A downward trend in the job market is adversely affecting Black women nationwide, prompting a Twin Cities entrepreneur to plan a job fair.
More than 300,000 Black women were laid off or left the workforce by mid-summer, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Penny Houston is one of many Minnesotans impacted. She was laid off a year and a half ago after a 25-year career and multiple advanced degrees. Houston said she has been laid off before, but has never been out of a job this long…