Choose Indie Local – A Force for Social Impact
By Roman Mukendi, AMIBA Resilient Local Economies Intern Independent small businesses are enterprises that make multi-social impacts on the community. Social impacts mean “any significant or positive change that solves or at least addresses social injustice and...Let’s Make Ripples: Choose Indie Local
Choose an Indie Local (independent and locally owned business) and that positive ripple effect magnifies. Let’s make ripples!
If We Want a Stronger Local Economy, Why Do We Invest in Wall Street?
When you put dollars into your retirement fund or investment accounts, where do they go? To your local food co-op? Probably not…
How Choosing Black-Owned Businesses Amplifies More Than Just the Economy
Just 3% of U.S. businesses were identified as Black or African American-owned as of 2020, according to Pew Research. That’s despite 12.4% of the overall population being Black adults. More than half of those business owners were men. While any type of entrepreneurship...Bicycling Means Business
May is National Bike Month. Let’s focus on how bicycling means business!