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Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) October 21, 2021 -- Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) today announced a new partnership with Facebook, specifically the Boost with

The social network’s initiative supports Black and Hispanic/Latinx business owners.

The social network teamed up with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

McBride Sisters Collection, Inc., the largest Black-owned wine company in the U.S., today announces that it has received a $2 million donation from Facebook, Inc. for its 501 McBride Sisters SHE CAN Fund. Facebook has made a commitment to leverage its resources to provide 100 SHE CAN Fund grantees and Black women entrepreneurs with $20,000 in Facebook advertising credits, as well as strategic guidance via Facebook ...

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Published July 15, 2021 Andrew Hutchinson Content and Social Media Manager Facebook has provided an update on its efforts to maximize diversity and inclusion, both internally and externally, through a range of initiatives and projects. And according to the data, it has made progress on virtually all fronts, despite the additional challenges of the pandemic. As per Facebook: "Over the last year, we’ve seen growth in underrepresented communities at Facebook. Today, more than 21% of our non-tech...

Ashley Rouse was terrified when she first started receiving media requests from major publications featuring Black-owned businesses last June. The founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based Trade Street Jam Co. says her team saw “insane growth” between January and June, with monthly sales skyrocketing from $1,500 to $80,000, and she was hanging on by a thread to keep up. “At the beginning of June, I was 8 months pregnant and swollen all over,” Rouse recalls. “I was up day and night fulfilling...

Judy Toland Judy Toland, 49, is vice president and head of scaled solutions and global business marketing for Facebook in the Chicago office. She lives in Westmont with her husband and their 3-year-old daughter. What was life like growing up in suburban St. Louis? I think of my childhood in two ways. There was the joyful, safe bubble that my extended family created. I had two parents, three siblings and I was surrounded by a very large extended family. I was inspired by my parents, uncles and ...

Goodwill, Facebook Elevate, Coursera Team Up on Social Media Marketing Education A grant from the social network will enable Goodwill to distribute 6,000 scholarships Goodwill will offer holistic support to Black learners and provide eligible participants with services such as career planning and résumé building Goodwill Industries International 2 hours ago Goodwill Industries International, Facebook Elevate and Coursera joined forces on an initiative to bring social media marketing skills ...

Facebook has announced a new initiative, in conjunction with Goodwill Partners and Coursera, that will provide accredited social media ad digital marketing training to over 6,000 job seekers in the US, free of charge, via a new scholarship program. The program is designed to help people from minority backgrounds to get back to work, and to capitalize on rising opportunities within the digital marketing space. As explained by Goodwill: "This new training program is intended to increase diversity...