Paycheck Protection Program
Congress Pressured to Fund Black Businesses Struggling from COVID-19
[Black Businesses] Politico: “One widely cited economic analysis showed that Black-owned businesses were slammed the most by Covid-19, with the number of owners plunging ...
Black Businesses Suffering the Most From COVID-19 Crisis
[Black Business\COVID-19] Times: More than 40 percent of Black business owners reported they weren’t working in April, when businesses were feeling the worst of ...
Mississippi: Local Groups offer Financial Aid To Black Businesses Shunned by Federal Stimulus
Higher Purpose Co staff poses for a picture. Credit: Higher Purpose Co Over the past decade, Hattiesburg native Marcus “DJ Kujho” Carr has ...
ONEUNITED BANK, LARGEST BLACK OWNED BANK, LAUNCHES SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
[ONEUNITED BANK\SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM] OneUnited has unique access to $30 billion of stimulus funding that was allocated to Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and ...
COVID-19 PPP SMALL BUSINESS LOANS TO U.S. TERRITORIES INEQUITABLE SAY LAWMAKERS
[COVID-19\PPP Loans] Velázquez: “Small businesses in the five territories are facing the same dire conditions as those in the fifty states.” Photo: YouTube
REPORT: HOTELS REQUIRE MORE PPP LOAN FUNDING TO SAVE JOBS
[COVID-19\Small Business Hotels] New report shows without increased loan limits in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), small business hotels won’t be able to keep ...
WATERS: I SUPPORT LATEST COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE, BUT MORE MUST BE DONE
[H.R. 266 PPP Act] The H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, by a vote of 388-5-1. Photo: YouTube
NEW COVID-19 STIMULUS MUST INCLUDE AID FOR IMMIGRANT ESSENTIAL WORKERS
[COVID-19\ CARES Stimulus Package] Angelica Salas: “This country must protect every worker, including immigrants…At 15-19 percent of the country’s population, their suffering will affect ...
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE FIGHTS FOR BLACK AMERICA AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
[Urban League\COVID-19] Morial: “More than 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and African Americans are more likely to die than any other group…That’s why ...
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVEMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING IS CRITICAL
[SBA COVID-19 Relief Loan Funding] Velazquez: “To expand opportunities for women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses, we must increase the role of mission-based lenders, those ...
