The network
Members
The people in the room. What they build, what they can help with, and what they are looking for right now.
The first profiles set the tone.
Nobody has joined yet, which means whoever writes the first ten decides what this room is for. A profile here is not a résumé — it is one line other people can act on.
Add your profile- What you buildOne sentence a stranger could repeat to someone else.
- What you can help withThe thing people should come to you for.
- What you need right nowThe ask somebody in here could actually answer.
The rooms that already have people in them
Profiles here are new. These are the national bodies with chapters in most cities, which is the fastest way to be in a room of Black professionals this month.
National Black MBA AssociationNBMBAACareer and enterprise network with chapters across the country, a large annual conference, and a pitch competition that puts real money into Black-owned companies.1970National Urban LeagueEconomic empowerment through nearly a hundred local affiliates, including entrepreneurship centers offering business training and help getting to capital.1910100 Black Men of AmericaMentoring, education and economic empowerment through local chapters. If you are looking for where to put your time, this is a chapter-level ask.1963National Coalition of 100 Black WomenNCBWAdvocacy and leadership development for Black women, organized in chapters, with a long focus on economic empowerment and health.NAACPThe oldest and largest civil rights organization in the country, organized through local branches — which is usually the part that matters if you want to do something where you live.1909
Links, not partnerships — none of these organizations have been contacted. All eighteen institutions.