Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities: Building Economic Empowerment Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

We’ll be focusing on unpacking the $2T Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors Act (CHIPS) and what they mean for disadvantaged business enterprises.

Together, we’ll reimagine these Acts relative to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies. Similar legislation passed over the last 50 years has been saddled with racial obstacles that did not allow them to penetrate historically underserved communities. These Acts carry with them inherent economic and social promise, and we will talk about how these laws could set the stage for viable vehicles to sustainable community reinvestment.