About Us
Mission Statement
Our Mission is to empower black entrepreneurship in order to establish a stronger black community. Our goals are to inspire, develop, educate, promote and cultivate economic success in Southwest Louisiana
Our Values
Our chamber exists to deliver education and business opportunities/capital to our members. We value the relationship between Black Business and the Lake Charles area business community, we hope to foster a better relationship by:
- Sound Capital: Networking and Business Connections
- Business Capital: Business Education and Training
- Political Capital: Advocacy and Civic Engagement
Our Community
Due to Covid black businesses have declined but 40%. This has directly affected our community as a whole. We are in a dire situation and asking individuals and the business community to recognize this without taking action ourselves would be a lack luster approach to business and would undermine our ability to make things happen as we always have. This is the time for our community to network purposely, intentionally promote and provide the best service possible when given an opportunity. Going forward this should be our communities motto.
Executive Board Chairman
Parrish Burnett
Executive Board Vice-Chair
Jennifer Johnson-Chiasson
Executive Board Secretary
Dorothy Iles
Executive Board Treasurer
Alexius Williams
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Executive Board Member
Arthur Woodard