The Harlem Business Alliance (HBA), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit established in 1980, creates environments and opportunities that produce successful entrepreneurs and creates jobs for local residents. HBA is dedicated to enriching the local business community, with an emphasis on black owned businesses through education, support and advocacy. We believe local businesses create better communities and we inspire Black entrepreneurs to grow their roots not just locally but globally.
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The Business of Cannabis: Virtual 2-Day Summit 2021
Event News, HBA EventsAmmanuel Baptist Chuch & Women Grow The Business of Cannabis: Virtual 2-Day Summit 2021 February 19 & 20, 2021 Speaker: Regin L Smith, Executive Director: Harlem Business Alliance Session: Adult-use Legalization in New York & New Jersey, Will it pass? REGISTER NOW: http://thebusinessofcannabis2021.eventbrite.com
Get Certified: M/WBE Certification Workshop
Education, HBA EventsJoin HBA on February 12 at 9:00am for a webinar on the MWBE certification process. A link will be sent out to those who have RSVP’d as we approach the webinar date. This session will not be recorded, so be sure to join on time! Doing work with the city & not certified? You’re missing out! It’s […]
Op-Ed: Changing the Face of Cannabis Ownership: A 6-Point Plan for Black Equity in the Industry
Cannabis, HBA in the News, Regina in the NewsBy Regina Smith – 3/13/2019 Oakland, Calif., native Tucky Blunt was arrested 15 years ago for an $80 marijuana sale that ended up changing the trajectory of his life. He was slapped with 10-year felony probation, legally giving law enforcement officials the agency to search him at any time. Years later, the 39-year-old turned lemons into […]
Op-Ed: Locked Up and Locked Out: How to Ensure New York’s Black Communities Get Their Share of the Marijuana ‘Green Rush’
Cannabis, HBA in the News, Regina in the NewsBy Regina Smith – 1/10/2019 While Corvain Cooper sits in a prison cell in California facing a life sentence for marijuana-related charges, he is dealing with the reality that he may never be reunited with his family again or get a second chance at life outside of prison. Nearly 3,000 miles away in Atlanta, Robert Stovall was sentenced to […]
CNN: Harlem is fighting to save its remaining Black-owned businesses
COVID-19, HBA in the Newshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/business/harlem-black-businesses/index.html By Chauncey Alcorn CNN Business New York (CNN Business)Black-owned businesses in Harlem, the New York neighborhood synonymous with Black culture and history, were scarce even before the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to shutter indefinitely. Now the area’s business leaders, who have been battling gentrification for years, fear the community may never be the same […]
FREE Coaching Sessions from the Harvard Business School Club of NY’s Rebuild & Recover Team
Education, Event News, Partner News, Program NewsHBSCNY is continuing its support for Harlem small businesses with three more coaching sessions next week. This set of sessions will be focused on Sales & Marketing, and will be held on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, each starting at 10 AM. Sales & Marketing 1 (Monday 8/10 at 10 AM): Sign up here: Monday 10 […]
Harvard Business School Club of NY Small Business Coaching Sessions
Education, Event News, Partner News, Program NewsThe Harvard Business School Club of NY (HBSCNY) is pleased to announce their second set of coaching sessions and hope those of you who attended the first round of sessions found them helpful. They will have three sessions next week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, each starting at 10 AM. Their goal is to continue […]
Leveling The Playing Field – Green Revolution
Cannabis, HBA EventsCrafting the NYS Cannabis Legislation to Create Economic, Criminal, and Healthcare Restorative Justice through Entrepreneurship. Attorney Debra Haskins will share some of the list of things to consider when starting and growing a cannabis business. On July 2nd, 2020 6PM- 7PM Our Distinguishes Panel of Guests Include: Senator Brian Benjamin NYS Senator Harlem District NYS-30 […]
Harlem World Magazine Op-Ed: From Black Wall Street To Today, It’s Time To Address The Systematic Devastation Of Black-Owned Businesses
HBA in the News, Regina in the NewsBy Regina Smith Ninety-nine years ago this month, a murderous, racist mob looted and torched Black Wall Street, decimating Tulsa’s once-thriving African-American business district. Known as “Little Africa,” the city’s Greenwood neighborhood was replete with its own banks, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, clothing boutiques – and not to mention upscale homes. This orgy of violence […]
CNN: The Black Lives Matter movement is driving customers to Black-owned businesses. Owners worry it won’t last.
Economic, HBA in the News, PoliticsBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN Sales at designer Roslyn Karamoko’s upscale boutique on Detroit’s main business thoroughfare already had started to slow before Covid-19 hit and shut down Michigan’s economy. In mid-March, she shuttered her store, Détroit is the New Black, and sent home her five employees, believing she might never reopen. “Then, came Black Lives […]