Georgia Atlanta Haitian Chamber of Commerce

Team Leader

Marjorie Denis

Solution Overview & Team Lead Details

What is the name of your organization?

Is your organization registered as 501(c)(3) status with the IRS?

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Atlanta, GA, USA

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Advocating for and shaping policy that supports small business owners and/or place-based efforts in their geographic areas, including increased access to resources, removal of structural barriers, and access to infrastructure such as broadband

What is the name of your solution?

The Business Empowerment Sustainability Initiative

Provide a one-line summary of your solution.

The solution includes access to knowledge, education, formal training and access to resources. thereby reoving any insucurities in the cultural business community.

What is your solution?

Our organization would incorporate the multi-generational programming in a simple way that operates like an exosystem.On the surface we would provide formal education, consulting and training, as well as resources to support owners that are looking to advance, stimulate and revive their businesses. The chamber's network of professionals in these similar industries would support each other, via the supply and demand chain, and other professional networks of resources.

What specific problem are you solving?

The challenges that our community faces and that we look forwards to addreessing are lack of knowledge, eduction, foramal training and access and access to recources to thrive and maintain longevity in a sustainable business.

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

The problem that our community faces and that we look forwards to addreessing are lack of knowledge, eduction, foramal training and access and access to recources to thrive and maintain longevity in a sustainable business. Through our initiative growing membership, we plan our highligting and supporting one area of the business community at a time. One example would be the restaurant industry, therefore frequenting each of those known businesses in GA and assisting them in gaining the resources and trainigs that they are lacking through the chamber and our highlighting that particular business on our platform, through fruition.

Who does your solution serve, including demographics, and how does the solution impact their lives?

The target population that we plan on focusuing on our businessess in underpriveledged communities. This would inadvertely, bring more business opportunities to that communites as well as skills and resources to the people in these communities to bring about long term sustainability.

Is the solution already being implemented in at least one of the Truist Foundation’s target geographies: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Texas, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Delaware?

If your solution is already being implemented, list which of the above US state(s) you currently operate and include those states not listed

The state that is being affected by this solution is the state of Georgia

Is your organization’s mission to help launch small businesses and/or to sustain small businesses?

The goal of our organization is to help support and sustain small businesses starting with Haitian restaurants in the various state of Georgia and making them more main stream to the general population. This would have to start wtih, proper branding, marketing and advertisment and the challenge of maintaining cultural uniquness while, accomidating the comfort level of the community.

What is your theory of change?

My expectations on how our solution will help make an impact on the problem is by providing a generalized implementation process to every Haitian and minorty Restaurant in Georgia and underpriveledged communities on the key protocols to a successful restaurant businsess, in addition to how to maintain a sucessful restaurant. Our program would provide trainings to the main employees, examples on successful marketing and advertisement, accessessing reasonably priced supplies, maintenance, finances and the day to day operations of a successful business.

Our solution's stage of development:

Scale: a sustainable product, service or business model that is active in multiple communities, which is capable of continuous scaling, focusing on increased efficiency.

What is your organization’s stage of development?

Growth: A registered 501(c)(3) with an established product, service, or business model in one or several communities, which is poised for further growth. Organizations should have a proven track record with an annual operating budget.

More About Your Team

Solution Team:

Marjorie Denis