Newsletter - What would we gain by increasing equity? $11 billion to be exact
Increasing racial equity and advancing opportunity
Shrinking the racial wealth gap requires changing systems and creating ways for entrepreneurs of color to connect in new capacities. This week we share our latest video on Native Women Lead — a social movement of Native American female entrepreneurs based in Albuquerque. We also break down data from the Albuquerque Equity Report, showing how much our state would benefit by closing the racial wealth gap.
Albuquerque is home to the largest gathering of Native American female entrepreneurs in history. Since 2017, Native Women Lead has brought 500+ Indigenous women – from heads of households to Congresswomen – together from across North America to revolutionize systems of entrepreneurship. We interviewed Jaclyn Roessel, a co-founder of Native Women Lead and owner of Grownup Navajo.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with PolicyLink and the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity released Albuquerque's Equity Profile. The report predicts Albuquerque could be one of the most prosperous cities of its size, so long as we focus on increasing racial equity and advancing opportunity for all.
City Alive is a collective that is working toward an aligned goal of closing the gap in business ownership and leadership with a focus on people of color. By looking at data available to us, we can track how we are doing and see where changes need to be made.
