Lyndsay Whitehurst
@LynLovesLocal
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Resilient Communities | Thriving Small Businesses w/@StreetWise_MBA. @RegisUniversity, @CityYear, and @AmeriCorpsNCCC Alumna. Thoughts are my own.
Boston, Mass
Joined October 2013
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So many deserve credit for 10yrs to new Georgia: @gwlauren @fairfightaction @nseufot @NewGAProject @AAAJ_Atlanta @GALEOorg @BlackVotersMtr Helen Butler @GeorgiaDemocrat @RebeccaDeHart DuBose Porter @DPGChair. Always John Lewis. Charge any omissions to my head. My heart is full.💙
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Say her name @staceyabrams one woman voting Machine. She did for @JoeBiden in GA what Jim Clyburn did in SC. When this is all over, we will all agree BLACK WOMEN SAVED OUR DEMOCRACY #StaceyAbrams #BidenHarris2020 #PresidentElect #Biden
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Massachusetts #smallbiz owners, check into this opportunity!
If you are a #smallbusiness owner based in Massachusetts, take advantage of this great opportunity! Applications are now OPEN and are due on 11/12!
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Grants up to $75,000 for businesses owned by people of color available-apply today! $50.8 million avail to help small businesses, part of MA's COVID-19 recovery plan. @MassGCC made funds available for MA businesses w/less than 50 employees. Deadline: 11/12 https://t.co/7f7WzTrc1d
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"Using the word minority is a misuse of the word. Black and Brown folks are the majority. I wish we could calibrate our language so that it reflects our society. Otherwise this is another way that we're perpetuating systemic racism." Dr. Lee Pelton @bostonchamber
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Racism is embedded in the health care system and it is a public emergency....[we have had] enough talk and need more action. -@andrewdreyfus of @BCBSMA #FUNinBOS
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"As a business owner facing COVID19, I communicated with our clients and customers- what does there before, during and post COVID look like? We had to adapt our value proposition and innovate. We learned our customers needed options when contracts are being cancelled/postponed."
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"The time for talk is over. I want to speak to the entrepreneurs here- the reason your are an entrepreneur- you are an optimist there is a redemptive quality of making a choice that you will be successful regardless of the external factors." Keith Chaney@bostonchamber
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"I fear for my life and for my sons. Why did the outrage not come sooner? We need to be passionately outraged and committed to doing something. We have a model of passionately committed business leaders in #Boston like Bob Rivers of @easternbank." -Herby Duverné @bostonchamber
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"It's systemic racism, redlining was a partnership of govt and banks. We need to change the way we underwrite banking, how we assess risk. To see Banks not just throw $$ at issues and convos-- I want bold moves where actions and goals follow communities of color, not lead them."
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tune into a program already in progress-- white ppl, let's not pretend that this is new. That the conversations haven't been had. That we white ppl have not had all of the resources and opportunities to educate ourselves and do better 2/2 @Amavensworld @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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Let's not move too quickly past Anna's point. "Black people are sick and tired of being sick and tired. These conversations have been happening every week and every month for years." Just because white folx have decided to 1/2 @Amavensworld @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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"You mentioned the @Bostonglobe spotlight series and it feels recent, but that was in 2017. It's been 3 years. The City and corporations have not effectively responded." @pensiveinpink White folx, use power and privilege to do the work. @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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"Don't just work on your statements or outward actions--make sure your Black staff have the opportunity to find community at work. If workforce doesn't reflect diversity, make sure that those opps for connections are available" @pensiveinpink @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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"Employers--supporting and developing the diverse staff that you already have. What we don't tap into as a city or as corporations are your best ambassadors who are the people who work for you and live in Boston." @pensiveinpink @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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"The 3rd reason is unconscious bias." Plain and simple. @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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There is not a pipeline problem. There is diverse talent ready for leadership positions. "People hire people who look like them. People who look like their friends. Many universities and corps have diversity goals--but they do not reflect the diversity of community." -Marcy Reed
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There's an ecosystem that needs curing. Govt- more contracting opportunities. MBEs to join in the supply chain. Universities need to supply access and affordability. Foundations have the opportunity to step in in a big way. @bostonchamber #FUNinBoston
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