Immigrants make up 17 percent of the US workforce, yet immigrant workers’ median annual wage remain low particularly for lower and middle skilled jobs. The college educated foreign born worker is often under employed. Such disparities can be improved through economic empowerment. We believe in creating new or adapting current economic development initiatives to support immigrant entrepreneurship and small business development. We facilitate economic development with year-round business development resources. We also host an annual African Diaspora Entrepreneurship Summit (AfDES) conference to increase access to resources for disadvantaged entrepreneurs.