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The Pine Bluff AI Summit, hosted by ReMix Ideas in partnership with the Pine Bluff Black Chamber of Commerce, explored how AI-driven solutions enhance marketing strategies, streamline operations, and unlock new opportunities for scalability and efficiency.

The Dunbar Historic Neighborhood Association held its fourth annual Florence Price Garden Party & Derby Hat Celebration on April 13. The celebration was held in observance of Price’s April 9 birthday, proclaimed by former Gov. Asa Hutchinson in 2021 as Florence Price Day. Price (1887-1953), a Little Rock native became, in 1933, the first Black woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played her Symphony No. 1 in e minor.

This year's expo featured more than 100 exhibits of cultural showcases, mid-south businesses, health screening, youth education resources, ACT prep, live entertainment, fashion, food and more.

Arkansas Black Vitality hosted its first “Cover Release Party” on Aug. 16, 2024, at Gigi’s Lounge in the downtown SOMA District. The “SNYHERGY” cover concept highlighted three premier Central Arkansas real estate brokers, Keisha Walker, Monica Hale and Shannon Smith.