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The National Alliance for Black Business To

Launch Equity and Inclusion Score Card

The newly formed National Alliance for Black Businesses
(NAAB) announced the launch of The Black Business Equity In August the League announced the
and Inclusion (BBEI) Score Card to ensure accountability in launch of Black Economic Freedom Movement
the public and private sector of the marketplace. to help transition 1 Million Black businesses into
The Black Business Equity and Inclusion Score Card the digital economy by 2028.
will be released at the February 2023 NABB National State Charles H. DeBow III, President/CEO of
of Black Business Conference in Washington, D.C. during the NBCC, added: “The National Business
Black History Month. It will make public entities that suc- League (1900) and the National Black Cham-
cessfully provide equitable opportunities for Black businesses. ber of Commerce (1993) represent 151 years
According to Fortune magazine, a new study found much of service to Black businesses. We collectively
of the $50 billion American corporations pledged to Black believe that business is a science that produces
communities following the murder of George Floyd in 2020 success.
has yet to materialize.
The National Business League (NBL) and the National The NBL and NBCC share both histori-
Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), the nation’s oldest cal and platform principles with origins steeped
and largest Black trade associations, late September came in rich legacies as champions of industry and
together to form the NABB. commerce. The geneses of the National Alli-
Nonprofit, nonpartisan, and an independent federation ance for Black Business are to unify a collabo-
of Black business organizations and allies, NBAA will func- rative vision and sustain Black communities
tion as a unified authority to represent, research, educate, pro- nesses of all sizes and races to achieve its greatest potential. But, as of through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activ-
mote, and advocate for Black business equity throughout the today, Black businesses in America and throughout the globe continue to ity, both domestic and abroad. Our definition
United States and the Pan-African Diaspora. remain at the bottom of the economic spectrum,” declared NBL President of success will be measured by those we serve.”
The World Conference of Mayors, which has long pro- and CEO Kenneth L. Harris, Ph.D. The NABB will work with several key part-
moted and facilitated Black economic development, was the “Exclusion is a bad economic policy, and it is time that Black organi- ners to help structure the organization and pro-
first organization to join the alliance. zations unite to hold the public and private sector accountable by measuring vide relevant research and data while making
“Booker T. Washington believed that the U.S. economy’s their Black contracting and procurement spending success. This is one of the proper market linkages to effectively drive
roots in the free market require the full participation of busi- the core platform reasons why the NABB was formed, to produce a Black the success of Black businesses in both America
business equity and inclusion score card that will effectively move the needle.” and around the world.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Power & Praise Ministries Fayetteville Cumberland County

302 Moore Street* Fayetteville, NC 28301 Ministerial Council, Inc.
“For nothing will be impossible with God. Luke 1:37 www.fayettevillemincouncil.org
Sunday Wednesday Be Hold, how good and how

Morning Worship Service Bible Study pleasant it is for brethren to
10:15 a.m. (7:00pm ) dewell together in unity!
Sunday School -10am PSALM 133.1
Wednesday Sunday Service - 11:00am FellowshipBreakfast
Study on Wednesday Meets Every 3rd
(S.O.W.) 6:30 p.m. Transportation Available Saturday 8:00am
Church Solid Rock Bible Church
5464 Muscat Road
WIDU 1600 AM Rev. Dr. Fredrick Culbreth (910) 565-3022 Hope Mills, NC 28348
Radio Broadcast Senior Minister POC Yvonnie Hodges
Sunday at 10a.m. Sr. Pastor Secretary (910)797-5879 *424-9444
(910) 483-6505 Bishop Dr. Jenson McFadden (910) 850-6795 Apostle Georgia Walker
Pastor Dr. Doretha McFadden Any Minister of the Christian
President
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Faith
Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid Abundant Life Church of God

2700 Murchison Road *Fayetteville NC 28301 220 Pelt Drive * Fayetteville, NC 28301
All are invited and welcome!

Friday Prayer
(Jumuah) 1:30 PM
Sunday Public Lecture

1:30 PM
Sunday
www.masjidomaribnsayyid.org
Morning
Monthly Food Worship
(10:00am)
Imam Bobby Thomas Distribution Sunday School Bishop J C Monroe, Jr
Founder & Pastor
(910) 488-7322 3rd Saturday 9:00 AM (9:00am) Facecooklive
WIDU 1600 Radio Broadcast Saturday 2:30 pm Wednesday Night - Family Training Hour (7:00pm)

Heal The Land Outreach Ministries

414 Hall Street * Fayetteville, NC 28301

Sunday Morning Prayer

10:45- 11:00 am
Rev. Christoppher Stackhouse
Morning Worship - 11:00 am

Christian Education
1st & 3rd Wednesday: 7:30pm
Joy Night Church Phone Bishop Larry O. Wright, Sr.
2nd & 4th Wednesday: 7:30 pm (910) 491-0738 Elect Lady Minister Deborah Wright
Pastor & Founder