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EXPANDING BLACK INFLUENCE

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This webinar was held on November 16th at 7pm which featured a panel hosted by Pastor Ken Brown, Senior Pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church. The discussion helped gain understanding of access barriers encountered by Black business and non-profit leaders as well as discover actions that we all can take for greater racial equity in your community.

Panelists included:

John Reid


Lotte Lieb Dula - retired financial strategist and Founder

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Adrian Miller

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John Common - CEO, Intelligent Demand

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Dzirae Gold - Special Musical Guest

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Ken Brown, Senior Pastor Trinity United Methodist Church

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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/