Ursula Burns on COVID-19 impact
From Founder Series - "Lasting Impact" featuring Ursula Burns · · Impact X Capital
“The pandemic hit black and brown people and poor people worse than anyone else death rates economic impact everything also the requirement that they work these brown and black people and socioeconomically deprived people have suddenly become what we call necessary workers they've they have become the heart of keeping all of the rich people going and getting your food delivery delivered checking you out at the store going to the hospital and getting your gurney move all of these people who we ignored in the past who's what i call civil society ignored in the past have now become urgently necessary.”
On , Ursula Burns, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at XEROX HOLDINGS CORP, spoke about COVID-19 impact during Founder Series - "Lasting Impact" featuring Ursula Burns on Impact X Capital.
About Ursula Burns
Ursula Burns spoke at the Opportunity Network Gala on May 20, 2026. She reflected on her upbringing, describing her mother's advice to "keep looking around" and not let others define one's future. Burns attributed her own success to "a couple of interactions" that made the difference between contributing to society and becoming a "detractor." She urged students to pursue their goals aggressively, stating that "dreams belong to the people who push" and that success involves working through rejection and sacrifice rather than avoiding them.