We’re on CNN and Univision!
July 23rd, 2009 by Matt Royles in Breaking News, Stories from the Field
In the last 24 hours, segments featuring ACCION USA clients ran on two major television outlets, CNN and Univision. Our phone lines and website stand ready to take inquiries from underserved microentrepreneurs who are hearing about ACCION USA for the first time, thanks to this great national coverage!
Here are links to the online videos:
- Univision’s “Primer Impacto” covered Oscar and Elizabeth Amador, who used an ACCION USA microloan to build their Miami-based small business, On-time Delivery Service, Inc.
- CNN’s “American Morning” profiled ACCION USA client Lucy Valena, owner of Boston’s Voltage Coffee. Lucy is one of the first recipients of a loan through our program with the Boston Beer Co., Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream.
Between today’s coverage, last month’s widespread reporting on ACCION USA’s new partnership with Kiva.org, and scores of newspaper stories about microentrepreneurs, we are clearly breaking new ground in the mainstream media’s awareness of U.S. microfinance. That can only be good news for microentrepreneurs across the country in need of a loan.