by MORTAR Team | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tianna Woodford, Program Manager We’ve all been there: saying something with good intent, only to realize it was received differently than we expected. In the workplace, the gap between intent and impact can shape trust, morale, and...
by MORTAR Team | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutes Roycelle Parker, Finance Manager My theme for 2023 was, “Just Move the Needle,” and I did just that. I put my head down amid the PILE of work before me, and the systems and processes yet to be established for two departments. I resolved within...
by MORTAR Team | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ciarra Wooten, Development Manager It might strike you as an unexpected parallel, but trust me, Lady Gaga’s Fire Aid LA performance of “Shallow”, in all its raw power and delivery, hit the very soul of entrepreneurship and the essence of the...
by MORTAR Team | Mar 13, 2025 | Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sean Simpson, Expansion Director MORTAR Team This past holiday season, one of my good friends came home to visit. Such things are typical at that time of year. Families travel, friends reconnect, playing catch up with one another when they can...
by MORTAR | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Media, Uncategorized
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the heart of the Black Community Commitment, announced by Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand in 2020, is a desire to take action where it is needed most. This vision has been supported by a robust partnership strategy, with grants...
by MORTAR | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, MORTAR
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We are happy to get the kind of money that jingles, but we’d rather have the kind that folds.” That line from “Coming to America” was great. It echoed the offering time at churches and on tv that many of us roll...
