Big & Bold Ideas
What can be done to realize the possibilities of our global Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) entrepreneurial communities? How do we fulfill the potential and the promise of every community economic ecosystem in the world, specifically those that are underrepresented economically? DGEP believes it takes three things: Visionary and Bold Leadership; Innovative Partnerships; and Reparative Justice for Past, Present, and Future Generations.
Visionary & Bold Leadership
We bring bold effort to those left out of the economic ecosystem, even when those efforts are not sure things. To permanently dismantle systematic racial inequity, we need our best practices to be even better. We need our community innovation to be even more innovative. Reparative Justice for Past, Present, and Future Generations.
Innovation Partnership
We find ways to bring people to the table who understand the difficulty of the racial equity work ahead, but love it enough to do that work. Yet, people who do not always seek the easy answer. The easiest answer is not always the best answer. It will take public, private, nonprofit and community partnerships. It will take university, city, county, police, sheriff, school system, neighborhoods, and others coming together for collective action towards collective achievement.
Reparative Justice For Past/Present Generation
When we talk about equity, we are talking about capital. “Reparations” is defined as “the making of amends for a wrong one has done or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.” It is “the act of repairing something.” The repair that is needed is one to rebuild economic ecosystems that have been systematically destroyed, underdeveloped, and disinvested. That repair includes capital to scale underrepresented businesses. BIPOC businesses can start but they do not grow.