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Advocate. Empower. Convene.

Driving economic equity and prosperity for Massachusetts to achieve inclusive growth through advocacy, programming, and strategic partnerships that enable Black-owned businesses and Black communities to thrive.

Our 4 Pillars For Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Provide founders with the capital and services needed to launch and scale their ventures.

Placement

Placement

Place individuals into the highly skilled workforce and in decision-making roles on boards and commissions

Ownership

Ownership

Drive support for the purchase and retention of homes, and strengthen owners’ equity stakes in their enterprises

Commerce

Commerce

Bolster the ecosystem needed for buyers and sellers to effectively engage in the sale of goods and services

Our Mission

Who We Serve

The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) drives economic equity and prosperity for Massachusetts to achieve inclusive growth through advocacy, programming, and strategic partnerships that enable Black-owned businesses and Black communities to thrive.

 

Our Story

The organization was born out of the singular desire to solve a growing crisis. A group of committed community leaders organized a mass meeting after the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released “The Color of Wealth in Boston” report, which detailed the yawning racial wealth divide. That meeting, which took place at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester, rallied more than 700 Black Boston residents, all with a focus on solutions to the emergency that the report made plain. It was at this meeting and others that BECMA was born.

Our Partners

BECOME A MEMBER

Our membership community includes Black students and professionals, Black-owned businesses, and ally organizations such as non-profits, corporations, foundations, hospitals, universities, venture capital firms, insurance companies, and government agencies.

 

2023 MASS BLACK EXPO SPONSORS

Thanks to OUR FREDRICK DOUGLASS PRESENTING Sponsor
Thanks to Our CHRISTIANA C. BANNISTER Sponsor
Thanks to Our John james advocate Sponsors
Thanks to Our John Putnam Trailblazer Sponsors
Thanks to Our Melnea Cass Friend Sponsors
THANKS TO OUR John D. O'Bryant Patron SPONSORS

Cummings Foundation

MASS BLACK EXPO

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