Check out this great event happening on Thursday evening at 6PM right after Whiskey Talks with our partners at Peoria Innovation Alliance Peoria Area Chamber Young Professionals Organization of Greater Peoria as they talk to the 5 Peoria mayoral candidates around innovation, entrepreneurship and new business creation. Right to Start

So, I started a vlog about #mentalhealth, #selfcare, #depression, #foodaddiction, #trauma and all kinds of other life topics. You should check it out as Episode 2 just dropped: youtu.be/G-3DkvBfOCg

The Peoria Innovation Alliance Nominations Committee is now seeking Board of Directors nominations. If you or someone you know would like to serve on the Board, please nominate them today reuba.no/3ptb35e.

We're #hiring for an Executive Assistant to help Reuben Cummings with day-to-day admin duties: #bizdev, #bookeeping, #marketing, #SEO, etc. If working at a #startup and solving challenges sounds appealing, then this job is for you. nere.vu/3jT4oSe #executiveassistant

I'm looking for an assistant! Someone who likes wearing multiple hats and is eager to learn new things.

Today we celebrate Wayne McClain. As the Manual High School boys basketball Head Coach, McClain was the second coach in Illinois High School Association #IHSA history to win 3 consecutive state championships. Photo: The News-Gazette nere.vu/34tBL89 #blackhistorymonth #peoria #manual

Evelyn Boyd Granville was the second African American to earn a PhD in Mathematics in the U.S. (and the first at Yale). #data #technology #blackhistorymonth #AerospaceEngineering #space #NASA

Dr. Valerie Thomas performed #DataAnalytics for NASA and developed systems that helped transmit images of Earth from satellites. Dr. Thomas also invented the Illusion Transmitter which laid the foundation for holographic 3D technology. #blackhistorymonth #agscience

Frank Campbell Sr. was Tri-County Peoria Urban League's founding Executive Director. Through his leadership from 1965 to 1992, the Urban League created 20,000 summer jobs, integrated the trade unions, and helped desegregate PSD150. #economicdevelopment #blackhistorymonth #civilrightsmovement

Mareena Robinson Snowden, PhD is the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, Dr. Snowden invented a novel nuclear radiation detector. Currently at Johns Hopkins APL, Mareena has been featured in MARVEL, CNBC, and BET. #mensetmanus #BlackHistoryMonth #MITtrailblazers

Jerry Larson was instrumental in developing the world's first cartridge-based video game console, the Fairchild Channel F, one year before the Atari. Jerry left Fairchild in 1980 to found Videosoft. For more info: nere.vu/35Y67ka #BlackHistoryMonth #technology #gaming

Granville T. Woods invented "telegraphony" which allowed telephone operators to work more efficiently. Alexander Graham Bell's purchase of this invention gave Woods the freedom to later establish the Woods Electric Co. #BlackHistoryMonth #technology #entrepreneur

For more info: reuba.no/368dju5

Dr. James Bazell Stafford Jr. was the first African-American president of the Illinois Optometric Association and Peoria's first black City Councilman. Photo credit: PJ Star nere.vu/36tfvwo #BlackHistoryMonth #PeoriaHistory #civilrightsmovement #PeoriaHeros

We Are Excited To Announce The Launch of Our TSTM Program. It All Goes Down On March 12th, From 2:00 - 5:00 PM At The Tri-County Urban League (317 N. MacArthur Hgwy).

About 1-in-13 people who have ever lived are alive today. A.D. makes up only about 1% of human history but about half of all people have lived during it. We live in an insane anomaly. Visual by Our World in Data

i am once again begging technologists to consider even for a second how their work might be used for evil

this is one of the most outrageous charts i have ever seen