In May 2020, amid widespread uproar following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others, Tara Vargas Wallace decided to start Amplify POC Cape Cod, a racial justice initiative that helps bolster the work of businesses owned by people of color (POC) on the Cape.

Ms. Vargas Wallace, a Yarmouth Port resident who previously lived in Hyannis, recently spoke with the Enterprise about Amplify’s past, present and future.

Outrage over the deaths in 2020, she said, was coupled with a desire to support the Black community—and one idea that stuck was supporting Black-owned businesses. People looked to her for a local list of such businesses.

For years, Ms. Vargas Wallace has been involved with several social justice groups including the Cape Cod chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Martin Luther King Jr. Action Team.

Read the full article from The Enterprise here.