Food Friday: A local initiative helps Black women start food businesses

The YWCA Breedlove program helps Black women with education and funding to maintain successful businesses.

Breedlove Entrepreneurship Initiative, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Breedlove Entrepreneurship Initiative, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Food Friday: A local initiative helps Black women start food businesses

The YWCA Breedlove program helps Black women with education and funding to maintain successful businesses.

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A local initiative out of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago helps Black female entrepreneurs with funding and teaching the skills they need to succeed.

Reset hears from two of the program’s recent graduates about their food businesses.

GUESTS: Terri Evans, founder of Dockside Delivery

Genesis Bencivega, founder of Lorenzo’s Frozen Pudding

Robert Johnson, Chief Economic Inclusion Officer and General Counsel, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago