Innovation Economy Should Be Inclusive Economy
The America21 Project principal and co-founder, Johnathan Holifield will speak in Detroit May 10-11. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Holifield by Model D Media: While Holifield’s mission is to provide direct services to underserved communities, he believes the message of America21 is equally important. It’s about putting pressure on a system to turn it around. And according to Holifield, a region’s expression of a... Read More
A21 speaks at White House on Inclusive Competitiveness
CLEVELAND, OH: On March 9, the White House will host a gathering of business leaders for a day of exchanging ideas on economic development, innovation and job creation. The America21 Project will address the issue of “inclusive competitiveness.” Inclusive Competitiveness Johnathan M. Holifield, Co-founder and Chief Evangelist for The America21 Project (America21) will join senior Obama Administration officials and fellow business... Read More
‘Gathering of Angels’ summit at Rutgers a success
There’s nothing like success to attract more success. The America21 Project produced three successful events in rapid succession preceding its unprecedented gathering of angels and entrepreneurs at Rutgers University in mid-November. Silicon Valley in California and Long Island, New York served as coast-to-coast bookends on Nov. 3 and 9 respectively — surrounding... Read More
Q&A: Funding Inequities negatively impact Minorities & Women in Science
Science Magazine: A new report finds that black biomedical scientists are 10 percentage points less likely to receive research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). And earlier this month, a government study found that women scientists in the United States earn about 12% less than men and represent a mere 24% of the workforce in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. Dr. Chad Womack The BICI is pleased to present... Read More
Investing in America’s Growing Assets: Minorities
How will America’s economic portfolio change in the next few decades as we race toward 2050 when racial minorities are expected to emerge as the majority of the U.S. population? Investing today to uplift America’s minority students and innovators seems prudent. Unfortunately, the excitement and energy of a nation that elected its first Black president a few years ago has dissipated. Did we expend all of our energy just to elect him to... Read More
Innovative lessons from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the global Innovation Economy
My mother gave me a good piece of advice early in my life when she said that “Even a stopped clock is right twice per day.” Her point was a basic one: Just as an otherwise useless, broken clock displays the correct time twice daily, I don’t have to adopt whole hog anyone’s ideas to recognize a truth in something they have said. It is off of that advice that I must confess to be largely in agreement with a famous quote of the German-Prussian... Read More
