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Downtown Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
This Black History Month, we ve been shining a light on various aspects of the Black experience in Boston.
We ve remembered pioneering legends such as former state Rep. Doris Bunte and architect Donald Stull, and have taken stock of how those communities hit hardest by the coronavirus are tackling equity and hesitancy in the vaccine rollout.
Today, we speak with three Black professionals who are part of Boston s business community, and discuss their experiences working in this city, and working to diversify it racially, economically and otherwise.
We re joined by Teri Williams, president and COO of Boston-based OneUnited Bank, the country s largest Black-owned bank. Also with us is Kristen Ransom, co-owner of IncluDe Innovation and IncluDe Web Design, and Sheena Collier, founder of the membership networks Boston While Black and The Collier Connection.
BOSTON (AP) Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced an executive order that will award 25% of city contracts to firms owned by minorities or women. Mayor Walsh said Thursday that the city.
Boston City Hall. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
On Thursday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced an executive order that sets goals for diversity in contracting and procurement for the city.
This comes a day after a federal discrimination complaint was filed by the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA), the Greater Boston Latino Network and Amplify Latinx, asserting that the city as evidenced by a 700-page disparity study it commissioned that was recently published fell short on its effort to address race inequality when it comes to awarding contracts to qualified business owners of color.
The executive order, guided by recommendations from the study, allocates 25% of city funding to go toward businesses owned by people of color and women (15% for women-owned businesses and 10% for those owned by people of color); requires the yearly budget process to include reports of how said businesses are faring; and it creates a program that will oversee the work.
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