It’s no surprise that The Red Pump Project sponsored a Sex and the City 2 event. The sweet-on-Manolos lead character Carrie Bradshaw believes in the power of shoes. And so do Chicago-based Luvvie Ajayi and Karyn Watkins, cofounders of the national nonprofit. “Women love shoes,” Luvvie says, matter-of-factly. (The cofounders prefer first names.) “Red shoes always make a powerful statement when you wear them. We wanted to use that energy to talk about HIV from a power standpoint…to empower women to talk about [HIV] more. So, [...]

People First What does financial guru Suze Orman say about priorities when it comes to building personal wealth? People first. People first is also what the organizations featured in A&U’s ninth annual Holiday Gift Guide deem as the number-one priority when it comes to securing community health. Whether it’s Broadway Cares’ support of food service and meal delivery programs in 110 organizations across thirty-four states or Hope House’s weekly play-therapy program for children in the Memphis area, putting people first is only possible with steady [...]