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This video is from the August 23rd Power Players event featuring David Gilbert, president & CEO of The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission; president & CEO of Positively Cleveland. Sports’ impact on the regional economy was the topic of the day. It’s not just the big three — Indians, Browns and Cavaliers — that drive revenue in the region and positively impact the economy. There are a slew of collegiate, amateur, minor league and specialty events that together generate hundreds of millions of dollars each decade to Northeast Ohio’s economy. Gilbert talked about Olympic trials, NCAA tournaments and the like. The event was sponsored by Anthem, Skylight Financial, Great Lakes Integrated, Skoda Minotti, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Sammy’s and Positively Cleveland.

Tribal women seek access to India’s only all women’s market in Manipur. Achungmei Kamei lives in Imphal – a town in the North East India that has India’s only market where all the shops are owned, run and controlled by women. The market started in the late 19th century as an initiative of the local women to become financially independent and today, over 3000 women earn a livelihood here by selling a variety of goods and commodities that include food products, clothes and furniture. As a woman who has to support and earn for 2 siblings and elderly parents, Achungmei finds the women entrepreneurs of the market very inspiring. However, as a tribal woman she also feels sad of the fact that women from her own tribal community still do not have a place in this market. The reason is, the tribal women usually live in villages that are far from the city. The non-tribal women, on the other hand, live within the town and are quicker to apply and reserve their space when allotment of shops begins. Currently, the market runs from a bamboo structure. But this week the government has opened 2 new buildings where the women will shift their stalls. Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India’s ruling party, inaugurated these buildings. During her visit Sonia received several tribal women who pleaded with her to allow them access to the market. These women are organic farmers who have been selling their products to wholesale retailers until now. But Achungmei says that …

Bantu interviewing women business owners of Kenyatta Market video by harvesttone

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In stark contrast to popular belief, women of the African Diaspora have engaged in economic and leadership activities throughout the course of history. Black women around the world draw from a tradition of thousands of years of strategies that have enabled them to face and conquer the challenges of life as women of color. And yet today, black women are marginalized by an economic and financial community still dominated by white men. In Market Women, educator, activi… More >>

Market Women: Black Women Entrepreneurs: Past, Present, and Future

I run a small business selling women’s celebrity-style acceossories. I need to find out who my specific target audience is and I’ve got some research to do. I’ve already put up a survey on my site and I’ve got results from 55 women so far but the information is not enough. I need MORE results than that. What resources can I look into for information on my target market (whom I can’t define, just yet)?