The American Sustainable Business Network and The Belonging Collaborative cordially invite you to a crucial webinar on May 29, 2024, at 1pm ET. The webinar will focus on preserving equity across the investment industry. The session aims to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in maintaining and enhancing racial equity in investing. It will emphasize the role of community capital and restorative strategies in this endeavor.
Highlights Include:
How community capital, raised from a broad cross-section of a venture’s community, plays a crucial role in supporting racially equitable investments and nurturing local economies.
Insight into the systemic barriers affecting BIPOC entrepreneurs.
Necessity of restorative investing practices in closing the racial wealth gap.
Innovative models like Diversified Community Investment Funds (DCIF) and their impact on promoting racial equity in the investment sector.
An examination of the current legal framework impacting racial equity investing, focusing on the need for vigilance and adaptability in response to evolving legal challenges. We invite you to participate in this important discussion, facilitated by Derek Peebles, Senior Director of Inclusive Economy at ASBN. Join us in our collective effort to preserve and advance equity within the investment industry.
The Belonging Collaborative
Belonging Collaborative is the collaboration of six peer networks to develop a shared vision to advance racial equity across the investment industry. The Collaborative includes American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN), Confluence Philanthropy, The ImPact, Impact Capital Managers (ICM), Intentional Endowments Network (IEN), , and Toniic. The Collaborative’s mission is to create an activated global network of values-aligned investors who collaborate, inspire action, and elevate the industry best practices for racial equity investing.