TheGrio’s 100: Alie Kabba, bridging African immigrant communities together
theGRIO's 100 - Alie Kabba is the executive director of the United African Organization, a Chicago-based group comprised of multiple African national associations dedicated to empowering African immigrants and refugees in Illinois...
TheGrio’s 100: Jana Johnson, budding techie breaks into computer technology
theGRIO's 100 - Jana Johnson is a tech analyst at Goldman Sachs. The Columbia University graduate has been a leader in the intercollegiate Women & Computer Science program and an active participant in mentoring and teaching middle-school girls...
TheGrio's 100: LeVar Burton, Taking 'Reading Rainbow' to the digital world
theGRIO's 100 - LeVar Burton helped teach millions of children learn to read during Reading Rainbow's 23-season run, and now he's working to reach the next generation of would-be readers by going digital...
TheGrio’s 100: Doyle Beneby, President & CEO of CPS Energy
theGRIOs 100 - Doyle Beneby is the president and CEO of CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. Beneby strives to keep the employees at CPS Energy safe and mentor youth.
TheGrio's 100: Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young, Hip-hop and business icon
André Romelle Young, also known as Dr. Dre, has been a mainstay in hip hop music since he released his first album, "The Chronic," in 1992. Since then he has continued to rap, produce music and changed the hustle of hip hop.
TheGrio’s 100: Ayanna Pressley, first black woman elected to Boston City Council overcomes life full of obstacles
the GRIOs 100 - Ayanna Pressley is making history as the first African-American woman elected to the Boston City Council. She won the seat in 2009 and is known for her stance on issues that have molded her promising career in politics...
TheGrio's 100: Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, executive at The Nielsen Company
theGRIOs 100 - Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is the vice president of public affairs and government relations at The Nielsen Company, one of the country's biggest market research and media ratings organizations.
TheGrio's 100: Carol Jenkins, a media leader advocating for tomorrow's female journalists
theGRIOs 100- Carol Jenkins is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who is most widely known as the former co-anchor of WNBC-TV's 6 p.m. newscast. Yet she also started the Women's Media Center, a non-profit group dedicated to helping women succeed in media.
TheGrio’s 100: Brenda Combs, Founder of Finding My Shoes, goes from homeless to helping those in need
theGRIO's 100 - While living drug-addicted on the streets, Brenda Combs hit rock bottom. Combs then got clean and founded an organization aimed at helping those in need...
TheGrio's 100: Terri Sewell, freshman congresswoman fighting for Alabaman green jobs
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a chord with her home state of Alabama...
