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Mission Statement

Our Mission

To identify and increase economic development opportunity for African American and other
minority groups. This mission shall also be inclusive to our military veteran population in
Riverside County.

Our Goals

To increase the number and the success of African American and minority businesses in
Riverside County, while developing a pipeline of future entrepreneurs through better
education and healthier holistic habits for better outcome.

Overview

The Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce (RCBCC) is more than an organization
for just businesses, it’s an integral part of the economic development fiber of our
community. When we speak of economic development we mean more then
entrepreneurship. Although entrepreneurship is vital to many of our programs, we
understand that the creation of jobs and the securing of these jobs is really what economic
development is all about. Money has to flow into our communities for our community to
truly prosper. Membership is open to all individuals, seniors and youths, organizations and
groups or associations that support our mission, along with business owners.

RCBCC serves to create, identify or expand economic development opportunities for African
American and minority businesses. We also provide financial tools and information for
economic empowerment to both the business owner and the individual. We produce
workshops, training, seminars, mixers and the distribution of pertinent information to our
members in as many ways as we can. We are committed to using both traditional and
innovative strategies to empower our community to overcome historical business and
financial obstacles, such as access to capital, capacity building and getting our share of
contacts.

The Chamber is also working to establish and insure a vital ongoing community connection.
Our participation, education and enrollment of those needing quality affordable health care
provided by Covered California is just one part of our goal to keep our community
connected. We advocate for African-American and minority owned businesses, veterans,
contracts and vendors to secure lucrative business opportunities.

It is the chambers belief that “together we can do more” which is our membership
represents all facets of our community.