DCSS: The New Normal: Work Life During a Pandemic

Date: January 26th at 12:00pm

Join us for a supportive and educational session about the proper measurements we should take when getting acclimated back into the workplace during a pandemic. Learn how businesses are pivoting toward recovery plans, how employers can make employees feel safe when returning to work, and identify how to approach concerns when returning to work with guest speaker Eboné Carrington.

Bank of America, in its efforts to strengthen communities of color by advancing racial equality and economic opportunity, awarded $11million to over 170 local nonprofits in Los Angeles in 2021. Most of the grants went to organizations that supported minorities and those populations that have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their 2021 donations were majorly focused on alleviating the impact of racial and economic inequality. Investments included workforce development grants, basic needs grants, and community development grants.

Buffalo’s minority entrepreneurs are getting some help.

Local organizations are sponsoring two initiatives through the University of Buffalo School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL). These initiatives are geared to empower are minority and women entrepreneurs and to help them achieve more.

Erin Houston is looking back to move forward.

The Shenango Urban League President/CEO is pondering on how to best move her organization into 2022. “For 2022, our focus is to maintain our organization during these times of uncertainty and limited funding that the pandemic has presented to us,” she said. “Keeping the organization strong and moving in the right direction through these times, keeping the staff safe, those are my main goals.”