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Illinois Small and Micro-business Online Roundtable in Response to COVID-19

About this event

Please join Senator Tammy Duckworth, Small Business Majority, and the Illinois SBDC Network to discuss the various resources available to small and micro-business owners in Illinois during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Topics include:

  • The efforts of the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • An overview of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
  • Navigating funding and avoiding predatory lending
  • How the Illinois SBDC network can help small business owners navigate their options

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    Tammy Duckworth Illinois Senator @ United States Senate

    Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Illinois Senator who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 after representing Illinois’s Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Tammy Duckworth is a veteran and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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    Small Business Majority

    Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners to ensure America's entrepreneurs are a key part of a thriving and inclusive economy.

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    Mark Petrilli Illinios State Director @ Illinois SBDC Network

    Mark Petrilli is the director of the Illinois SBDC Network of centers located throughout the state for informaiton, business guidance, training and other resources for small businesses. Illinois and nearly 1,000 centers nationwide are funded in part by the US Small Business Administration.

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    Geri Aglipay Senior Outreach Manager @ Small Business Majority

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    Loren Harris Chicago Director, Office of US Senator Tammy Baldwin @ United States Senate

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    Geri Aglipay Senior Manager, Midwest and Greater Chicago; National Manager, Women's Entrepreneurship @ Small Business Majortiy

    Geraldine “Geri” Sanchez Aglipay manages Small Business Majority's outreach, education and policy efforts in the Midwest region and Greater Chicago to enhance financial capacity, workforce, and infrastructure for small business and economic development.

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