A teen from Chesapeake, VA is helping his community one lawn at a time. In 2020, 13-year-old Phoenix Brown partook in the 50-yard challenge, Good Morning America reports. The cause is through Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service created by Rodney Smith. The challenge encourages boys and girls between the ages of seven and 17 to cut 50 lawns of grass for the elderly, disabled, single parents, veterans, and those in need without cost. “This program really has helped him to build confidence,” Phoenix’s mother Joycelene Tetteh said, according to WAVY news. “I think it has helped with his communication skills, his ability to network; all of those things matter in life.” Phoenix Brown originally had plans to build a computer last summer but after his father, Sheldon Brown, presented the challenge to him, he switched gears to help out his community. Phoenix Brown not only joined the challenge but he surpassed its expectations completing a challenge that typically takes participants up to...

Adobe is one of the latest companies to give back to Historically Black colleges and Universities ( HBCUs ). On Sept.14, during its annual Adobe for All week, Adobe announced its partnerships with Bowie State University, Winston-Salem State University, along with a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) — San José State University, Fortune reports. The three universities will each receive a $1 million donation under Adobe’s new Anchor School Program to “provide students with training, career readiness programs, internships, financial assistance, and digital tools.” “It’s a deep, focused partnership, and it really allows us to expose students to careers within the tech industry,” Brian Miller, Adobe’s chief talent, diversity, and inclusion officer, told Fortune . As previously reported by AfroTech, #AdobeForAll has developed an inclusive culture within the company by “creating a network of employee groups to serve its diverse workforce.” Their donation announcement also shared that Adobe...