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Salute to Minority Businesses
The 2005 Salute to Minority
Business celebration will honor a few of Georgia’s top enterprises: Primus Software, The Burks Companies and Vanguard Distributors.
This year, at Turner Field, Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine awards these businesses for their tremendous contributions
to the corporate business world.
AT Golf Scholarship Tournament
Atlanta Tribune recaps the
great day sponsors, guests and participants experienced at this year’s 10th Annual Atlanta Tribune Golf Scholarship
Tournament. There was lots of fun, food and networking for a good cause. Business executives took a swing at winning prizes
and had a opportunity to purchase great items from the silent auction. View pictures of the fun you missed at Roswell Country
Club. Hopefully, you’ll be there to tee off next year.
Workplace Gender Disparities
Sexual harassment, unequal
salaries, etc., all are results of what both sexes are facing in today’s workplace. Experts on the subject explain what
effect gender disparities place on the office and how it can divide males and females in corporate America.
Diversifying Legal Atlanta
Naomi K. McLaurin, Esq.
wears many hats for the Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium. The purpose of the organization is to add diverse faces to the
law profession in the city. McLaurin says that her purpose is to teach others to “recruit and retain” minorities
in Atlanta’s legal market. Learn more about her goals for the ALDC.
Lithonia Cinefé Opens for Business
One year ago, Cinefé was
just a dream to Lee May. This past April, he opened the movie theater/café for business. With a lot of time, money, patience
and prayer, the theater is making a mark in its Dekalb County community.
The bold business venture makes May the first African American to solely own a movie theater in the country. Read about what
Cinefé remarkable impact on the economy in Lithonia and May’s amazing journey to entrepreneurship!