“Job loss may shake your routine, but it doesn’t shake your brilliance.” Ciao Bella, We’re seeing it across industries: reorgs, layoffs, “rightsizing” — it doesn’t matter what they call it. The result is the same: careers disrupted, security shaken, and confidence questioned. But here’s the truth: You are not your job title. You are your...
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Different Hats, Same Struggle: Black Women and Layoffs
When Black Women Are Laid Off: The Ripple We Can’t Afford to Ignore 1. The Numbers Tell a Stark Story In mid-2025, nearly 300,000 Black women either left or were pushed out of the U.S. workforce within a single quarter—a drop akin to what took over a decade historically for other demographics to experience (Design...
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Black Women: Angry Black Women or Tone Policing?
Ciao Bella, Check out this article by Dana Brownlee written in November 2021 that was originally posted in Forbes: Dear Corporate America: Stop Tone Policing Black Women. We Have Every Right To Be Angry. (forbes.com) Dear Corporate America: Stop Tone Policing Black Women. We Have Every Right to Be Angry! One of the big points...
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A Love Letter to the Movement We Built
Ciao Bella, It feels so good to say that again. To all my Bella Women — the ones who have walked this journey with me since day one, and those just discovering The Bella Network — I’m writing to you with a full heart and renewed fire. When I started The Bella Network, it was...
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The untapped power of Black Women in Corporate America
Ciao Bella, Check out this edition of Working Together that featured our Bella Member – Lesley Slaton Brown in February of 2021. At the time of the article Lesley was Chief of Diversity at HP, Inc. In 2023 she joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) as Chief of Diversity. (25) The untapped power of Black...
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Fighting Stereotypes
Ciao Bella, As we watched Megan Markle become Duchess of Sussex we, along with her, saw how as a Black Women she still had to overcome stereotypes. Check out this article from Essence that highlights how Duchess Megan is making her own rules and mastering a new hustle. Black Women from our Hustle to Fighting...
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Without Good Health You Can’t Live to Enjoy Your Success
Without Good Health You Can’t Live to Enjoy Your Success Join us as we focus on health. Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 3 – 5 pm in Los Angeles area (location TBD). Includes a light lunch, networking and a wealth of nutritional information. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating your future. You...
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Minority entrepreneurship on the rise: report
Minority entrepreneurship on the rise: report Kristin Myers Yahoo Finance November 27, 2018 Link to original post Minorities are more interested in starting their own business compared to the rest of the population, according to a new Northwestern Mutual survey. More than 65% of the survey’s 8,000 American respondents consider themselves aspiring entrepreneurs, but entrepreneurs...
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The Business Zone with guest Alisha Madison
The Business Zone with Alisha Madison The Bella Network’s Professional Development Efforts and Annual Conference Alisha White Madison, CEO/Founder of “The Bella Network” drops by the set of “The Business Zone” to share her faith, struggles and vision for the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNImHGOqjQY&t=484s
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