OAACC and PNC Bank Give Keys to Acquiring Business Loans

The Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce in alliance with Sponsor PNC bank hosted a workshop for the public on Safeguarding Your Business at the recently opened African American-owned lounge Kinfolz Coffee and Wine Bar located at 1951 Telegraph Ave. in downtown Oakland.

PNC Bank’s Executive Management staff held a roundtable discussion and engaged in direct dialogue with the attendees. The PNC managers shared some of the finance industry’s best practices on how to increase one’s credit scores for loans applications. The roundtable forum was moderated by OAACC board member Chadwick Spell

The invitation list and the agenda for the convening came from the San Francisco Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Facilitators for the work accomplished were Veronica Shepard and Dr. Jonathan Butler from the NAACP and Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt from the Church. Reverend Dr. Amos Brown pre-recorded his welcoming remarks and Elder Gerrit Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles joined the group for dinner on Friday and spoke to the convening about each of us having a story in our family history and how each of us is writing our own story today as we build strong

Afterward, Elder Corbitt shared how much he appreciated meeting with this amazing group of leaders from San Francisco’s Black community. He was impressed with the spirit he felt and the commitment to future collaboration to address the trauma and challenges of Blacks in the area. “It is a joy to be working with dedicated and wise community leaders from the NAACP and the larger Black community in San Francisco. This is a very meaningful and lasting friendship.”

Everyone agreed that the group made significant progress. More progress is needed. The NAACP, the Church, and the agencies represented at the convening look forward to the next steps of progress – Together We Can Make a Difference.

Some members of Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back (l-r):