[COVID-19 Business & Food Systems]
Rep. Velázquez: “Many small businesses across the food system are still in the difficult position of figuring out how to pay rent and survive, while many have shut down forever.”
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Black business
Rep. Velázquez Surveys Pandemic’s Impact on Food Businesses
COVID-19: 91 Black Businesses Working Together
[Black Business]
Africa 2 Africa: “Interestingly, they generated most of this revenue after the coronavirus began, reports Black Business. These 91 Black business owners are part of digital marketing brand Traffic Sales & Profit.”
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It’s Time for U.S. Business Leaders to Talk Reparations
[Black Business\Reparations]
Michael Gee: “I believe a strong reparations program would accelerate economic growth and kickstart a new era of public discussion around racial equality and anti-racist policies.”
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Black Entrepreneur Invents ‘Green’ Cooler, Hires Ex-Cons
[Vericooler]
Vericool entrepreneur Darrell Jobe employs former convicts. “Today, about one-quarter of his 45 employees have been in prison.”
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COVID-19: More Than 50 Percent of Black Businesses May Not Survive
[Black Businesses\COVID-19]
National Geographic: “National Bureau of Economic Research found that 41 percent of Black-owned businesses—some 440,000 enterprises—have been shuttered by COVID-19, compared to just 17 percent of white-owned businesses.”
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Black Business Survival Further Threatened by Ravages of COVID-19
[Black Business\COVID-19]
Wate: “A study by the University of California Santa Cruz, found in April, 40 percent of black-owned businesses had to close, compared to 17 percent of white-owned businesses.”
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