Minority small-business owners and community lenders share their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will discuss where they are now, what small businesses need going forward, and what’s at stake when small businesses in underserved areas—and the community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions that support them—struggle.
Differences in health outcomes exist across many factors, including economic status, education, race and ethnicity, and geography. In this Connecting Communities webinar, speakers will focus on the impact of COVID-19, historical and structural barriers to health equity, the relationship between health and economic equity, and practices to encourage equitable health.
When COVID-19 hit the US, it became clear that millions of Americans and small businesses were disconnected from the banking system. This Connecting Communities webinar session will cover partnerships and programs created to help fill the capital void for the small businesses struggling most.
This session will highlight data from the 2020 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) that help to more deeply examine how the pandemic impacted a diverse range of small businesses, including nonemployer firms (businesses with no employees other than the owner), and firms owned by people of color.
