USBC – Los Angeles Sentinel

New ways to support Black-owned businesses

Jewel Burks, Head of Google for Startups U.S.August 12, 2020

Starting today, merchants in the U.S. with a verified Business Profile on Google can add a Black-owned business attribute to their profile, making it easier for customers to find and support them. As part of our $300 million commitment to support underrepresented entrepreneurs, we’re also integrating the attribute into the digital skills training programs we offer Black business owners through Grow with Google Digital Coaches. And through Google for Startups Accelerator for Black Founders, we’re starting our work with the first cohort of 12 startups.

Celebration of Life News

IN MEMORIAM: Black Business Advocate Aubry L. Stone Remembered

Genoa Barrow, Sacramento ObserverDecember 6, 2018

Stone and five others created the California Black Chamber of Commerce in 1995 with the mission of providing programs and services to strengthen Black ownership and business opportunities throughout the state.

National News News (Business)

The U.S. Black Chambers Named Distinguished Advocate of the Year

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 26, 2016

Each year MBDA honors “Champions of Minority Business Development” through its National MED Week.

Business Economy National News

‘Black on Black Economics’: Black Male Entrepreneurs Make Strategic Deposit in Black-owned Bank

Hazel Trice EdneyDecember 23, 2015

In a strategic effort to continue the movement of “Black-on-Black economics” – circulating dollars in the Black community to every extent possible – a group of Black male entrepreneurs led by the U.S. Black Chambers Inc. (USBC) has opened accounts with the D.C.-based Black-owned Industrial Bank. “In order for there to be a strong Black America, you must have strong Black businesses. In order for there to be strong Black businesses, we must have strong Black banks. So, from my standpoint, this is just a reciprocation for what Industrial Bank has done for our communities for the last 80 years,”