LBCEI, The Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion, is a community development corporation that has taken on the challenge of expanding inclusive economic opportunities for all communities in Long Beach. It’s mission and values include: Bringing Everyone In An Economy for All Access to Capital Inclusive Opportunity Then, COVID-19 hit and the priorities changed. LBCEI…
2020 has been one hell of a year and we’re not even halfway through it. As someone who lived through 1968, I could not help but see the easy comparisons with that momentous year. Two years ago, I wrote an essay about growing in 1968 New York City Fifty years ago, in 1968, a roaring…
“The first of May marked the second rent day since coronavirus shutdowns began. With more than 30 million people filing for unemployment benefits in recent weeks, tenant groups across the country on Friday called for a rent strike until the economy recovers. NewsHour Weekend producer Sam Weber has more.” Find more from PBS NewsHour at…
The economic power of Long Beach Latinos was the focus of a summit at the Convention Center on November 13th. An estimated 150 Government, Nonprofit, and Educational leaders gathered for an in-depth presentation and discussion of the report “Long Beach Latino Economic Profile & Impact.” The summit was convened by a partnership of sponsoring groups…
Latino economic power will be the agenda for the first summit on the subject in Long Beach on November 13, 2018. A wide range of leaders from education, government, nonprofits, as well as neighborhood leaders will gather at the Long Beach Convention Center to, as the organizers describe, “shift the community’s focus from disparities to…