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                              December 31, 2020

       Harold Ford, Jr.
       Chief Executive Officer
       Empowerment & Inclusion Capital I Corp.
       340 Madison Avenue
       New York, NY 10173

                                                        Re: Empowerment &
Inclusion Capital I Corp.
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed December 22,
2020
                                                            File No. 333-25161

       Dear Mr. Ford:

              We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comment. In our
       comment, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
       disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comment applies to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed December 22, 2020

       General

   1.                                                   We note your risk
factor discussion is greater than fifteen pages. Please revise to provide
                                                        a section with a series
of concise, bulleted or numbered statements that is no more than
                                                        two pages summarizing
the principal factors that make an investment in the registrant or
                                                        offering speculative or
risky. See Item 105(b) of Regulation S-K. Please also revise the
                                                        risk factors section
consistent with Item 105(a), including applicable headings.
 Harold Ford, Jr.
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Empowerment    & Inclusion Capital I Corp.
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              2020             & Inclusion Capital I Corp.
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        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

       You may contact Peter McPhun at 202-551-3581 or Wilson Lee at
202-551-3468 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Ronald (Ron) E. Alper at 202-551-3329 or Maryse Mills-Apenteng at
202-551-3457 with
any other questions.



                                                             Sincerely,

                                                             Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                             Office of Real
Estate & Construction
cc:      Elliott Smith