Minority-owned businesses drive job creation, raise wages, and elevate standards of living for their respective communities, as well as offer a critical pathway to close the racial wealth gap. Yet starting or growing a business requires capital, and a legacy of poverty, inequality, and bias has led minority businesses to have higher barriers to accessing capital. In the face of significant evidence that systemic and structural racism are major barriers to accessing capital, how can we ensure that minority businesses survive and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic?
During the webinar, leaders from the Black, Latinx, and Asian American business communities will reflect on the impact of the pandemic on their communities and discuss with call participants public and private sector solutions for strengthening and supporting minority-owned businesses.
How are nonprofit organizations leveraging venture philanthropy to accelerate the development of treatments and cures? As part of The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network (TRAIN) webinar series, FasterCures takes a deeper dive into...
How are patient organizations taking on the challenge of diversity, equity, and inclusion within biomedical research to create better health outcomes for all patient populations, especially those historically excluded from research and...
Rajiv Ahuja, associate director at the Milken Institute, focusing on the future of aging, moderates this Advances in Science webinar with featured guest Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the...
Data from and about patients is essential to advance biomedical research and development, but its collection and dissemination can be a significant investment of time and resources for patient organizations that choose to be the...
How can patient organizations hoping to leverage the resources of industry researchers attract their support and establish formal industry partnerships? How can partnerships with industry partners ensure intellectual property considerations...
For too long, the need for national infrastructure solutions has been limited to conversations of roads, bridges and stalemates in Congress. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the financial circumstances of many communities just as high...
Data from and about patients is essential in order to advance biomedical research, but its collection and dissemination can be a significant investment of time and resources for patient organizations that choose to be the intermediary...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated job displacement and unemployment trends—in California and across the country—precipitated by advancements in technology and automation. Although these disruptive forces impacting the workforce are not...