The second installment in an economic series in Sonoma County will take place Wednesday and look at the challenges faced by and economic impacts of businesses owned by people who identify as Black, indigenous and people of color.

“Economic Perspective: BIPOC Impact” starts at 8 a.m. on Zoom and on Facebook. The event is free and is sponsored by the Sonoma County Economic Development Board, which helps businesses start, grow and relocate to Sonoma County.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.