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Boston Globe: Advocates for entrepreneurs of color press the Legislature for $1 billion in stimulus funds,

‘This is one of the only times in our lifetime that we will have this huge infusion of financial resources to create a new world,” said Segun Idowu, president of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and a member of the coalition. “We’re telling everybody that if you want the business owners in your district to still be business owners next year, you have to put out money right now.”

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Boston Globe: Advocates for entrepreneurs of color press the Legislature for $1 billion in stimulus funds

“This is one of the only times in our lifetime that we will have this huge infusion of financial resources to create a new world,” said Segun Idowu, president of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and a member of the coalition. “We’re telling everybody that if you want the business owners in your district to still be business owners next year, you have to put out money right now.”

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MSN: Boston’s equity plan is still on the ballot

The voters have spoken, and Boston’s next mayor will be a woman, but not a Black woman. For those hopeful that a Black Bostonian would finally achieve the mayoral office, the disappointment about Tuesday’s preliminary election, when none of the three Black candidates advanced to the final, was severe but not altogether surprising.

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