Andre M. Perry, Ph.D., a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, scholar-in-residence at American University, and author of the book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities, will discuss the state of Black-owned small businesses post-pandemic and the systemic policy failures that prevent Black wealth-building with SBAN Advisory Board Member Lyneir Richardson, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School and CEO of Chicago TREND Corporation. They will also discuss their joint work to pilot community-led investment approaches in Black-majority commercial corridors and foster Black ownership of commercial property to deliver moral and market returns.

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