It was wonderful to be interviewed by one of my hometown papers, the St. Louis American, in advance of my return home to share excerpts from my book Make it Rain with my favorite "hometown" crowd. It was an honor to be back and connect with my community and home base! Read the full interview by … [Read more...] about Areva Martin on ‘making it rain’ through the media
Dan Connolly of the Memphis Commercial Appeal covered an FHA Event at which Areva Martin was a featured speaker discussing the Fair Housing Act passage 50 years ago and how similar issues still remain today. Read the full article … [Read more...] about Areva Martin speaks before the start of the panel discussion about the Fair Housing Act
This is a guest post from Pratima Rao Gluckman, author of the book Nevertheless She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech, about how women of color are crucial in tech fields. ------------ Out of the 19 women featured in my book Nevertheless She Persisted: True Stories of Women … [Read more...] about Women of Color Are Crucial in Tech
Anybody paying attention to the Trump White House’s relentless determination to roll back racial progress in America back to the 1950s, knew the administration was salivating to crush affirmative action, the policy that was designed to address historical wrongs against African Americans and other … [Read more...] about Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Likely to End Affirmative Action
While many people know that Abraham Lincoln freed slaves by signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, what many people don’t know is that the declaration only included enslaved people in the Confederate States. In states such as Texas, the heinous practice of slavery, including the horrible, … [Read more...] about Trump’s Heartless Immigration policy
Read about my successes (and challenges) as business woman, lawyer, mom, and author in this great bio-piece from Gazelle Magazine. You can even pick up some valuable tricks of the trade! Click here to read the full article. … [Read more...] about Boots On The Ground: Areva Martin