Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap | Afro

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Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap | Afro

By BlackPressUSA Visit Citi’s Action for Racial Equity site. New York via NNPA – Citi and the Citi Foundation today announced more than $1 billion in strategic initiatives to help close the racial wealth gap and increase economic mobility in the United States. Citi’s Action for Racial Equity is a comprehensive approach to 1) providing […]

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