Chamber leaders discuss challenges for Black businesses

In an event that emphasized the hard work, nuances, achievements and goals for local entrepreneurs and businesses, leaders from various DMV area chamber of commerce organizations came together to discuss the state of Black business on Sept. 18 at the Gallery O on H Street in Northeast D.C., hosted by The Washington Informer (WI).

The evening included an exhibition highlighting 60 years of Washington Informer photography and a panel discussion under the theme “The Future of Business,” moderated by WI Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes and featuring Chinyere Hubbard, president and CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce ; Kathy Guzman, president and CEO of the Charles County Chamber of Commerce in Maryland ; Courtney Edmonds, chair of the board of the Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce ;