Business Equity for Indy (BEI) exists to help businesses take action and advance racial equity. We are bringing together business leaders, changing processes that no longer serve our community and creating measurable strategies that hold us accountable to make large-scale changes across our region. Over the past year, the global pandemic has challenged our community in ways that we did not think possible. While hardships caused by COVID-19 have affected us all, these impacts are felt unequally. Our Black neighbors and communities of color have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 in all its health-related, social, and economic impacts. Black populations and other people of color are experiencing one of the most tumultuous chapters in recent history, and we continue to see devastating racial disparities for individuals, families, and communities.

As business leaders, parents, children, friends, and human beings, we are strengthening our commitment to advance racial equity. We recognize that we play a vital role in removing barriers, reducing disparities, and expanding access. We have an extraordinary opportunity and responsibility to shift business behaviors that will help impact the quality of people’s lives while creating inclusive growth for a more equitable future.