Where:
Bunker Hill Community College Entrepreneurship Center
250 New Rutherford Avenue (H-Building)
Charlestown, MA 02129
Admission:
$20.00
Categories:
Business, Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good, Tech, University
Event website:
www.tinyurl.com/ImmEntForum
Powerful Pathways, in partnership with Bunker Hill Community College's Entrepreneurship Center and CityAwake invite you...
This forum is designed to convene people representing small business service agencies, planners, policymakers, Main Streets programs, lenders, chambers of commerce, CDCs, immigrant assistance programs and students in order to:
- Network
- Share information and resources with another about current programs
- Learn about data emerging policies to supporting immigrant small business owners
- Learn strategies and best practices for engaging immigrant communities
Featuring: Keynote Speaker, Nam Pham, Massachusetts Assistant State Secretary for Business Development.
Also featuring presentations from:
- Alvaro Lima, Director of Research, Boston Redevelopment Authority
- Alberto Calvo, President of Stop & Compare Supermarkets & Chair of Social Capital Inc.
- Alexa Marin, Economic Justice Fellow, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
- Norman Eng, Economic Development Specialist/Public Information Officer, Small Business Administration
- Karleen Porcena, Program Officer, Boston Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Cisnell Baez, Program Manager, Family Independence Initiative
- José Luis Rojas Villareal, Community Group Manager, Mass Growth Capital Corporation
- Denzil Mohammed, Director of Public Education, Immigrant Learning Center
The forum will also breakout discussions and stories from experts across sectors.
Language Interpretation can be provided with 12 days advance notice.
Breakfast will be provided. Space is limited. RSVP now!
This event is being held as part of CityAwake and as a kick off to Global Entrepreneurship week.
Photo credit: South Boston Today