Minority business advocates applaud Jaylen Brown for amplifying the cause

By: WGBH

Author: Chris Burrell

Congratulations to Celtics Jaylen Brown on the launch of his nonprofit, Boston Xchange (BXC), whose mission is to close the racial wealth gap in and around Boston. BXC will back entrepreneurs of color in the creative economy from design and music to fashion and the culinary arts. Thank you to Orlando Watkins of @bostonfdn for including us in this WGBH article alongside BECMA and he Asian Business Empowerment Council. Together we will continue to close the gap!

Orlando Watkins, vice-president at The Boston Foundation, cited the growth of several organizations already dedicated to addressing the huge racial wealth gaps — from the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts to Amplify Latinx and the Asian Business Empowerment Council. “What’s been born out of a lot of this work over the last six years is a pretty robust infrastructure, to serve BIPOC businesses,” Watkins said.

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