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Like other Black entrepreneurs in her Inglewood neighborhood, Annie Graham has struggled to keep her business afloat during the pandemic.
At Ms. Ann’s clothing boutique on Manchester Boulevard, the Easter finery Graham stocked last spring remains on the racks. Also untouched are many of the exclusively white outfits for weddings and parties that she sells at her storefront next door, the White House. Customers, she said, mostly buy dresses now for funerals.
Annie Graham, owner of Ms. Ann’s dress shop in Inglewood, had her application last year for a PPP loan rejected.
(James Bernal for Reveal / Los Angeles Times)
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Like other Black entrepreneurs in her Inglewood neighborhood, Annie Graham has struggled to keep her business afloat during the pandemic.
At Ms. Ann’s clothing boutique on Manchester Boulevard, the Easter finery Graham stocked last spring remains on the racks. Also untouched are many of the exclusively white outfits for weddings and parties that she sells at her storefront next door, the White House. Customers, she said, mostly buy dresses now for funerals.
Annie Graham, owner of Ms. Ann’s dress shop in Inglewood, had her application last year for a PPP loan rejected.
(James Bernal for Reveal / Los Angeles Times)
WINDSOR, ONT. The Grow On Windsor campaign has surpassed its goal with more than $340,000 raised for new equipment at the cancer centre. Throughout the month of November, the Windsor-Essex community participated, donated, and organized events to raise the funds in support of Grow On. “We are so humbled to see the tremendous support from our community and we are equally honoured that over 30 local organizations hosted fundraisers in support of Grow On Windsor this year and helped us surpass our goal,” executive director Houida Kassem said in a news release. The funds raised this year will allow the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation to purchase new equipment to help patients receiving radiation treatment at the cancer centre: