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getting blitzed.
Just ordered. Will add to my growing lists of books I need to knock off while I got the free time
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Started reading it about a week ago, I'm 30+ pages in.
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Tell Congress to protect Black-owned businesses
Black businesses and their employees are being locked out of the federal coronavirus relief fund. Congress’ current small business relief program assumes that all business owners have equal access to credit and to banking services. But we know that has never been the case. From redlining to the refusal to provide loans, Black people in this country have historically been locked out of entrepreneurship, with devastating consequences for our communities.
Today, Black-owned firms with paid employees generate over $103 billion annually. The largest share of that revenue comes from Black-owned businesses in the health care and social services sector. By protecting Black businesses, Congress not only protects the essential services and goods they are but supports the fabric and makeup of our communities. Black businesses are often pillars of the community that create pathways to independence for our people that would not otherwise exist. That’s why it’s so crucial that we step up in this moment and fight for Black entrepreneurs and employees, who are getting the short end of the stick as they struggle to survive the COVID-19 outbreak.
Join us in making calls to Congress and demanding that they protect Black businesses! These are our demands:
Black businesses and their employees are being locked out of the federal coronavirus relief fund. Congress’ current small business relief program assumes that all business owners have equal access to credit and to banking services. But we know that has never been the case. From redlining to the refusal to provide loans, Black people in this country have historically been locked out of entrepreneurship, with devastating consequences for our communities.
Today, Black-owned firms with paid employees generate over $103 billion annually. The largest share of that revenue comes from Black-owned businesses in the health care and social services sector. By protecting Black businesses, Congress not only protects the essential services and goods they are but supports the fabric and makeup of our communities. Black businesses are often pillars of the community that create pathways to independence for our people that would not otherwise exist. That’s why it’s so crucial that we step up in this moment and fight for Black entrepreneurs and employees, who are getting the short end of the stick as they struggle to survive the COVID-19 outbreak.
Join us in making calls to Congress and demanding that they protect Black businesses! These are our demands:
- Funding for small business grants, not loans, that will allow for Black-owned businesses to retain and rehire their workforce and reopen after the health crisis. This includes funds for direct payroll support, as well as covering all costs to maintain the business. Making sure that businesses, especially Black-owned businesses, can maintain payroll through direct transfers rather than loans will ensure these businesses can survive the crisis, get money into the hands of people more quickly, and relieve the strain on a patchwork of state unemployment systems.
- Mandate a full, public accounting by race, gender, and geography of where stimulus money has gone particularly have Black-owned businesses received federal support.
- Create targeted support funds for Black businesses. Any additional funding for small business support should include a substantial dedicated fund for supporting minority-owned businesses.
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Politics is an EXCHANGE!!!
Led by California Legislative Black Caucus Chair Dr. Shirley Weber, today the California Assembly voted to approve AB3121 - Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans and move the bill to appropriations - ADOS represented in strong person and on the phone in testimony. Great Win Fam! Shout out to Chris Lodgson of ADOS Sacramento and the the entire ADOS California team (ADOS L.A., ADOS Bay Area, ADOS San Diego) that is working with Dr. Weber on getting this bill passed.
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