TechCrunch has stored readers knowledgeable concerning Fearless Fund’s courtroom battle to supply enterprise grants to Black girls. At the moment, we’re glad to announce that Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone will converse on the Disrupt 2024 Builders Stage in a hearth chat discussing her group’s battle for racial fairness.
Fearless Fund was sued final August by the American Alliance for Equal Rights, which alleged that the group racially discriminated in opposition to non-Black founders as a result of it provided a grant for companies owned by Black girls. This June, an appeals courtroom dominated that Fearless Fund’s enterprise grant doubtless violates Part 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and has banned the grant’s deployment indefinitely.
Fearless Fund is one among many organizations going through the warmth for having applications centered on variety, fairness, and inclusion. Because of this, the way forward for many of those initiatives is unsure. However the battle isn’t over but. Be part of us for a hearth chat about what occurs when civil rights involves enterprise capital, solely at this yr’s Disrupt.
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