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The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corp., also referred to as UMEZ, is a non-profit organization that seeks to revitalize economically deprived communities by using public funds and tax incentives as catalysts for private investment. UMEZ’s mission is to sustain the economic revitalization of all communities of Upper Manhattan ...
The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization ( YLO) or Young Lords Party ( YLP ), was a Chicago -based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. [2] [3] The group aimed to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-determination for Puerto Rico, Latinos, and colonized ("Third World") people. [4]
The MinKwon Center for Community Action is a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of the Korean American community in New York City. First established as YKASEC in 1984, the MinKwon Center is based in Flushing, Queens, which has a large Korean population. MinKwon focuses in particular on reaching marginalized community members, such as ...
Empowerment zone. Within United States federal legislation, an empowerment zone is an economically distressed community eligible to receive tax incentives and grants from the United States federal government under the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Act of 1993. [1]
Former CEO of Hispanic empowerment group El Centro Inc. named next KCK chief of staff ... a social service organization operating in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, on June 30 after 10 years of ...
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based payment processing and technology provider. Founded in 1997, Heartland Payment Systems' last headquarters were in Princeton , New Jersey. [ citation needed ] An acquisition by Global Payments , expected to be worth $3.8 billion [2] or $4.3 billion [3] was finalized on April 25, 2016.
The Affordable Connectivity Program, which Congress created with $14.2 billion through the bipartisan infrastructure law, provided qualifying households with a subsidy of $30 a month to help pay ...
Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.