Black Business and Community Economic Empowerment Congress
June 20, 2009, from 8:30 am at Macedonia Church (600 Eisenhower Pkwy.)

The full day program is a groundbreaking effort by community leaders to facilitate dialogue, offer solutions and foster alliances that will improve economic growth and help stabilize business. This pivotal event will be held at Macedonia Baptist Church in Macon, GA (click for directions) from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. Participants will be provided a continental breakfast and lunch. Please read the News Release for full information.

The registration fee for the Black Business and Community Economic Empowerment Congress is $25. You may register online or by mail:

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Open and print this form, fill it in and mail with your check to:

Black Business Congress
P.O. Box 1013
Macon, GA 31202

Vision/Mission/Values & Goals of the Local Congress on the
State of Black Business

Vision:

1. To help African Americans build intergenerational wealth
2. To help the Local Community and State of Georgia recognize the asset value of African American businesses and their contributions to the entire community.
3. To help make African American businesses the #1 employer of African Americans

Mission:

To develop, articulate and cause methodologies and measures that assure public and accurate visibility of the valuable contributions that African American consumers and businesses alike make to the Local Community and GA’s economic success.  By doing so, they may be highly perceived as a community investment providing an attractive ROI.

Values:

1. Support the provision of the highest quality services and products at all times
2. Support, sustain and grow the economic value of African American businesses to the community
3. Support ways of creating intergenerational wealth
4. Support the employment of community residents and other contributions to the general health and welfare of the Local community
5. Support the education of the African American consumer, business owners and resource organizations
6. Support the utilization of community resources and organizations as partners in the process

Goal 2007-2010

Cause an Investment in Black businesses through an increase/shift in Black spending by consumers, Black businesses and Black organizations by 5% annually  and Black businesses, in turn, to contribute an additional 5% toward Local community organizations

• Develop ways to enlist local resources to assist Black businesses improve customer satisfaction
• Educate Black consumers, business owners and organizations on the economic value created throughout the entire community by the Black community and its businesses