Policy – Page 6 – Empowering strategies

Minority Businesses should apply Monday when special SBA PPP window opens. Nonprofit lenders and Banks Offering Increased Access

January 10, 2021 Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie Comments Off

The new changes to SBA PPP forgivable loan provides a special window for minority businesses left out of the last round of PPP funding in 2020. Beginning Monday for two days, community financial institutions called […]

ALANA Brain Trust Launches Banking Alliance to Help Minority Businesses Access PPP Forgivable Loans

January 8, 2021 Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie 1

To address the poor outreach to minority businesses during the last PPP program we have assembled a partnership of banks and lenders in Minnesota who have agreed to help you access a PPP loan. Banking […]

The Minnesota Solution to Close the $287 Billion Racial Economic Gap

October 21, 2020 Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie Comments Off

The Minnesota Paradox, as presented by Dr. Samuel Myers, Jr., points to the coexistence of high standards of living and progressive politics in Minnesota coexisting with stark racial disparities, especially for Black and Native American […]

$60 Billion ALANA Economy in Minnesota in Crisis

September 21, 2020 Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie 2

Bruce P. Corrie, PhD The $60 billion ALANA economy in Minnesota is on the verge of collapse as the three crises – the pandemic, the economic downturn and increasingly overt racism – are all impacting […]

The Minority Economy on the Verge of Collapse – These 125 DFL and GOP Legislators Can Make a Difference

August 12, 2020 Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie Comments Off

There are 125 legislators, DFL and GOP, who each represent $100+million in ALANA economic interests in their legislative districts (see tables below). Together they can easily pass the necessary legislation to stabilize and grow the […]