The EEWi Blog

Sharon Johnson has made it her business to support business of color in the greater Madison area.

It's one thing to have a great conversation about something that could be awesome for our community. Madison is full of wonderfully fulfilling conversations. Now, setting foot to purpose to make greatness a reality - that's what we call a fruitFULL "convo".

We know well that the large disparity between whites and Blacks in the world of entrepreneurship is unethical and unjust. But there’s more to it than fairness: reducing the racial wealth gap can also reduce crime.

On Tuesday, March 21, we held our Second Collaborators meeting to build support and find the optimal ways to support needs-based resource development as well as low barrier grants, loans and investments for entrepreneurs of color.

A recent study by the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) found that American Hispanics have the lowest rate of Internet access in the country.

One of the main factors standing in the way of economic development in Madison and across the nation is a lack of access to quality, low-barrier capital among people of color.

They say two heads are better than one; but what do you call a room full of great minds determined to change Madison's economic climate for people of color? Simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

For Strategic Partners, Economic Empowerment Wisconsin supports the delivery of economic development and supportive resources by making grants to partners.

Economic Empowerment Wisconsin takes an informed and intentional approach to merge entrepreneur needs with funding, technical assistance, and other resources

Economic Empowerment Wisconsin is a community effort to provide low barrier grants, loans and investments for entrepreneurs of color. Our efforts couple needs analysis and technical assistance with fund development to move entrepreneurs of color from grant recipients to qualified loan candidates to attractive investments.