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Lowe’s Brings Back Pitch Competition to Support Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Making It…With Lowe’s, a pitch competition for small businesses, is back as part of Lowe’s continued effort to carve out space for minority-owned, woman-owned, veteran-owned, and other diverse-owned small businesses in the home improvement industry. The competition has three phases. …
Continue ReadingAmazon Launches Black Business Accelerator to Build Sustainable Equity and Growth for Black Entrepreneurs
In June 2021, Amazon launched a free program for Black-owned U.S. businesses selling on Amazon.com named Black Business Accelerator. To build sustainable equity and growth for Black entrepreneurs, Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator offers financial assistance, business education and mentorship, and …
Continue ReadingMichigan’s Latest Budget Could Help Achieve Equity in School Funding
State lawmakers passed an unprecedented $17.1 billion budget on Wednesday, and federal COVID-19 relief funding will also send billions to schools. The latest budget hikes per-pupil funding in the state to $8,700, closing a persistent funding gap between Michigan school districts that state lawmakers for years have tried to incrementally close.
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