by transformative25 | Jun 28, 2023
Interview with Betty Francisco; CEO of Boston Impact Initiative Fund II (BII Fund II) Jen: How was the Boston Impact Initiative Fund II Created? Betty: BII (founded by Deborah Frieze) launched BII Fund II to continue addressing the racial wealth divide in...
by transformative25 | Jun 26, 2023
Interview with Adriana Abizadeh; Executive Director of Kensington Corridor Trust Jen: How was the Kensington Corridor Trust created? Adriana: Our four founding partners came together to envision economic redevelopment of the Kensington Avenue commercial corridor...
by transformative25 | Jun 20, 2023
Interview with Havell Rodrigues; CEO/Co-Founder of New Majority Capital Management Inc. Jen: How was the New Majority Capital Fund Created? Havell: George Floyd’s murder compelled us as founders to think about what we can do to address racial injustice and...
by transformative25 | Jun 14, 2023
Interview with Dion Cook; CEO of Denkyem Co-op Jen: How was Denkyem Co-op Created? Dion: Denkyem was created to address the financing challenges facing Black-owned businesses. Dion Cook & Rudy Gadre believed that entrepreneurship was the most accessible vehicle...
by transformative25 | May 23, 2023
Interview with Sabrina Wu and Yichen Feng, Co-Directors and Co-Founders of LUNAR Fund Jen: How was the Lunar Fund created? Yichen and Sabrina: We created LUNAR as a community building and investment vehicle for Asian American solidarity and participation in the...
