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TAKING A TALLY:
 Of the first 50 minority 
business owners featured 
in the Everybody’s Business 
monthly series since August 2020, 30 were men and 20 
were women. Two of those businesses have closed, and 
another is in receivership – all three of them operated by men.
PBN ILLUSTRATION/ANNE EWING

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...
ON THE MAT: 
Nic Cortes, left, owner of the jiu-jitsu studio Cortes BJJ LLC in Warwick, teaches Kevin Madden of Warwick a mixed martial arts move. Cortes, a minority business owner, recently opened a second location in the city. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
UNDER ­PRESSURE: 
Lisa Ranglin, president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, says minority-business growth is threatened by federal efforts to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­RUPERT WHITELEY

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...
BUILDING A FAN BASE: Savannah Campbell sets up the Caribe & Co. LLC booth at the SoWa Winter Festival in Boston the weekend before Christmas. 
COURTESY CARIBE & CO.

Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...

(Editor’s note: This is the 53rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Ana Duque, The Heal Room LLC CEO / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: Building a wellness store that uplifts the community

(Editor’s note: This is the 52nd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Lisa Ranglin

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...
Edmund Addai, The Stackhouse LLC owner / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Everybody’s Business: A success in bringing flavor of South to R.I.

(Editor’s note: This is the 51st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
PASSION FOR PLANNING: Pearl “Delsie” Farquharson, owner of Designed by Delsie LLC, found her calling in events planning after shifting the focus of her business, which she launched as a catering company, when she realized her true passion wasn’t in cooking.
COURTESY DESIGNED BY DELSIE LLC/SACHIA MATTHEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Everybody’s Business: She’s found her place in hospitality

(Editor’s note: This is the 49th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

R.I. Commerce launches Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program

PROVIDENCE – Beginning Sept. 4, applications will be accepted for the state’s Minority Business Accelerator Direct Grant Program that will funnel $2 million of...

United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...
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