Shaheewa Jarrett Gelin, Esq.

300,000 jobs lost: Black women as collateral damage of the anti-DEI backlash

Broward County Black Chamber of Commerce /

This year, more than 300,000 Black women were removed from the U.S. workforce – pushed out by federal job cuts, targeted layoffs, and an aggressive rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion protections, regardless of talent or individual impact. This wasn’t a market correction.  It’s a deliberate reshaping of who gets to belong. As those jobs […]

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Closing Black health gaps through Black business innovation

Broward County Black Chamber of Commerce /

Black entrepreneurs are already deeply embedded in U.S. healthcare. This is a strategic advantage. More than 1 in 4 Black-owned employer firms operate in health care and social assistance, the single most common sector for Black businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest release, about 25.6% or approximately 49,872 firms. In the workforce, Black

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