The first Black Entrepreneurs Day was held at the Minnesota State Capitol Friday. Black business owners filled the Capitol rotunda Friday morning to lobby lawmakers for more resources. New to the Capitol this year, production company owner Sheletta Brundidge organized the first Black Entrepreneurs Day event to help around 250 Black business owners connect directly with their representatives. "I didn’t realize that there were no active lobbyists or advocates for Black business owners at the Capitol,” Brundidge said. “We need to know what the budget surplus is and when they are going to make decisions, if we don’t know about stuff until it is already in the paper then it is too late." Black Entrepreneurs Day event organizer Sheletta Brundidge addresses a crowd of 250 Black business owners at the Capitol on Friday Feb. 3, 2023 Brundidge said Black-owned businesses struggled during the height of the pandemic, and now the state can help with some of its $17 billion budget surplus. “We know what our needs are,” Brundidge said. “It is so important that we continue to do events like this.” Gov. Tim Walz spoke at the event and addressed the state’s long history of deep racial economic disparities. […]
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