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Dear Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A Black real estate developer in Pittsburgh has some advice for HUD Secretary-designate Marcia Fudge, a congresswoman from Ohio. Joshua Pollard, founder of mission-driven real estate investment firm Omicelo, has been homeless and on Section 8 vouchers – and the leader of the housing research team at Goldman Sachs. “Black Americans have no desire to remain only the recipients of affordable housing, we want to build it and support it,” Pollard writes in a guest post on ImpactAlpha. He urges the incoming head of HUD to take five actions to disrupt the multi-generational poverty that traps many Black families.Northern Arc Capital scores debt financing to serve India’s underbanked. The East India-based non-banking finance company provides access to debt for underbanked individual borrowers and micro- and small enterprises. The Asian Development Bank’s $40 million loan is part of its $20 billion COVID response package for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Northern Arc will use the financing to boost lending to affordable housing companies, small businesses, and other Indian borrowers.Bill Gates says the world (sort of) came together to fight COVID-19. Next up: Climate. "This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side,” Gates wrote last spring, as the enormity of the COVID challenge became clear. In a follow up post, the billionaire philanthropist says his "optimistic view that the world would come together to fight COVID-19 has largely turned out to be right (with some notable exceptions),” citing accelerated vaccine development and plans for equitable vaccine distribution. Gates says 2020's public, private and philanthropic collaboration paves the way for progress in 2021, “and not only the promise of getting the pandemic under control." Gates writes, “The world also has a chance to take concrete steps on one of the other great challenges of our time: climate change."Omidyar Network is looking for a principal for its Reimagining Capitalism work, in Washington D.C…. The Moringa Partnership/Fund seeks an impact manager in Paris… SustainCERT is hiring a head of research and innovations in Luxembourg… Capital Impact Partners has openings for a program intern in Detroit and a finance intern in Arlington, Va.Impact Briefing: Week of December 11thHost Monique Aiken chats with David Bank about science, and scientists – this week’s Agents of Impact.Impact Briefing: Week of December 4thHost Brian Walsh speaks with Dennis Price about ‘refugee lens’ investing – and other impact investment prototypes.Impact Briefing: Week of November 20thHost Monique Aiken recaps this week’s Agents of Impact Call on gender-smart investing and we go to South Africa to follow up with Secha Capital’s Kuhle Mnisi and Wukina’s Maureen Sibanda, this week’s Agents of Impact.Impact Briefing: Week of November 13thHost Brian Walsh and roundtable regulars Imogen Rose-Smith and David Bank explore what the presidential transition in the U.S. means for impact investing.Resilience is the New ROIRedavia Solar created a concessionary solar power program to continue attracting customersThe (impact) performance mindsetWhat on earth could connect 100 meter sprinting and impact measurement, two activities that, on the face of it, seem a world apart? ScientistsEarlier this week, 91-year-old Margaret Keenan in England received the first COVID-19 vaccination (yes, the second was an 81-year-old named William Shakespeare). That Kesha Cash, Impact America FundImpactAlpha, Oct. 30 – Two years ago, ImpactAlpha recognized Kesha Cash as an Agent of Impact for her cutting-edge investment thesis: the billion-dollar VotersImpactAlpha, Oct. 23 – That sound you hear: Tens of millions of early voters determined to have a voice in the country we Essential news and insights to keep you ahead of the curve on impact investing and sustainable finance.Dear Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A Black real estate developer in Pittsburgh has some advice for HUD Secretary-designate Marcia Fudge, a congresswoman from Ohio. Joshua Pollard, founder of mission-driven real estate investment firm Omicelo, has been homeless and on Section 8 vouchers – and the leader of the housing research team at Goldman Sachs. “Black Americans have no desire to remain only the recipients of affordable housing, we want to build it and support it,” Pollard writes in a guest post on ImpactAlpha. He urges the incoming head of HUD to take five actions to disrupt the multi-generational poverty that traps many Black families.Northern Arc Capital scores debt financing to serve India’s underbanked. The East India-based non-banking finance company provides access to debt for underbanked individual borrowers and micro- and small enterprises. The Asian Development Bank’s $40 million loan is part of its $20 billion COVID response package for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Northern Arc will use the financing to boost lending to affordable housing companies, small businesses, and other Indian borrowers.Bill Gates says the world (sort of) came together to fight COVID-19. Next up: Climate. "This is like a world war, except in this case, we’re all on the same side,” Gates wrote last spring, as the enormity of the COVID challenge became clear. In a follow up post, the billionaire philanthropist says his "optimistic view that the world would come together to fight COVID-19 has largely turned out to be right (with some notable exceptions),” citing accelerated vaccine development and plans for equitable vaccine distribution. Gates says 2020's public, private and philanthropic collaboration paves the way for progress in 2021, “and not only the promise of getting the pandemic under control." Gates writes, “The world also has a chance to take concrete steps on one of the other great challenges of our time: climate change."Omidyar Network is looking for a principal for its Reimagining Capitalism work, in Washington D.C…. The Moringa Partnership/Fund seeks an impact manager in Paris… SustainCERT is hiring a head of research and innovations in Luxembourg… Capital Impact Partners has openings for a program intern in Detroit and a finance intern in Arlington, Va.Last words of the year from ImpactAlphaSeason’s greetings, Agents of Impact! Each week this year, theImpactAlphateam has chosen a word with which to wrap a bit ofzeitgeistaround our Friday Join 70,000 professionals and influencers with exclusive ad-free access to series, special reports, deals, articles, podcasts, and more...Subscribe Now

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