1) During yesterday's #blackcom2021 "Ending profiling, police, prisons & parole as we know it" session, David L Muhammad cited LAPD as a case example with a $2B annual budget. A huge amount of the work for police officers are responses to low-level, non-criminal calls to service

God Adores You will be one of the notable speakers at this event, #BlackCom2021 Sign up and join the conversation.

Panel on "Gender and Sexuality in Black Lives" starting now. Join us! #blackcom2021 Black Communities!

Collab session w/ Amy Evans happening now!

Student session happening now!

Last day of #BlackCom2021! Don't miss the final sessions:10 AM: corporations & anti-racism; 11 AM: talk w/Michael W. Twitty on African & Af. American connections to rice;12 PM: closing session abt all things #BlackCom w/co-chairs,Mark Gabriel Little & @Karla_Slocum. Come share your thoughts!

.UNC Kenan-Flagler Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Mahin and @unc_cse Faculty Director Olga Hawn are presenting their research as part of #BlackCom2021 session "What happens when corporations pledge to be anti-racist?" blackcommunities.unc.edu/2021/

Interesting findings from Stephanie Mahin & Olga Hawn of UNC Kenan-Flagler on corporate pledges during today's #blackcom2021 session on "What happens when corporations pledge to be anti-racist?" Black Communities! Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise NCGrowth & SmartUp

"It's more than just making the statements... It's continually a journey we are on." Danielle Andrews, Chief of Staff Blue Cross NC, comments on the organization's efforts to be anti-racist. #BlackCom2021

Happening now!

Join us for the closing session happening at noon --NOW! We will wrap up and discuss the sessions from the past several days as well as talk about next steps for the conference.

Thank you Black Communities! for a fantastic #blackcom2021! And thank you to the panelists & participants for the stimulating conversations ranging from informative to thought-provoking to inspiring. NCGrowth & SmartUp Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Inst AFAM Research

We would like to thank the sponsors, panelists, collaborators, students, volunteers, attendees, and everyone else for making this conference possible! Our goal was to foster community and collaboration, and our hope is we’ve done just that. #BlackCom2021

Week 1 of the #blackcom2021 conference hosted by Black Communities! kicked off with discussions ranging from Parenting Black Youth in the 21st Century, The Future of the Black Commons to Black Business and Economic Freedom.

Get the summary details in this month’s #CreatingProsperity newsletter at tinyurl.com/t37aas9 . Don’t forget to Subscribe at createprosperity at kenan-flagler.unc.edu.

Congratulations Mark Gabriel Little & @Karla_Slocum on receiving UNC-Chapel Hill's Office of the Provost Award for Engaged Partnership for your collaboration on Black Communities!!! NCGrowth & SmartUp Inst AFAM Research Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Congrats to one of our strongest and long time #blkcom supporters!

Rocky Mount's Black Business Matters is a movement rooted in Black ownership and sustainability. The team of doctors, developers, and city officials is creating a model for what equitable economic development in the U.S. could finally look like. rmrenaissance.org

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