Markey joins in bolstering Black business community - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Markey joins in bolstering Black business community - The Martha's Vineyard Times

The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) raised a total of $73,000 from donors and pledges in Edgartown at its  inaugural Giving Day fundraiser during their “Building Wealth Together: Owning the Next Decade” event on Saturday.  The event, hosted at the Dick Friedman estate, fundraised for  the council’s 10-year-anniversary campaign, with a broader mission of advancing prosperity for the Massachusetts Black business community.   “Dr. M…

This Is How the Cut Celebrates Culture in Martha’s Vineyard

Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images If you’re still in Martha’s Vineyard at a café in Oak Bluffs or on the beach in Edgartown, we’re jealous. The month of August brings in a multitude of visitors who come to the island off the Massachusetts coast as their happy place. Last week, the Cut had the honor of being the media sponsor for one of the island’s biggest August moments, the 23rd-annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. You migh…