Minority Business Expo
To showcase minority businesses throught the Inland Empire

Urban Influence Magazine is a joint venture between T. Brown Publishing and the National Urban League. Urban Influence Magazine is designed to extend the message of the National Urban League throughout its membership and beyond, while addressing relevant issues of emerging urban influencers.

Marc Morial, president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League says, “We must begin to reach out to a new generation of community and socially conscious young men and women in order to move this organization and our community forward. Urban Influence Magazine will serve as the key communication vehicle to reach this critical audience.”

Tamara M. Brown, publisher of Urban Influence Magazine, says, “The response to Urban Influence Magazine confirms what we believed at its inception – that the guard is changing and we need a publication that is reflective of the substance and influence of new leaders.”

The California Black Health Network (CBHN) is the oldest and largest organization of African American public health professionals in California. CBHN was organized in 1978 as a collaborative arrangement with the Bay Area Black Consortium for Quality Health Care, the Black Health Leadership Council of Los Angeles, and the San Diego Black Health Associates. In 1982, CBHN was formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. We are now comprised of six local chapters and three affiliate; the Bay Area Black Health Consortium for Quality Health Care; the Black Health Leadership Council of Los Angeles; the San Diego Black Health Associates, the Sacramento Black Health Network, and the Inland Empire African American Health Consortium. A recent addition to the North County African American Health Consortium.

The San Diego Urban Economic Corporations mission is to
EDUCATE, ADVOCATE, & ACCELERATE
economic parity in underserved-underutilized communities.

The Vision - The San Diego Urban Economic Corporation is committed to be a leading advocate for the economic empowerment, advancement, and education of African American communities in the San Diego region by implementing and maintaining programs and services that promote youth entrepreneurship, training, and business to business development, and affordable housing with a major focus on the use of technology. The San Diego Urban Economic Corporation is also committed to building coalitions and collaborations with other organizations committed to enhancing the quality of life in the San Diego region.

Welcome to the world's most technologically enhanced Minority Business information and resource service. Providing advanced methods for marketing, supporting and growing Minority & Women Owned Businesses. Originally conceived in the fall of 1995 to centralized the efforts of organizations, associations and groups committed to the minority business community.

The Internet's World Wide Web is changing the way that we do business and communicate with each other. It is the new standard of the day and provides business owners with an excellent opportunity to expand their enterprises. MBNet.com is now one of the premier resources for Minority Business Activity on the Internet with 40% visiting from more than 42 countries.

We provide major corporations, government agencies & small businesses with an online directory of minority business enterprises. We provide minority businesses with a directory of M/WBE contacts of corporations & government agencies. We are committed to the success of the minority business community!

Our mission is simple! To serve as the primary resource for the minority business community on the World Wide Web. To assist in marketing minority/women owned businesses directly to thousands of corporate buyers, government agencies, and other minority business enterprises, as well as, millions of internet users.

MISSION
To build economic wealth and opportunity
for Latino Business Entrepreneurs

VISION
To be the leading Latino business membership association by delivering innovative programs and services that enhance the success and growth of Latino entrepreneurs.

HISTORY
Established in 1976 as a private non-profit organization, the LBA is the country’s largest Latino business entity by virtue of total active membership and overall outreach to Latino business owners. This year, LBA celebrates 30 years of commitment and economic impact by creating business growth, providing advocacy and business education. In 1998, the LBA established a non-profit 501©(3) Institute (LBAI), generating millions of dollars in procurement and business loans since its inception.

STRATEGY
Our strategy revolves around being a "learning organization" that leverages innovative, visionary thinking. One that embraces transformational change that allows us to foresee economic trends, so that we are able to take advantage of opportunities and maneuver quickly. This allows us to develop and modify our programs and services to better fit the needs of our members businesses.

STRUCTURE
The LBA is governed by an elected Board of Directors, which includes the Executive Committee comprised of the Chairman of the Board, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. The LBA also has a 15 -member Board of Trustees/Corporate Advisory Board, which are executives serving from America’s most prestigious corporations serving in an advisory role to the governing Board of Directors.

The LBA membership represents a diverse cross-section of businesses and industries such as attorney and accounting services, advertisers, architectural designers, banks, financial service providers, education institutions, engineers, healthcare providers, HR & Management Consultants, entertainment, media & PR firms, event planners, food & beverage companies, industrial, insurance agencies, investment firms, mortgage & lending institutions, software development, film production studios, international distributors, construction companies, importers/exporters, retailers, manufactures, non profit organizations, other Chambers of Commerce, restaurants with catering, Web site designers, – to name a few.

The LBA also has a number of committee's to facilitate its operational and functional aspects. LBA members are encouraged to join us in volunteering on one of our LBA Committees. Please feel free to call us 213/628-8510 and we will direct your interest to the appropriate LBA chairperson. The benefits of serving on one of our LBA committees are: helping to make a difference for all Latino businesses, leadership and speaking skills development, networking, and using your creativity and skills to help lead the way in creating new business opportunities for all members.

The National Women's Business Council (NWBC), sponsor of womenbiz.gov, is a bi-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. Members of NWBC are prominent women business owners and leaders of women's business organizations.

NWBC’s mission is to promote bold initiatives, policies, and programs designed to support women's business enterprises at all stages of development in the public and private sector marketplaces—from start-up to success to significance. We are committed to:

Conducting research on issues of importance to women business owners and their organizations
Communicating these findings widely
Connecting the members of the women's business community to one another and to public policy makers
Providing a platform for change in order to expand and improve opportunities for women business owners and their enterprises

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. We recognize that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace. Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

Established in 1967, CHARO Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3) community-based nonprofit
organization. CHARO's mission is to be an economic catalyst, providing quality services and innovative
programs for the economic advancement of the underserved Los Angeles Latino community. All services
are provided in a bilingual/bicultural environment.