How Kennedy will address the problems of Black Community
Black businesses are the lifeblood of their community, and Kennedy knows it. He served on the board of Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy for 35 years. Ending redlining and releasing investment capital turned Restoration Plaza into a thriving business community. Kennedy will replicate this success across the country. Rather than the hundred billion dollar bank bailouts, Kennedy will invest in urban and struggling communities. They will rise and thrive through Operation Phoenix.
- Increased access to investment capital for a robust, self-sustaining Black business infrastructure.
- Institute Black Business Development Agency to build and support African-American companies.
- Web courses taught by respected Black entrepreneurs on starting a business as qualifiers for small business grants.
- Low interest microloans to invest in approved business plans with flexible repayment terms.
- Millions of new, full-time jobs for the Black community.
- Immigration policy that protects local resources, ending the migrant encampments in urban areas.
- Increased trade school and college prep opportunities for our youth.