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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 ReadingAmazon Black Business Accelerator: Program for Amazon Sellers
Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator is dedicated to helping build sustainable equity and growth for Black entrepreneurs by enabling their success as sellers. Grow your business with access to financial support, strategic business guidance and mentorship, and marketing and promotional support. …
Continue ReadingLt. Gov. Gilchrist Announces Award to Increase High-speed Internet Access Across Michigan
LANSING, Mich. – Lt. Gov. Gilchrist and the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) today announced an additional $15.3 million in funding awarded through the Connecting Michigan Communities (CMIC) grant program. The grant funding announced today will support 20 …
Continue ReadingInaugural, All Black Produced, BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival
Gratis festival provides Detroit youth, and national and local muralists of color opportunity to reinvigorate the North End community of Detroit, Michigan, July 24 – 31 WHO: Artists Sydney G. James, Thomas Evans (Detour303), Max Sansing, Bird Cap (Michael Roy), Bakpak, …
Continue ReadingVenture capitalist Wheat to lead startup accelerator program focused on equity in tech
7/6/21 Crain’s Detroit Business By Nick Manes Monica Wheat, a longtime veteran of the Detroit-area venture capital and startup community, is exporting some of her talents to a new accelerator in Charm City. Wheat has been named the managing director …
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.
Continue ReadingInvitation: The Skillman Foundation to Host Implicit Bias Webinar June 29
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s partners at The Skillman Foundation are hosting a virtual implicit bias webinar on Tuesday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. The training is being facilitated by Reverend Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr., chief equity officer …
Continue ReadingAmazon commits $150 million to empower Black entrepreneurs
June 15, 2021 Amazon By Dave Clark Amazon’s new Black Business Accelerator provides access to capital, business guidance, mentorship, and marketing support to help Black business owners succeed as sellers in Amazon’s store. Amazon is launching the Black Business Accelerator (BBA) to …
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