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PRESS ROOM: Famous Amos Launches Ingredients for Success Initiative to Support Black Entrepreneurs
CHICAGO, — Famous Amos, in partnership with the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), announces the launch of its Ingredients…
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New documentary focuses on building financial health, wellness in the Black community | Watch ‘Our America: In the Black’
As the nation approaches another election season, concerns about the economy are top of mind. Americans are grappling with a…
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Chicago’s Black neighborhoods pay a steep economic price for the stigma of race
One of the best things I remember about my years living in the Greater Bronzeville area was driving home from…
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Evanston reparations fund moved to Black-owned Liberty Bank
Evanston Reparations Committee Chair Robin Rue Simmons announced the $17 million in the city’s reparations fund would be transferred to…
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Black business groups blast college board over sputtering minority business participation – The Southland Journal
Advertisement Black business groups blast college board over sputtering minority business participation (via The Center Square) — Citing data that…
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Proposed Credit Union Slows Economic Disparity in Black Community
Photo caption: CHICAGO, once known as the Black Business Mecca, is struggling to stabilize many of its once vibrant Black…
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Johnson unveils city reforms to fight environmental racism
Promising to end the practice of piling on more environmental burdens to the same South and West Side communities, Mayor…
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Chicago Bulls Business Summit 2023-24
Adrienne Scherenzel Vice President, Community Engagement / Executive Director, Chicago Bulls Charities, Bulls Adrienne Scherenzel is a social impact executive…
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We Rise Together program building a rising tide of economic recovery in Black and Latinx communities – Chicago Tribune
As it approaches the halfway mark of its five-year plan, We Rise Together, an initiative of the Chicago Community Trust,…
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Create a better Chicago by investing in Black businesses
For more than 30 years, I guided businesses and brands built for growth and profit. Now I work for an…
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