SBA to Host Black History Month Live Online Panel February 25

Entrepreneur panel will discuss how to tap SBA’s economic relief programs to help small businesses recover 

WHAT:   SBA Black History Month Online Panel: Recognizing the Resilience, Grit

               and Tenacity of America’s African American Small Business Heroes

The  U.S. Small Business Administration will host a live online panel session in celebration of Black History Month for a discussion on economic recovery with Black-owned small business owners from a variety of sectors that have used SBA resources to pivot during the pandemic and utilized SBA’s critical financial lifelines.

Learn more about the available resources to help small businesses recover and how to connect with SBA Resource Partners, lenders and organizations that can help businesses rebuild.

WHEN:     Thursday, February 25, 2021

                  1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EST)

WHO:       Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-03), Congressional Black Caucus member

                 Victor Parker, Deputy Associate Administrator, SBA Office of Field Operations

                 Tisa Clark, JD Clark Professional  

                 Diana Lewis Jackson, President and CEO, Action Facilities Management, Inc.

                 Necole Parker, Principal/CEO, The ELOCEN Group, LLC  

                 Timothy Porter, Owner, Appddiction Studio, LLC  

HOW:       Registration is required. Click here to register or visit:

sbablackhistorymonth.eventbrite.com

SOCIAL:     @SBAgov. The event hashtag is #BlackHistoryMonth. This event will be recorded.