2018 Corporate PartnershipDiversity. Inclusion. Sustainability.

Dear Corporate Partner Invitee,

I am proud to extend this invitation for your partnership in the exciting work that the National Black & Latino Council USA (NBLC USA) has committed to undertaking over the next two years and beyond. Your participation will make a big difference in our success.

I have watched this organization grow into a leader in creating collaborative opportunities for com-panies to work and grow together, and connect to new corporate partners to create promising and potentially profitable new relationships. I’m excited about the innovative programming the NBLC USA Board has chosen to complete in 2018 and 2019. The lasting impact that the transformation of the organization into the first official green sustainability certification agency in the world will have on many generations of business & community development efforts among African Americans and Latinos to create sustainable growth will be immediate and measurable. NBLC USA strategic technical partnerships give the organization all needed capabilities to efficiently implement its programming with effective outcomes.

I look forward to working with you to make a difference that matters for keeping America’s small business community growing and staying strong as the backbone of our economy.

Together, we can create amazing new possibilities for growth and enhancing the triple bottom line of sustainability.

With best regards,

Lance RobertsonExecutive DirectorNational Black & Latino Council USA

A WORD FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER

Lance RobertsonChief Engagement Officerwww.RMG-ECO.com

The National Black & Latino Council USA (NBLC USA) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit professional business-to-business networking organization. NBLC USA unites Hispanic, Latino, & African American business professionals and communities throughout America. Our motto and mission is simple: WE BUILD BRIDGES THAT BUILD BIGGER BOTTOM LINES.

Our goal is to educate, equip, empower, and connect minorities to real business opportunities. We are focused on increasing the growth rate of new corporate and governmental contracts for African American and Hispanic/Latino businesses as well as expanding the universe of services provided in markets that reach beyond the traditional industries typically served by minority-owned companies.

The National Black Latino Council USA was formed by Lance Robertson, Hugo Hernandez, and Danielle Pollard to unite African-American and Latino professionals to cultivate business opportunities; bridge the economic gap in minority communities; and harness each community’s economic and social power.

About Us

The National Black and Latino Council USA Federal Tax ID# is 474985973. NBLC USA Unites Hispanic, Latino and African American business communities with a focus in diversity, inclusion and sustainability. We are headquartered just outside of Atlanta in East Point, GA .

We have a solid track record of intitiating several successful multicultural, professional and community engagement programs and acitvities including: Business and Baseball with Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves, Aramark, Delaware North, Turner Broadcasting, Georgia House of Representative Resolution

Business and Basketball with NBA, NRDC, NBA Green, City of Atlanta Sustainability Office, WXIA, Morehouse School of Journalism, Emory International Graduates, Rutherford Seydel, Univision, City of Atlanta Resolution

Soccer, Sustainability & Millennials with Atlanta United FC Team. Hosted pre-game networking event promoting eco fan engagement with focus on Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability

Black, Brown, & Green Sustainability Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico with Coca Cola, SBA, Walmart, Home Depot, Delta, Coca Cola Foundation, Coca Cola Puerto Rico

Benteen Elementary School - Planted Urban Garden and launch Recycled Rangers Program, Dr. Seuss reading, School Supply Drive & Donation

• Georgia Power• Southwest Airlines• Novelis• Atlanta United FC• Georgia Pacific• Mercedes Benz Stadium• Univision• Telemundo• Rolling Out Magazine• BB&T Bank• Edmond, Lindsay & Hofler Law Firm• Atlanta Technical College• Georgia Water Coalition• Tennessee Latin American Chamber of Commerce

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS

• Suntrust Bank - Supplier Diversity Workshop Presentation

• Microsoft - National Small Business Week featured National Black and Latino Council

• White House Initative • Green Sports Alliance Summit Community Partners • North Metro Water District Basin Advisory Council • American Red Cross GA - Minority Recruitment

Board• Coca Cola Latin Affairs Division• Georgia Latino Film Festival• Atlanta Tribune• Green Guy Media

NBLC USA At a Glance

National Black and Latino Council USA has promoted cross culture small business collaboration in the Hispanic, Latino, and African American communities through out a series of dynamic signatures events and programs that provide minority , women-owned business with unique B2B access to top corporate executives designed to stimulate collaborative commerce , business development and job creation in the Hispanic, Latino, and African American community for members and affilates that helps to grow our economy overall. Our national growth is underway and we look forward to more than doubling our chapter footprint in 2018, toward our goal of complete national chapter coverage.

NBLC USA Headquarter Ribbon Cutting CeremonyEast Point, GA

November 2016

We have expanded on our most effective programming from past years to create a diverse and dynamic program plan for the next three years that will transform the business landscape for our members while achieving corporate partners objectives and making an positive eco impact that creates family engagement.

A History of Making a Difference

Black. Brown. Green.

The Atlanta Falcons Green Team

Key Programs - Green Initiatives

NBLCU USA is proud to partner with Novellis, Habitat for Humanity and The Atlanta Falcons for the The Falcons Green Team Rise Up & Recycle Program for the third year.

We are leading the Atlanta Falcons recycling efforts by volunteering and picking up cans every home game and playing a key role in the Novelis Recycle For Good Campaign. To date we have collected over 1.2 millions cans. All of the proceeds from the recycling program go to Habitat for Humanity to build a home in the Vine City/ English Avenue area. We are presently working on our 2nd home and will also add Atlanta United FC home games next season. NBLC USA is committed to creating strategic corporate and community green & sustainability partnerships.

YOUTH & ADULT SPANISH LITERACY PROGRAMS

To better prepare us all for an changing workplace and diverse consumer market, the NBLC USA has partnered with Bilingual America to offer Spanish Classes to corporations, government agencies, and small business owners.

This program is bigger than just learning a second language. This program is about creating pathways of opportunities for the next generation. With the help our corporate partners, we hope to impact our low income and disadvantaged youth. The NBLC plans to launch a Free Spanish Language Curriculum Program for young African Americans teenagers ages 12-18 years old in socially challenged neighborhoods. Our goal is to help young African American be better prepared for the future job force.

SPANISH CLASSES FOR THE BUSINESS & CORPORATE PROFESSIONAL Our Corporate Spanish Classes are customized and tailored to your particular type of business. The classes are designed to promote diversity, inclusion and cultural engagement. Whether your company deals with Latin America or you are looking for corporate culture-building and team enrichment activities, we create programs specific to your needs.

Our classes serve two purposes: they improve corporate culture within your organization and train employees to function as effective communicators. Meanwhile, your company employees will learn a new language and become more valuable in the national and international business worlds and expand their connectivity to this diverse global consumer market.

Students attend eight consecutive two-hour classes. Classes are held on Saturdays and Thursdays. Participants receive a Spanish Course Certificate of Completion.

Key Programs - Spanish Literacy

ECO-GREEN BUSINESS HUB NBLC USA is launching an aggressive intiative to jump start and stimulate the development of micro eco/green business enterpreneurs.

By providing up to 10 office spaces, reception services, conference rooms and free parking, we will be able to provide affordable and convenient incubator space for emerging businesses. Our goal is to create successful entrepreneurs with sustainable businesses. We want to cultivate a new generaton of ecopreneurs, build synergy amongst sustianability partners and establish a green business hub model for other communities to emulate.

Eco-Green Business Hub is housed within the NBLC USA Headquarter Building in East Point, GA. The goal is to green the building with solar panels as well as add mini-recycling centers with our corporate partner, Novelis.

We believe that grooming small eco-businesses will enable them to “green” the supply chain and become sustainability vendors and increase economic power within minority communities.

Key Programs - Business Hub

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Workshops

Key Programs - DBE Workshops

The National Black and Latino Councl hosts DBE Certification Workshops featuring DBE Consulting.Learn the basics of the certification process for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).and Minori-ty Business Enterprise (MBE) Corporations. The Federal Government and State Agencies all want to do business with minority owned companies. To encourage the practice of majority of Federal, State, Cities and Corporations is to award a percentage of contracts to minority owned businesses many large companies have goals for buying from minority owned suppliers.

To qualify as a DBE the business owner must be owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantage persons as defined by DBE Regulation 49 CFR Parts 23 and 26. Learn what your company NAICS Codes National American Industry Classification System at www.naics.com.

VINE CITY EARTH DAY FESTIVAL The National Black and Latino Council USA presents the 2nd Annual Vine City English Avenue Earth Day Festival as one of our Sustainability Community Development Programs for 2018 and beyond. As Vine City transitions to an Eco-Urban Neighborhood we want to ensure it is a collaborative process. While newcomers are welcome, we want to protect the interests of longstanding minority residents. We want to make sure the residents are involved and enjoy the benefits of major area development.

The Vine City Earth Day Festival is our vision for building a sustainable neighborhood. Hosting an annual Earth Day Festival will not only prove to be educational but will most importantly unite neighborhood stakeholders and revitalize this important community.

Slated for Saturday, April 22, 2018, the Vince City Earth Day Festival will bring a wide variety of activities, educational exhibits and environmentally friendly products and services to the community. The festival will feature food, family friendly entertainment, vendors, and much more.

Vine City Earth Day Festival will showcase:• Recycling Zone – onsite recycling and education • Water Zone – onsite clean water exhibit • Renewable Energy & Home Savings Exhibition• Eco Transportation Hub – Marta, Beltline, Bikes, etc.• Urban Community Gardening & Healthy Eating • Green Jobs – Green Businesses & Eco Products

APRIL 22, 2018

Key Programs - Earth Day Fest

SMALL BUSINESS FINANCIALLITERACY PROGRAM Our financial literacy program is designed to strengthen the performance of micro and small business owners in our target communities in a way that results in higher stability and greater sustainability job creations. Key programs elements include.

1) Bilingual Educational & Community Outreach2) Money Management3) Banking & Taxes4) Credit Management5) Business Lending

The NBLC USA will provide a minimum of two sponsored and branded small business financial literacy workshops per year that are free to our members, alliances and the public. We also plan to offer a bilingual workshop to encourage cross-cultural participation.

FinancialLiteracyfor SmallBusinesses

Key Programs - Financial Literacy

HISPANIC B2B MARKETING & EMPOWERMENT TOURNetwork and tap into the $700 Billion Dollar Latino Market with the NBLC Hispanic B2B Empowerment Tour. An exclusive, up-close and personal experience with Atlanta’s Top Business and Community Leaders, the Empowerment Tour is one of our signature programs. Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Corporate Professionals, College Students, and Journalists enjoy a luxury bus tour to the city’s most influential spots in Atlanta’s Hispanic community. Participants make connections, build relationships, and learn how to do business in an emerging market. Our one-of-a-kind tour is designed to introduce participants to new opportunities and diversify their brand.

POWER MIXERSEnjoy conversation and as you meet with other enthusiastic entrepreneurs and professionals from across metro Atlanta. Whether you are thinking about starting a business, growing a business, looking for a new job or simply expanding your professional and social network, NBLC Power Mixers are a perfect place for lasting business relationships.

Our networking mixers are for individuals interested in developing relationships with other business people and decision-makers. Our mixers offer premium networking in sophisticated, upscale venues with the city’s most prominent movers and shakers. We host several Power Mixers per year.

FEATURED PROGRAMSBlack History Month Corporate LuncheonBusiness & Basketball w/Atlanta HawksCinco de Mayo Small Business ExpoAtlanta Mobile Market Volunteer PartnershipBusiness & Baseball w/Atlanta BravesDBE Certification Workshops

Soccer, Sustainability & Millennials w/Atlanta United Multicultural Poder MixerGeorgia Latino Film FestivalTurkey Giveaway & Coat DriveSupplier Diversity & Sustainability SummitNBLC Power Player Awards Ceremony

Our Signature Events

Partnership with the NBLC will give your corporation unique access to our growing national membership network of both Hispanic and African American micro, small and emerging business leaders that can offer unique access to vertically penetrate your brands message into their communities, and seize the opportunity to develop long-term customer loyalty for your products and services. Our programming has been created to achieve measurable sustainable results for our members, corporate partners and the communities they serve.

Featured 2018-2019 Programs

We have expanded on our most effective programming from past years to create a diverse and dynamic program plan for the next two years that will transform the business landscape for our members while achieving corporate partner objectives. Our 2017-2018 programming includes:

• Youth & Adult Spanish Literacy Program• Vine City Earth Day Festival• DBE & National Green Sustainability Certification Programs• Small Business Financial Literacy Workshops• B2B Educational Networking Events• Eco-Green Business Hub

Many Ways To Participate

We have a variety of partnership options that include standard annual comprehensive partnership levels, individual or combined program sponsor opportunities, and customized partnership packages available from which your company to select. Regardless of your level of participation, our promise is to deliver an impeccable partnership experience and a lasting value-added relationship.

Opportunities for Partnership

Small Business Growth & Sustainability Is Essential

Conventional wisdom among economists and economic experts is that small business is the back-bone of modern leading economies around the world, and their impact on economic success is undeniable. The newly appointed SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet recently pointed out in a recent AARP Voices blog article, “The daunting chore of growing and strengthening minority-owned businesses and entrepreneurship is challenging, yet Hispanics start businesses at three times the national average and contribute over $468 billion to the American economy.” According to the latest statistics released by by the SBA and U.S. Census Bureau, small U.S. firms:

• Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.• Employ about half of all private sector employees.• Pay nearly 45 percent of total U.S. private payroll.• Have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.• Create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).• Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers).• Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.• Made up 97.3 percent of all identified exporters.• Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms.• Hispanics and Latinos, are 17% of the U.S. population, and own 8.3% of businesses.• African Americans at 13% of the U.S. population and own 7.1% of businesses.

African American and Hispanic Consumer Markets’ Growing Influence

The robust growth in the size and impact of consumer spending in the African American and Hispanic markets is undeniable. Together,African-Americans (9%) and Hispanics (11.3%) combined to account for one-fiph of national discretionary spending during the Fall of 2013, according to new data from Experian Marketing Services’s Fall 2013 NaKonal Consumer Study, that figure represents a substantial gain from recent years, as they had not exceeded a combined 18% of the estimate during either of the 3 prior years of Fall surveys. The total discretionary spending estimate for Fall 2013 was roughly $1.5 trillion. Our mission is to grow these statistics and strengthen these business and consumer communities.

Market Analysis

Partnership with NBLC on all regular annual educational & networking event programming with your comprehensive annual commitment. Your company will be listed at the sponsor level you choose on all programming and events across the board for the entire year. Annual Sponsor levels are as follows:

• Title Sponsorship - $150,000• Platinum Sponsorship - $100,000• Gold Sponsorship - $75,000• Silver Sponsorship - $50,000• Bronze Sponsorship - $25,000• Basic Sponsorshiop - $10,000

A La Carte Sponsorship Options

Partnership with NBLC on individual program or combination of programs that match your outreach goals for 2018-2019 is available through your participation with any individual event or program in our operating plan or on our calendar. Complete sponsor level breakdown for each individual program is available upon request.

Programming

Your participation opportunities range from sponsoring an element of any of the programs to the entire programs themselves.

Sponsor Opportunity Range ‐ $5,000 ‐ $50,000

Signature Events

Your participation opportunities range from sponsoring a production element of any of the signature events to sponsoring the entire events themselves.

Sponsor Opportunity Range ‐ $2,500 ‐ $3,500

Customized Partnership Options

Partnership with NBLC can custom design special themed events for partners seeking to launch new products or special services to the African American and Hispanic/Latino consumer markets. 2018 & 2019 Sponsorship and Partnership Pricing are made available upon request.

Annual Partnership Options

LANCE ROBERTSONExecutive Director

PHONE:(404) 919-1246

EMAIL:lance@nblcusa.org

WEBSITE:www.nblcusa.org

Partnership with the NBLC USA will give your corporation unique access to our growing national membership network of both Hispanic and African business and community markets. We are ready to begin your partnership conversation. Contact us today to learn how you can join our dynamic movement.

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