At The Guardian Summit in March in New Orleans, Community Builders of Kansas City’s Emmet Pierson, Jr., was on hand to explore investment opportunities in entrepreneurship, economic mobility and policy in order to close the racial wealth gap and design more inclusive economies for communities of color.
Along with more than 100 leaders and executives, Pierson attended sessions on improving and accelerating communities by being “ruthless” guardians of wealth, power, economy, education, technology and more, delivered by national leaders of foundations, funds and advocacy non-profits.
“I was honored to participate and want to thank The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for sponsoring the event which enabled me to attend,” said Pierson. “CBKC strives to level the playing field in our community every day so the ideas presented at the summit were both empowering and inspiring. We are and will continue to be even more ruthless guardians of our community.”
The summit was presented by Camelback Ventures, which aims to create a more diverse social innovation ecosystem that leverages the genius of all people. It identifies local leaders with promising ideas and empowers them to enact change within their communities through initiatives that provide coaching, capital, connections, community and curriculum.