U.S : Black businesses are being locked out of COVID-19 relief.

Black businesses are being locked out of COVID-19 relief.

Call Congress and tell them to create protections for Black-owned businesses. 

CALL NOW

Dear friend,

Congress’ coronavirus economic relief legislation, the CARES Act, is still leaving Black businesses out. Despite the many provisions and accommodations the CARES Act provides for corporations, it fails to create meaningful protections to ensure that small, Black-owned businesses survive the crisis, and reports show that 90% of Black businesses will be left out of the package as it stands.¹ This is unacceptable; Black-owned businesses contribute billions of dollars to our country’s economy, and we can’t allow Congress to leave us out.² 

CALL your Congress member NOW and tell them to implement protections for Black-owned businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Black-owned businesses are cornerstones in our communities. We don’t just purchase from them, we rely on them for kinship, joy and laughter, support, community service, and to provide us with the supplies we need. But the CARES Act’s lack of legislation to protect Black businesses during this difficult time suggests they don’t care about the various ways our communities benefit from our businesses. But we know how crucial Black-owned businesses are, and we must fight for them to make it through this crisis. 

Join me in demanding that Congress create protections for small, Black-owned businesses.

Until justice is real.

Rashad ROBINSON and the rest of the Color Of Change team .

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References :

 

1. “Up to 90% of minority and women owners shut out of Paycheck Protection Program, experts fear,” CBS News, April 22, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/245947?t=7&akid=42383%2E1942551%2EBDLV6i
2. “Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business,” The Brookings Institute, April 8, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/244530?t=9&akid=42383%2E1942551%2EBDLV6i
3. “Black and White : Access to Capital among Minority-Owned Startups,” Stanford Institute for Economic Policy and Research, December 15, 2016, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/163219?t=11&akid=42383%2E1942551%2EBDLV6i
4. “Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business,” The Brookings Institute, April 8, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/163219?t=13&akid=42383%2E1942551%2EBDLV6i

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