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"A more diverse, talented workforce exposes your company to new people and new ideas...and it can help open new markets.”

“…banks continue to approach racial diversity and economic inequity as problems to be solved with charity – a cost…"

“We're going to figure out how to work toward and continue to lean in towards justice.”

The wealth gap is not an outcome based on the failures of an individual or their community but rather of 400 years of systemic exclusion.

“Millennials are more interested in not only working for a place that has a ping-pong table, but working for a place that has a set of values.”

"Today more than ever...Americans are loudly asking, how do we create a more fair, equitable union?"

“We're an exceptional state. We're a wealthy state. Our numbers should look better than they do.”

"'Sankofa.' It's a West African saying...It means 'Go back and get it,' take what is needed from history in order to move forward successfully."

"Without centering the value of Black contributions to our economy, economic equity in our country will be nothing more than a good intention."

A panel of Black mayors spoke at an MIT Sloan online panel focused on how leaders can help create inclusive innovation economies.