When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.
A palate cleanser for this week and a story I loved working on:
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$14.2M was awarded to 63 CDFIs. Carolina Martinez, CEO of Cameo, explains the program. Cameo works with 400+ members serve about 200,000 very small businesses with training, business and credit assistance, and loans. https://t.co/OzAVuabAjB State Treasurer Fiona Ma Awards First Grants from $50 million Program to Encourage Economic Development in Underserved Communities https://t.co/NKmFEMXeVa
@CDFICoalition@ws_microloans
Black wealth is increasing, but so is the racial wealth gap. For every $100 in wealth held by white households, Black households held only $15. My colleagues Hannah Stephens, @ManannanAD and I analyzed the latest data from the Survey of Consumer Finances. https://t.co/fCSsuwWvNu
Thanks for sharing, @FlitterOnFraud! Check out Carolina Martinez @CAMEOnetwork in Fortune today calling out banks' hypocrisy on racial justice in finance.
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Apparently the most shared @NPR podcast on Spotify last year WAS IN SPANISH. If your newsroom hasn’t gotten the memo about how important Spanish is, here is that memo again.
👋 hi @aaronlmorrison - can't DM you because this platform now requires users to pay to be verified in order to DM. So, hi. Sent u an email re: Waterloo, IA that wanted you to hear about, consider covering. Sorry, thanks, bye.
Conan Knoll, Principal at EMC, will be speaking at @OppFinance annual conference tomorrow in Washington, D.C.! Join for an insightful panel at 11 a.m. on advancing CDFIs through research, advocacy, and messaging.
@conandeltoro
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#CapitalMeetsPurpose
Unfortunately, this piece I reported years ago for @npr (longer version on @NPRCodeSwitch) is “evergreen” as we say in journalism. It’s about the use of dehumanizing language: https://t.co/IHOWcfJKIi
Census data released today shows a big spike in Americans living in poverty, up 12.4% from 7.8%, largest jump on record. Largely due to the end of the pandemic social safety net. Via me and @goldsteinamy https://t.co/r7K5Vx5Iqv
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