Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will be featured speakers at the 2021 Just Economy Conference, which will be held online beginning May 3.
(Download) March 19, 2021 RE: OMB Standards for Delineating the Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area, OMB-2021-0001 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and the undersigned organizations oppose the Office of Management of Budget’s (OMB’s) proposed re-definition of metropolitan and micropolitan areas. Under the proposal, a metropolitan statistical area would be
Overrepresentation in consumer-facing jobs, poverty and lack of wealth are all aspects that put women of color in high levels of physical and financial danger during the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
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Over the coming weeks, we’ll publish essays from NCRC staff, members, local leaders and national partners who can give a voice to the concerns, issues and solutions for women, specifically Black, indigenous and women of color, who have been living through and managing this health and economic crisis for the past year.Â
This month, we celebrate the stories of women entrepreneurs in D.C. A rich entrepreneurial environment and small business assistance organizations contribute to their success, but the real story begins with the women who set out to solve problems.
Celebrating Women’s History Month With 30 Women Founders in Washington, D.C. Read More »
Next City, March 16, 2021, It’s Been a Rough Year for Small Businesses, But Not as Rough as Feared Jessie Lee is managing director at Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, the small business lending arm of Asian Americans for Equality, a nonprofit founded in 1974 that serves 20,000 New Yorkers a year, speaking English, Korean, Spanish
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The move by Jesuit priests is the largest such effort by the Roman Catholic Church and comes amid growing calls for reparations across the United States.
Bloomberg, March 15, 2021, Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Face Far Higher Flood Risks Flooding is a rising threat across the U.S., with homeowners facing as much as $19Â billion in damages every year. What puts a neighborhood at high risk for flooding? Geography is key, but new data reveal another factor that can be determinative, too: race.
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For many young people, returning to struggling communities means exchanging prosperity for a more rooted life.
The Wall Street Journal: Small-Town Natives Are Moving Back Home Read More »
Axios, March 10,2021, Goldman puts $10 billion behind fight to equalize “Black Womenomics” Goldman Sachs is embarking on a decade-long quest to inject $10 billion into projects that it says will impact one million Black women. Why it matters: It’s the biggest dedicated investment specifically to initiatives that target Black women by a major financial
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Flawed assessments for America’s $500 billion in annual property taxes hit Black neighborhoods hardest.
Bloomberg: How Unfair Property Taxes Keep Black Families From Gaining Wealth Read More »
Regional inequality has deepened across the country.
The New York Times: Opinion | Amazon and the Breaking of Baltimore Read More »
While the pandemic has turned much of the economy upside down, its toll on businesses has been far from evenly distributed.
Procurement and access to financing are two barriers that minority owners face
Investopidia: Small Business Contract Discrimination Read More »
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