Our Goals of this Event!

• Spread awareness of the SBA’s forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan, specifically to small business owners from communities of color and other marginalized communities.

• $130Billion Left in the PPP Program!

• Minority-owned small businesses who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic have also unsurprisingly had low application numbers to the PPP.
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• Official partners: Small Business Administration (SBA), Our Fair Share, Gold House, The All of Us Movement
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• Timing: July 27th, 4-5pm PST

• Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lrTRU-08TreiFjW9CR9RVw

Speaker list

• Abigail Gonzalez, SBA Economic Development Specialist from the Houston District Office to provide a clear overview on PPP program and forgiveness. 

• Jeff Staples - Jeff is Founder of Reed Art Department (formerly STAPLE DESIGN STUDIO), @staplepigeon (a pioneering streetwear brand), retail destination REED SPACE, and host of HYPEBEAST’S “BUSINESS OF HYPE” Podcast. He is also a frequent moderator, lecturer and keynote speaker at industry panels & conferences. Jeff has taken active steps to include social justice and equity as a priority in his work and continues to expand his “Positive Social Contagion” worldwide going on two decades — and counting.

• John D. Lewis representing Our Fair Share - John is President of Harbor Bank Maryland, the state’s largest Black-owned bank and the 10th largest minority-owned bank in the country. John has been a vocal advocate for improving capital access in minority communities and has testified on these issues to the Senate Small Business Committee.

• Jill Castilla, representing ppp.bank — Jill is CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, who has been a leader in PPP loan applications and innovator in retail banking. She partnered with Mark Cuban to start ppp.bank - a platform that takes official SBA forgiveness guidance and turned it into an easy-to-understand workflow. 

• Scott Cara representing MBAs Fight COVID - Scott leads a nationwide volunteer network of MBAs who has been helping 200+ small businesses a week. Small businesses complete a simple Google Form and they’re connected with an MBA who hops on a 15 min call to help them with their PPP loan application.