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Black Woman Contracted To Work
The Executive Leadership Council Honors 132 Black Scholars With $1.5M In Scholarships
For Apple, Loses Job After Posting
TikTok Video About Her Day
Nylah Boone, a former Apple contractor, is raising concerns after losing her job amid a viral TikTok video that has made its rounds on the in- ternet.
The video, titled “Day in the life of a Black girl working in tech,” has reached nearly 400,000 views, with hundreds of comments asking Boone for career advice and high- lighting some of her daily rou- tines and activities that consist of her being an Apple con- tracted worker.
Although the video, which was recorded in April, did not reveal any secrets within the company, it did contain footage of her office space in-
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the preemi- nent global membership or- ganization for Black current and former CEOs, senior ex- ecutives, and board members of Fortune 1000 and equiva- lent companies, top-tier en- trepreneurs, and global thought leaders, announced that it has awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships to 132 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual recognition gala and fundraising event on October 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Black executives, philan- thropists and influential lead- ers came together in person, after a two-year hiatus, to cel- ebrate The ELC’s larger mis- sion of providing
programmatic pillars which work to increase opportuni- ties for Black scholars and professionals to succeed on their path to becoming high- powered business executives.
“It is our mission as mem- bers of The ELC to support these young people in their pursuit of higher education, leadership roles and future careers,” said ELC President and CEO Michael C. Hyter. “Philanthropic endeavors like these ensure that students know they are being sup- ported in their journey and that we are growing, main- taining, and securing the tal- ent pipeline that is needed for corporations to fulfill their DEI commitments to our community.”
NYLAH BOONE’S TIKTOK VIDEO
side one of Apple’s buildings. Boone, who also utilized her time as a TikTok creator high- lighting other unrelated vlogs, unexpectedly lost her job in May when Apple did not renew
her contract.
“My followers or people that
would reach out to me or com- ment were like 80 percent Black women,” said Boone in her interview with The Verge. “That was important to me to be able to connect with other Black women as well to en- courage them.”
HBCU Graduate Opens Houston’s First Black-Owned Hibachi Food Truck
DEMPSEY ROBINSON
Dempsey Robinson is serving Japanese-style flavors to the Houston community and beyond from the city’s first Black-owned hibachi food truck.
The 25-year-old Texas Southern University (TSU) alum and former football player launched his first food truck in Houston’s Third Ward in August, Fox 26 Hous- ton reported. He moved to Houston in 2015 to play schol- arship football for TSU. Now, he is the co-founder of Hibachi Bros Food Truck along with his friend, business partner, and grill chef, Philip Taylor.
Shortly after college gradu-
ation in 2021, the pair banded together to bring the first of its kind to one of the most ethni- cally diverse cities.
Typically cooked on a large, open grill, the popular cuisine consists of a wide variety of foods, including vegetables, chicken, steak, shrimp, scal- lops, and even desserts. Hi- bachi restaurants are popular in major cities in the United States, but Robinson and Taylor are upgrading the food truck experience with its late-night hours, homemade frozen Italian ice-style treats, and more.
“I want to be Houston’s hi- bachi,” Robinson said, per the Houston Chronicle.
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