BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210712T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210712T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Policy & Advocacy Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Rhode Island Black Business Association's (RIBBA) historic and groundbreaking work in the advocacy and policy space has created awareness of the plight of small businesses in Rhode Island. Still\, more advocacy is needed to ensure greater support and investment in the development of small businesses that are the backbone of the state's economy. Black businesses are closing at an alarming rate due to the pandemic and unemployment is at an all-time high in urban cities around our state. The PPP - Paycheck Protection Program\, IELD - Economic Injury Disaster Loans\, and COVID-19 Relief funds have all missed the Black business Community. Join us for our Advocacy & Policy Committee meeting as we begin to map out our 2021-2022 Advocacy Agenda and have a significant impact on the legislation and policies that affect every intricate part of our personal\, business\, and community well-being.Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81149161378\n\nMeeting ID: 811 4916 1378 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Rhode Island Black Business Association&rsquo\;s (RIBBA) historic and groundbreaking work in the advocacy and policy space has created awareness of the plight of small businesses in Rhode Island. Still\, more advocacy is needed to ensure greater support and investment in the development of small businesses that are the backbone of the state'\;s economy.  \;Black businesses are closing at an alarming rate due to the pandemic and unemployment is at an all-time high in urban cities around our state.  \;The PPP - Paycheck Protection Program\, IELD - Economic Injury Disaster Loans\, and COVID-19 Relief funds have all missed the Black business Community. \;
Join us for our Advocacy &\; Policy Committee meeting as we begin to map out our 2021-2022 Advocacy Agenda and have a significant impact on the legislation and policies that affect every intricate part of our personal\, business\, and community well-being.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81149161378
Meeting ID: 811 4916 1378