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Strategic Partnerships
NAHCC partners with Belmont University Executive Education. Click
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NAHCC partnership with Nashville Film Festival celebrates 46th anniversary
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to learn more.
NAHCC Partners with NAWBO-Nashville
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HERE
for more.
NAHCC Named National SBA Partner to Increase Support for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
Green Builds Business Training helps Hispanic Entrepreneurs Go Green.
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HERE
for more.
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Google Fiber, Vanderbilt Univ. join growing number of NAHCC Corporate, Community Partners
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The NAHCC welcomes Google Fiber and Vanderbilt University as the newest corporate members and community partners. Earlier this year in
January, Google Fiber-the super-high-speed Internet service offered by the tech giant in select cities-announced it was expanding to four new metro areas. Nashville was one of them, along with Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, and Charlotte. Just this month, Google Fiber settled on leasing space above Kayne Prime restaurant in the Gulch for its main Nashville office. Vanderbilt University, a private research university and medical center offering a full-range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees, is also one of the areas largest employers.
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Latinas In Action (LIA) Committee
A few years ago and with support of the NAHCC Foundation, NAHCC board member and immediate past chair Loraine Segovia-Paz started a committee of Latina women to address issues affecting Latina entrepreneurs in our market.
If you are interested in
learning more or would like to get involved please call 615-216-5737 or
email us
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January happenings
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- Jan.6: NAHCC CEO speaks at Presidential Prayer Service for Dr. Glenda Glover - Jefferson St. Missionary Baptist Church
- Jan.12 ScaleUp launch party
- Jan.15: NAHCC Finance Committee MTG @Fifth Third Bank
- Jan 23: NAHCC Board retreat
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Welcome to a new membership year!
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On
behalf of our NAHCC board and members, I would like to welcome you to a new membership year. We are happy to have you as a member, partner and friend in the community. With your support we can advance our mission to serve our members, and ultimately make a better city for all to enjoy. Every year we send you a
NAHCC member survey
which will help our board implement and fine tune our agenda for 2016. Also, every beginning of the year, we encourage our members to support, participate and get involved in the many celebrations honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, in January, followed by Black History Month in February. Our members are reminded and encouraged to give back participating in the selected activities we include in our newsletters, the result of our many meaning partnerships in the community.
It is in our mission at the NAHCC "to serve as a bridge..." between communities. As you will see in this newsletter, we have learned to embrace meaningful conections. I encourage you to join us, we have a great future ahead of us if we believe, in the words of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. that "Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve."
Sincerely,
Yuri Cunza,
President & CEO
530 Third Avenue South Ste. 5
Nashville, TN 37210
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ScaleUp Nashville kicks off, NAHCC joins as partner in new accelerator program for the small businesses
of Middle Tennessee
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ScaleUp Nashville announced the 19 local businesses selected for its first cohort If you are a chamber member interested in joining the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Administration, and partner organizations in this new accelerator program for the small businesses of Middle Tennessee, call or email us.
Visit the ScaleUp Nashville website to learn more about the program.
ScaleUp Nashville is a competitive training program exclusively for Middle Tennessee's small businesses. This six-month SBA-funded program assists growth-oriented small businesses grow revenue, build staff, and expand services.
Interested? Please call us 615-216-5737
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NAHCC member news: Prenatal Care in Antioch
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Beginning January of 2016, UCHS's Priest Lake Clinic will be offering Pregnancy and Prenatal Care. This is a vital service and implementation for UCHS and the Antioch Community! In honor of these new services Priest Lake Clinic will be hosting an open house on Sunday, January 24th from 2-4:00 pm (2637 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37217). Join us fo a meet and greet with the staff, clinic tours, free food, and give a ways.
For more information please contact:
Cecilia Crutcher Quintero
University Community Health Services is member of the NAHCC.
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January 28: Join us at Nashville Locals
f
or Lunch and Networking
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Nashville Locals is a networking group led by NAHCC member and strategic partner
Anna-Vija McClain
, President of
AVMS.
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From our very active Facebook page: Succesful MLK Diversity Breakfast Presented by NAHCC member Lipscomb University
Frid, Jan 15, 2016, 8 a.m.
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In commemoration of the legacy and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
this event was aimed at inspiring interactive conversation among local leaders who are champions for diversity and inclusion by sharing ideas, addressing issues and rethinking practices that affect our multicultural communities.
Rose Jackson Flenorl, Manager, Social Responsibility for FedEx Global Citizenship was the featured guest speaker . Carter provided great insight on the global corporation's work in serving minority consumers, strengthening its pipeline to recruit, retain and advance diverse talent and supporting minority business owners through supplier diversity. She also discussed how diversity and inclusion impacts the social justice imperatives in our communities.
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Develop Your Business Model 9:00 AM - Noon 1/23
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Learn how to visualize your business and it's interrelationships on a single canvas using Business Modeling. Your Business Model can be used to generate an investor pitch, as a preliminary step to develop your Business Plan, or most importantly, use it to manage your business through internal and external changes. In this workshop you will learn how each aspect of your business fits into the business model canvas. We will discuss your Value Proposition, Customer Segments, Customer Relationships, and the Channels you use to get your value proposition into the hands of the customer.
Presented by SCORE Nashville. Click
HERE
to register.
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MLK Day: Do Not Stand Idly By,
Commit to Service and Action
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Join us as the NAHCC partners with The Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship
and the Nashville Community to invite you to
Do Not Stand Idly By: Commit to Service and Action. Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Youth Forum: 9:00 am @ Downtown Library
Monday, January 18, 2016
Morning Youth Program: 8:30 am @ Jefferson Street Baptist Church
Job Fair: 9am - 2pm TSU Gentry Center
March: 10:00 am @ Jefferson Street Baptist Church
Convocation: 11:00 TSU Gentry Center
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The MLK Day March and Convocation have been organized by the
Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship
for decades. The NAHCC is a member of the Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship.
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NAHCC Board of Directors elects officers
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The
Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
membership elected the new board of directors during the organization's annual membership meeting. At the organization's December meeting the board elected its officers to serve a two year tern. Meet the new NAHCC leadership
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NAHCC Boad of Directors: Ramón Arellano, Mario Ramos, Joyce Searcy, Nada Latto, Luis Parodi, Roland Yarbrough, Loraine Segovia-Paz, Paul Van Cotthem. Not pictured: Shawnta Lang-Idoko, Matt Burnstein and George Uribe.
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4 ways bilingual businesses have a competitive advantage in Nashville
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From The Tennessean: "Cultivating relationships with like-minded professionals in your industry is extremely important for small business owners, especially for those in a tight-knit community like Nashville. Knowing a second language breaks the communication barrier and provides more opportunities to create valuable connections. The
Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce is a great networking resource for bilingual businesses and their employees." said Michael D. Ponce, founder and managing attorney at the bilingual firm
Ponce Law
. Ponce is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and Nashville Bar Association. Read more
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NAHCC joins Global Partnership
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NAHCC CEO Yuri Cunza speaks at USGLC joint luncheon. Photo Roland Yarbrough
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A very successful joint U.S Global Leadership Coalition and Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel last month. The event featured speakers from the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), Tennessee World Affairs Council and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is a partner of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC). NAHCC President & CEO Yuri Cunza serves in the Tennessee Advisory council. The USGLC is a nonprofit organization formed by a coalition of American businesses and NGOs, senior national security and foreign policy experts, faith-based and community leaders from across the United States who promote increased support for the United States' diplomatic and development efforts among both politicians and the public.
Based in Washington D.C., the USGLC advocates a higher International Affairs Budget in order to enhance national security, forward American business interests, and improve humanitarian assistance around the world.
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NAHCC members Smart Space LLC, Fifth Third Bank among Corporate Giving Award winners
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Fifth Third Bank Jerius Oliver and Luis Parodi (center) with Lisa Howe and Yuri Cunza
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The
Nashville Business Journal
announced the 2015 honorees for its Corporate Giving Awards. NAHCC corporate members Smart Space LLC and Fifth Third Bank were among the 25 winners selected from area companies that were above average in their philanthropic efforts rating the highest when looking at cash giving per employee. The companies were recognized, and the ranking revealed, at an awards luncheon and nonprofit expo last Nov. 12 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. Congratulations to our winning members and to all the honorees.
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