Message From Bro. Stacy Richards – Director of Bigger & Better Business for Kappa Alpha Sigma

On behalf of the Bigger & Better Business Committee of the Kappa Alpha Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., I welcome you.

Bigger & Better Business is more than a program — it is a commitment. A commitment to economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and sustainable growth within our communities.

Our charge is clear: to strengthen businesses, create opportunities, and build pathways that produce generational impact. We believe that economic strength fuels community stability, and when businesses thrive, families and neighborhoods thrive alongside them.

Here in DeKalb County and beyond, our chapter is intentional about:

• Supporting and promoting Black-owned businesses
• Providing access to financial education and resources
• Creating networking and partnership opportunities
• Equipping entrepreneurs with tools to scale sustainably
• Connecting youth to mentorship and business exposure

We understand that real change requires collaboration. It requires strategy. It requires consistent execution. And it requires leaders who are willing to serve.

We do this by offering mentorship opportunities, joint partnerships, along side workshops covering financial literacy managing budgets, generational wealth & management practices. We hope to encourage individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and communities to become active participants both economically independently via ventures they feel passionate about while simultaneously strengthening the global economy from within their own communities.

We have several initiatives that we hope encourage our communities and black/minority owned businesses. We have our Financial Literacy Programs, Investment Club and Contest, our Black Dollar Spend Initiative, Adopt a Business Initiative, Sigma, Business Network Initiative, Project V.I.T.A,(which is the volunteer income tax assistant program), And several other initiatives such as the Billboard Jackson Entrepreneur Development Program and our Men’s Warehouse Dress for Success Program.

Through workshops, partnerships, mentoring initiatives, and economic development efforts, we are building more than businesses — we are building ecosystems of opportunity.

I invite you to connect with us, partner with us, and grow with us. Together, we can ensure that Bigger & Better Business is not just a slogan, but a measurable movement of impact.

Fraternally,

Bro. Stacy Richards

Director, Bigger & Better Business

Kappa Alpha Sigma Chapter

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