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The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, (NAREB), is a Real Estate Professional trade organization. We have local chapters across the country who embrace our ideals and mission of “promoting democracy in housing”. While our name suggests an organization of Real Estate Brokers, it is a professional real estate organization which includes membership from multiple disciplines in the real estate industry. We welcome professionals in all areas of real estate to join us and help promote our mission.
Our national goal is to bring together the nation’s minority professionals in the real estate industry to promote the meaningful exchange of ideas about our business and how best to serve our clientele. We strive to create an environment where creativity flourishes in both the workplace and the marketplace.
To service our target market, we ensure training and educational opportunities are available to our entire membership across the many disciplines we represent, providing certifications and special designations in many areas of interest. Our ability to professionally service our client base is the foundation by which we operate.
Our organization was founded in 1947, making it the oldest minority professional trade association in America. It was formed out of a need to secure the right to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or color. Since its inception, we have participated in meaningful challenges and legislative activities, to establish fair housing for all.
The local founders of NAREB-TC went to work and begin to engage other professionals of like minds and that were committed to the core values of advocacy, activism and action. Over the years the membership and movement of NAREB-TC grew moving towards creating equitable homeownership within the Twin Cities region.
Today the work still moves forward, making progress one day at a time to educate families and support them getting on their path to homeownership and wealth.
The Minneapolis / St Paul Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) has been in existence since the 1980s with the goal of serving minorities in or planning to enter the areas of accounting, finance, information technology, and other business related fields. Over the last 20+ years, our organization has strived to provide avenues through which our members can develop their technical and "soft" skills, give back to the community by volunteering their time or talents, and determine ways to remain relevant in light of our ever-changing community.
The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) is one of the premier professional organizations in the nation. NABA has the unique opportunity of representing the interests of more than 100,000 people of color in furthering their educational, professional, and career aspirations in the related business fields of accounting, consulting, finance, and information technology. The motto of NABA, Lifting As We Climb, is exemplified best in our mission, which addresses the professional needs of our members while developing and inspiring future leaders who will shape tomorrow's accounting and finance professions.
The mission of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) is to address the professional needs of its members, including providing avenues for member growth, development, and professional advancement in the accounting, finance and general management professions.
Our national organization, the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA, Inc.) was established in 1969. The NABA Twin Cities chapter has been in existence since the 1980s.
The mission of the NABA Twin Cities chapter is to address the professional needs of its members and to build leaders that shape the future of the accounting and finance profession with an unfaltering commitment to inspire the same in their successors.
The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA, Inc.), is a nonprofit membership association dedicated to bridging the opportunity gap for black professionals in the accounting, finance and related business professions. Representing more than 200,000 black professionals in these fields, NABA advances people, careers, and the mission by providing education, resources, and meaningful career connections to both professional and student members, fulfilling the principle of our motto: Lifting As We Climb.
MABL was founded in September 1995 by a group of African American lawyers who believed in the principles of the National Bar Association and wanted to extend those principles by establishing a local chapter of the NBA in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers (MABL) is the leading minority bar association whose mission is to promote and support the professional development of Black lawyers, judges, and law students in Minnesota; address the legal issues affecting the Black community in Minnesota; and advance education, excellence, and racial equity in the pursuit of justice.
Jack and Jill of America, Inc., is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2 – 19, dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.
Since 2017, Black Visions has been putting into practice the lessons learned from organizations before us as well as our direct experience building within the Movement for Black Lives, in order to shape a political home for Black people across Minnesota. Through our intentional growth process, we aim to center our work in healing and transformative justice principles, sustainability, and developing Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns. By building movements from the ground up with an integrated model, we are creating the conditions for long term success and transformation.
Mission: Black Visions is a Black-led, Queer and Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities and dismantle systems of violence.
Vision: Black Visions believes in a future where all Black people have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in right relationship within our ecosystems.
Blacks In Technology - Twin Cities aims to serve members through community, media, and mentorship. We provide resources, guidance and challenge members to establish new standards of innovation.
It is a fairly common occurrence that Black workers in the technology industry find themselves the only Black person in the room or the only Black person on their team. Black people are underrepresented in every technology-related career demographic, from tech startup founders seeking venture capital to core information technology workers seeking pay equity.
Our goal and mission is to “stomp the divide” between Black tech workers and to fundamentally influence and effect change on an industry that has historically not sought parity with respect to Black workers. Our intent is to level the playing field through training, education, networking, and mentorship with the support of allies, partners, sponsors, and most importantly our global members.
The African American Leadership Forum is dedicated to improving the lives of African Americans in Minnesota by building a cross sector network of Leaders and Institutions that Convenes, Collaborates and Champions solutions.
Jamy is the founder and owner of Barreau Legal, PLLC, focusing his practice on estate planning, probate, trust administration, and business planning. A Port St. Lucie native, Jamy received his high school diploma from St. Lucie West Centennial High School and continued his studies at the University of Central Florida where he obtained his BS in Legal Studies. Then, Jamy earned his JD from Barry University School of Law. During his time at Barry Law, Jamy had the privilege of serving on the editorial board of Barry’s Law Review as its Research and Technical Editor. Also, in his time at law school, Jamy was honored to have his own work chosen for publication in the Barry Law Review Journal. Jamy is a proud graduate of Boston University School of Law's LLM in Taxation program. It is his hope to bring his expertise and knowledge in drafting, estate planning, and probate to assist his clients throughout Florida.