State of Black businesses: What can be learned from Black women-led business growth? CEO/Co-Founder Janelle Williams participates in a panel discussion.
Truist Foundation today announced Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative as the top recipient of the inaugural Inspire Awards grant, a program inviting nonprofits that support Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color- (BIPOC) and women-owned small businesses across the country to submit innovative solutions to address the complex challenges facing small businesses.
Today's racial wealth gap stemmed from decades of economic policies that excluded Black people. This Atlanta Journal-Constitution article highlights how preparations for the Atlanta Olympics contributed to the racial wealth gap.
As part of AWBI's Advancing Collective Prosperity: 1,000 Black Businesses in 1,000 Days campaign, AWBI is partnering with Emory University who will serve as the initial anchor partner in our efforts to drive resources in support of a local and inclusive economy.
“We have redefined wealth.”
Latresa McLawhorn Ryan, Atlanta Wealth Building's Executive Director joined Reconstruction podcast host Monique Aiken to talk about strategies to build income and wealth for Black Atlantans.
While Atlanta is known as a major destination for Black business development, our city falls short in financial support for Black residents.
Listen to Bernstein Private Wealth Management's Changing the Trajectory’s podcast, “A Focus on Community Capital” to learn about Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative’s work with Atlanta’s Black business owners, emphasis on community capital, and overall insight on the realities facing Atlanta’s Black communities.
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The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI) and the Center for Community Progress are receiving $1.7 million from JPMorgan Chase to support equitable development in historically Black neighborhoods in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative is proud to launch the Black Community Wealth Network, a national network positioned to build a broad network of practitioners and supporters committed to the task of building Black community wealth.
Today, the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative released its landmark report, “Building a Beloved Economy: A Baseline and Framework for Building Black Wealth in Atlanta,” at its inaugural policy luncheon forum, Beloved Economies: Shaping Policy to Build Black Wealth. The report proposes a new framework for understanding and confronting the massive racial wealth divide and its impact on Black Atlantans. The report also provides an overview of the state of Black wealth, poverty, income, debt, access to capital, housing, business ownership, and jobs in Atlanta.
Today, the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative announces our partnership with Executive Financial Partners to develop a program to build the capital readiness and business operations expertise of Black businesses and Business-Serving Organizations (BSOs).
The podcast’s second episode includes a conversation on the concept of Black wealth and its significance for the Black community.
On Monday, Feb. 26, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative Senior Research Associate Jarryd Bethea presented findings from our landmark report on building Black wealth in Atlanta.
On Nov. 1, the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative held its inaugural policy luncheon and forum, Beloved Economies: Shaping Policy to Build Black Wealth, which gathered policymakers, scholars, and partners at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
