small businesses on Lenox Avenue from 130th to 120th Streets in Harlem, NY.Continue reading

Op-Ed: From Black Wall Street To Today, It’s Time To Address The Systematic Devastation Of Black-Owned Businesses

By Regina Smith Ninety-nine years ago this month, a murderous, racist mob looted and torched Black Wall Street, decimating Tulsa’s once-thriving African-American business district. Continue reading

RSVP For Black Entrepreneurs Forum 2019 At The Apollo Theatre In Harlem

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

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. Continue reading

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

36th Annual Harlem Business Alliance Fundraising Awards Gala Celebrates ‘Black Women Did That’

For the past 36 years, the Harlem Business Alliance (HBA) has honored black brilliance with their annual awards gala. The annual sold out must attend celebration is the pinnacle fundraising event for the non profit.Continue reading

36th Annual Harlem Business Alliance Fundraising Awards Gala

For the past 36 years, the Harlem Business Alliance (HBA) has honored black brilliance with their annual awards gala. This annual must attend celebration is the pinnacle fundraising event for the non profit. Continue reading