Glowing Up Delta: From Spelman College to Shark Tank to Audacity! What does it look like to have Audacity at 47? You are looking at it. Like many of my sorors of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., I have succeeded despite the odds. I was told “no” so much, I stopped hearing those words and still
Earlier this month, Ramon Gil, long-time WIBO alumni, volunteer and Director of Community Engagement & Development, was interviewed by Daren Jaime on Bronxnet TV’s OPEN. They talked about how WIBO has been committed to building pathways for entrepreneurs in underserved communities for over 60 years. The episode dropped on Wednesday, August 26. You can watch
Why and How Dr. Stacie NC Grant Is Helping To Change Our World As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Stacie NC Grant. Dr. Stacie N. C. Grant is the Board Chair at WIBO. She is a New York State
A Haitian Founder Built a Business Queens Need. A TPS Ruling Threatens the Community Behind It. Months after winning $10,000 for a business Queens badly needs, Magdala Noel watched the Supreme Court clear a path to uproot the community she comes from. A first-generation Haitian immigrant and a graduate of WIBO’s Queens cohort, Magdala is
The Workshop in Business Opportunities marks its 60th anniversary in the same year the nation marks its 250th, spotlighting entrepreneurship as the engine of opportunity in under-resourced communities NEW YORK, NY (July 20, 2026) — As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, one New York City nonprofit is marking a milestone
By Dr. Stacie NC Grant, Chairman of the Board, Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned what had already been true for two and a half years: they were free. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed. The war was over. Freedom, long delayed, had finally arrived. But
