By Jordan Maxwell
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Real Estate
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Jones will receive the award for expanding access to higher education, creating opportunities, and increasing access to capital for underrepresented founders, entrepreneurs, and fund managers.
Kwanza Jones has been announced as a 2023 SoLa Social Impact Award winner.
She will accept the SoLa Impact award at the SoLa Foundation‘s second-annual Sneakerball Gala and Fundraiser at the SoLa Beehive on Saturday, April 15. The event will feature SoLa inventors, community leaders, elected officials, celebrities, influencers and non-profit leaders from south Los Angeles.
“My personal motto is: own your power, live your purpose, be of service,” Kwanza Jones, co-founder and CEO of the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative, said in a statement. “It’s an honour to be honoured by a purpose-driven organization that serves so many. I applaud Martin Muoto and the SoLa Impact team. Their work is demonstrative of my belief that no one succeeds alone; sometimes you need a boost. I’m inspired to continue boosting and building for better.”
SoLa Impact is a portfolio of real estate funds focused on housing in Black and brown communities in Los Angeles and Southern California, with plans to distribute $1 billion in capital, a statement reads.
Jones will receive the award for expanding access to higher education, creating opportunities, and increasing access to capital for underrepresented founders, entrepreneurs, and fund managers.
The Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative has invested more than $150 million in Black and diverse founders, according to a statement. The organization supports causes that prevent the sexual exploitation and trafficking of young girls.
She is also the founder of Supercharged by Kwanza Jones, a media and professional networking company.
“SoLa Impact believes that conscious capital can uplift communities and change the course of people’s lives. So does Kwanza. Her work to support entrepreneurs, women, and minority owned ventures, along with her philanthropy has uplifted thousands of people. She has made a real and lasting impact in this world,” Martin Muoto, founder and CEO of SoLa Impact, said in a statement.