Amplify fund grant

June 9, 2021

The Trinity Denver AMPLIFY Fund Grant Awards Committee is pleased to congratulate the following businesses receiving inaugural grants of the AMPLIFY Fund:

• BlackGirlFitClub - Rajdulari, Owner and Lead Wellness Coach (https://www.blackgirlfitclub.com/coaches)
• Duplessis Art LLC - Chloe’ Duplessis, Owner/Artist (https://www.duplessisart.com/)
• Rochelle Johnson Studio - Rochelle Johnson, Owner (https://www.rochellejohnsonstudio.com/)
• Soul Food Scholar, LLC - Adrian Miller, Owner (https://adrianemiller.com/)

We wish the recipients well as they continue in their vitality and commitment to growing their businesses and we encourage support of these businesses! Please click on the links above to explore them.

The AMPLIFY Fund is an initiative of Trinity United Methodist Church’s Anti-Racist Allyship. Our mission is to expand the influence of Black-owned businesses by helping to dismantle financial barriers through small-business support. This grant specifically funds the opportunity for Black entrepreneurs to employ an hourly Virtual Assistant for twelve weeks. Optional guidance by an expert in the field on how to structure work and manage the time of a Virtual Assistant for maximum effectiveness is available at no cost. While most business owners will be working to build earnings capacity for retaining administrative support some may have a specific short-term project that can be accomplished with grant funding.

Please check back for the announcement of future grant cycles.

EXPANDING BLACK INFLUENCE

TO VIEW THE RECORDING, CLICK HERE: HTTP://BIT.LY/TUMCAMPLIFY

            

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Reference Articles

Systemic Effects of Racism Amplified by Covid-19:

https://fortune.com/2020/10/13/covid-economy-americans-finances-financial-health-pulse-trends-report/

https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-black-and-brown-children-dying-from-the-coronavirus-2020-9

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/19/colorado-covid-death-toll-racial-disparities/

Wealth Gap and the Case for Reparations:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/30/black-americans-reparations/

Barriers to Black-owned Businesses:

https://coloradosun.com/2020/10/02/black-owned-businesses-ppp-struggle/

https://coloradosun.com/2020/09/07/paycheck-ppp-sba-colorado-charts-small-business/

https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/small-business-loan-data-includes-little-on-owners-race-paycheck-protection-program/

https://ncrc.org/lending-discrimination-within-the-paycheck-protection-program/

Expanding Racial Justice in the Workplace:

Video: Rachel Rogers Town Hall Panel on how businesses/organizations can set and reach goals for racial justice: https://helloseven.co/townhall-2/

Challenges to Funding Black-Led Non-profits:

https://www.denverfoundation.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Announcing%20the%20Black%20Resilience%20in%20Colorado%20Fund%20Press%20Release%206.19.20.pdf?timestamp=1592575897541

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Nonprofits-Led-by-People-of/248720

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/nonprofit-leaders-of-color-say-demand-for-services-is-straining-budgets-report

Lack of Black Influence on Boards: 

https://www.wkkf.org/resource-directory/resources/2018/07/business-case-for-racial-equity

https://ir.citi.com/%2FPRxPvgNWu319AU1ajGf%2BsKbjJjBJSaTOSdw2DF4xynPwFB8a2jV1FaA3Idy7vY59bOtN2lxVQM%3D

https://hbr.org/2020/06/how-diverse-is-your-board-really

https://socialequity.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/what-we-get-wrong.pdf

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-board-challenge-launches-pledge-for-us-boards-of-directors-to-add-a-black-director-within-one-year-301126074.html

https://theboardchallenge.org/

https://site.theboardlist.com/