Press Releases from Pacific Community Ventures (2 total)
Local Nonprofit Has A Three-Pronged Approach To Creating Jobs In America
As a child, Katia Essyad watched her mother, a Moroccan artisan, weave carpets. Years later, Essyad returned to her roots, opening the Casablanca Market, which sells home goods and accessories handmade by Moroccan artisans like her mom.
Essyad began small, with a tiny shop in California. But as she started connecting with artisans and forming relationships, her vision — and her business — grew. Eventually the shop expanded into an online…
Surdna Foundation, Pacific Community Ventures, and Opportunity Finance Network t …
The Surdna Foundation, Pacific Community Ventures, and Opportunity Finance Network will be convening a discussion of CDFI small business lenders at the Opportunity Finance Network Small Business Finance Forum on June 9th in Chicago to share approaches and identify collective steps for the CDFI industry to create quality jobs that are good for workers, businesses, and communities.
The session comes on the heels of the release of Moving Beyond…
