Tag: Lisa Ranglin
Rhode Island Black Business Association expands board of directors
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association is adding five members to its board of directors, expanding the board to 19 total members,...
DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...
The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...
Everybody’s Business: Minority owners resilient in face of uncertainty
Providence Business News’ Everybody’s Business monthly series began with the intention of providing a voice to minority business owners in the tumultuous summer of...
An equity check: ‘Much of this movement is being dismantled’
Nina Reed’s bakery products are popular, but that doesn’t mean running her business has been a piece of cake.
Reed, the owner of Sarcastic Sweets...
Progress for minority businesses endangered by DEI rollbacks
Government and anecdotal data suggest Rhode Island in the last few years has been a generally supportive environment for most minority entrepreneurs.
The question for...
RIBBA launches next Emerging Leaders Development Program
LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has kicked off the next cohort of its Emerging Leaders Development Program...
R.I. Black Business Association’s new HQ now open
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association’s new home is now open for business.
The nonprofit that supports the advancement of Black- and minority-owned...
R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family...
While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...
R.I. business leaders launch coalition to support underserved entrepreneurs
EAST PROVIDENCE – When Sterling Spellman and her husband, Russell, launched Incred-A-Bowl Food Co. in 2013, they started with a $25,000 loan from R.I....
R.I. business groups form alliance to support education
PROVIDENCE – A collection of prominent groups representing hundreds of businesses across Rhode Island on Thursday formed a new alliance to support better education...
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