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Fast Company, August 21, 2023, 15 Ways To Develop And Support Your Loyal Business Assistant If you’re a leader seeking a great personal assistant who can help you elevate your business to the next level, it’s essential that you take your time until you find the proper fit. Once you’ve succeeded at the first step, […]

Evanston Round Table, August 27, 2023, Many Households In Evanston’s Historic Black District Are At Risk Of Being Displaced By Gentrification The challenge facing many communities across the country is how to invest in an area in an equitable manner without displacing current residents. Evanston is facing that issue now, particularly in light of the

My Journal Courier, August 29, 2023, Commentary: We still have a dream — Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins It’s now been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.  There are important signs of progress to mark. The unthinkably high rate

Hudson Valley Press, August 30, 2023, New Press Report Six Decades After King’s Historic Speech Sixty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a groundbreaking new report has laid bare the stark truth of ongoing Black economic inequality

Yes!, August 30, 2023, How To Realize Dr. King’s Dream, 60 Years Later It’s been 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. King noted that Black Americans live “on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean

Northwest Indiana Business Magazine, September 1, 2023, First Financial Bank Receives National Stewardship Award First Financial Bank received a Corporate Partnership Award from the National Community Action Partnership. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based bank was one of two organizations to receive the award in 2023. First Financial exceeded its goal outlined in its Community Benefits Agreement with the

American Banker, August 31, 2023, Podcast – Banks, Buffalo And A Mass Shooting: How The Industry Can Help Heal A Targeted Community What is the role of banks in fixing deeply entrenched problems in segregated communities that banks’ past lending practices such as redlining helped create? What do banks owe a community like the East

Politico, August 31, 2023, How Biden’s Goal To Boost Black Homeownership Could Be Undone By A New Mortgage Rule The Federal Reserve is seeking to tighten the rules on the kind of cheap mortgages that sparked the 2008 housing meltdown, but its proposal could hit Black and Hispanic borrowers hardest — and civil rights advocates