ASCEND LA

Now Open: ASCEND LA Looks for Budding BIPOC Businesses to Take to the Next Level

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 18, 2021

Applications are now open for ASCEND LA’s 2021 Spring cohort. After the success of its inaugural cohort in 2020, the free business accelerator program has doubled its capacity, selecting 30 businesses owned by women and people of color to undergo a management education program, obtain certification and bid preparation support, connect with regional and national supply chains, receive 1-on-1 advising with loan and procurement specialists, and access flexible capital resources.

L.A. Nonprofit Launches Black Economic Development Agenda

City News ServiceFebruary 11, 2021

A nonprofit organization is launching an initiative to focus its resources and programs on closing the racial wealth gap and empowering Los Angeles County’s Black communities, the group announced today.

Opinion Political

Pass Prop. 16: A Solution to Modern-Day Redlining for Diverse Businesses

Tunua Thrash-Ntuk & Miranda RodriguezOctober 7, 2020

Although affirmative action has been banned in California since 1996, there has never been a more opportune time to reverse this damaging decision, which has hindered governmental efforts to address racial and gender opportunity gaps. Make no mistake, Proposition 16 is a direct result of repeated calls to action from the Black Lives Matters movement, as our nation reckons with its historical and present-day racial inequities.