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During the webinar we will hear findings from LISC and Next City’s new playbook Equitable Pathways to Small Business Recovery: An All-Hands Approach, including a framework for developing and implementing small business support initiatives in ways that advance equitable economic outcomes. The webinar will also feature a discussion with Patricia Voltolini, Senior Research Associate, LISC Knowledge Management, Karen Kelleher, Executive Director, LISC Boston; Segun Idowu, Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, City of Boston; and Kareem Kibodya, Co-Policy Lead, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts. They will discuss how successful small business support initiatives have centered the needs of entrepreneurs of color and those who historically have experienced barriers and disadvantaged access to resources. The discussion will be grounded in Boston as a case study. [[person 1]] [[person 2]] [[person 3]] [[person 4]] [[person 5]] ....
Join LISC and Next City for an upcoming webinar and panel discussion on how local governments and partners can help advance an equitable small business recovery. ....
by afampov · April 12, 2021 By David Maynard, Chairman of the Association of Black Business and Professionals There is an old saying, “When white folks catch a cold, black folks catch pneumonia.” The saying is about the disparity between the two communities when national calamities occur. This axiom manifests itself in the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on a variety of levels. On a humanitarian front per the Center for Disease Control statistics, while the number of Blacks diagnosed with COVID-19 is comparable to Whites, the rate of hospitalization is 2.9x higher and the rate of death is 1.9x higher for Blacks. ....