AMPLIFY TASK FORCE
Amplify Task Force is a volunteer-driven initiative that conceptualizes, promotes, represents, and advocates for minority economic development during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
TASK FORCE GOALS
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Create a system of working committees that function as think tanks for developing and periodically updating the strategic agenda for minority economic prosperity across the Carolinas.
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Help people and enterprises become more resilient so they effectively rebound and rise while receiving maximum benefits from economic stimuli and other recovery and economic programs, laws, regulations, and policies.
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Recommend specific strategies and actions for increasing intensive and broad-scale capital, infrastructure, technology, and other investments.
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Seek continued commitment from all sectors to address inequities and systemic discrimination that result in economic disparities.
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Promote programs, policies and initiatives that lead to recurring benefits (short and long-term) for minority-owned businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions, as well as initiate contact to minority-serving financiers.
TASK FORCE COMMITTEES
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Capital & Resources
Research, conceptualize, describe, and propose sources and uses of funds to finance, grow, and diversify MBEs and others -
Opportunities
Identify, market, capture, and match opportunities in corporate, public, private, and non-profit sectors for minorities -
Technology & Modernization
Review and recommend AI (artificial intelligence), virtual, visual, auditory, and other technologies to increase competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability -
Management & Operations
Review and recommend forward-thinking practices and policies in accounting, computing, and human resources for greater workforce development and diversity -
Public Policy & Regulations
Research, identify, respond to, inform, and educate the community on federal, state, and local legislation, regulation, and policies (proposed, pending, and passed)