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08/23/2026

Sometimes people don’t want to pay you what you’re worth or even pay you what the position is worth. Carvd N Stone Founder Nyesha Stone spoke about how she was “forced” into full entrepreneurship on our Successful Black Women in News panel.

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08/21/2026

Being a journalist has never been easy, but has been especially tough in 2026. Listen to panelist Dawn Montgomery talk about taking care of yourself as a journalist on our Successful Black Women in News panel.

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08/20/2026

The Family and Friends Fest in Milwaukee brings the Black community together in a Black family-reunion style. The annual event has been going strong for three years, and the organizers are happy to report that there has been no violence. According to the event organizers, around 800 people attended. Despite criticism and leftover trash at the park, many Milwaukeeans want to see the event keep going.

📸: Family and Friends Fest

The annual Family and Friends Fest in Milwaukee celebrates three years of no violence.

08/19/2026

Journalist and panelist Tierra Smith says it's all about showing up as yourself in the newsroom during our Successful Black Women in News panel.

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08/16/2026

Carvd N Stone’s Successful Black Women in News panel was a major success. Thank you to our wonderful panelists, and thank you, Atlanta, for showing up and showing out! More footage from our first event in Atlanta coming soon

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08/04/2026

The 2026 Black Writers Weekend recently happened in Atlanta. The annual convention continued its mission of honoring Black creatives in literature. publishing, film, and more. The three-day conference featured an author vendor market and panels. Founder Tamika Jamison said she is expanding Black Writers Weekend by co-creating Bukk (Book) World to help creatives own their work and monetize.

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An Author at 12 Years Old Tamika Jamison wrote her first book at 12. It took her just a few years later to self-publish her debut novel, The Ultimate No-No, at 21 years old. The book was eventually acquired by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This was Jamison's first major book deal, which she sai...

08/01/2026

Milwaukee-based media collective Geekset announced at the 2026 Dream Con that it has officially partnered with entertainment studio Martian Blueberry to bring its long-awaited feature film, “The Black Geek Documentary”, to life. “The Black Geek Documentary” expands Geekset’s mission by telling the story of the people, communities, and creators who helped shape Blerd culture. Geekset has traveled the country to capture footage and interviews, giving a voice to the fast-growing community.

📸: Geekset and Dream Con

Geekset partners with Martian Blueberry to bring the feature film, "The Black Geek Documentary", to life.

07/31/2026

🚨 New panelist announcement! 🚨

We’re excited to welcome Nikki Forman of Amazon to Carvd N Stone’s Successful Black Women in News Panel on August 13 in Atlanta during NABJ Convention Week! 🎉 Help us give Nikki a warm welcome in the comments! 👏🏾

Nikki is a communications leader with experience spanning corporate America, government, and philanthropy. She currently leads Amazon’s Growth Audience team after previously managing public relations for Amazon’s U.S. East Coast operations. From advising executives to leading strategic communications, she has built a career around the power of impactful storytelling.

She joins an incredible lineup featuring leaders from Black Enterprise, AFROTECH, and Black Press USA for an evening of honest conversations about journalism, communications, media, career growth, and the future of Black storytelling.

Whether you're a journalist, student, PR professional, content creator, communications professional, or simply passionate about media, you won't want to miss this conversation.

📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026�🕕 6–8 PM�📍 The Atlanta Voice | Atlanta

07/29/2026

Paramount Pictures hosted a “Children of Blood and Bone” trailer launch event in Brooklyn. Guests received an exclusive first look at the official trailer before a panel featuring director Gina Prince-Bythewood and cast members Regina King, Thuso Mbedu, Tosin Cole, Lashana Lynch, and Zackary Momoh, moderated by Lena Waithe. It was exclusively announced during the trailer launch that Grammy-winning artist Tems curated the film's EP, becoming the first woman to executive produce a soundtrack at this level. The film releases on January 15, 2027.

📸: Carvd N Stone and Paramount

Paramount hosted a "Children of Blood and Bone" trailer launch event in Brooklyn

07/22/2026

A community food center is coming to Milwaukee through the nonprofit Kinship MKE. Kinship recently broke ground on its 28,000-square-foot Kinship Community Food Center. The new building will roughly double food market access over five years and add space for additional crisis resources, a production kitchen to expand workforce training capacity, a greenhouse, a chapel, and a courtyard.

In 2025, Kinship gave away half a million pounds of produce and grew 20,000 pounds of fresh produce at its urban farm in Glendale, Wisconsin.

📸: Kinship MKE

More Access to Healthy Food Over the last few years, Carvd N Stone has reported on the lack of access to fresh food and grocery stores in Milwaukee while providing resources and solutions. We're back again with another resource that's coming to the city to fight against the food desert crisis. On Ju...