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MISSION
A leading advocate for LGBTQ+ businesses in the San FranciscoBay Area since 1974
Our mission is to champion opportunity, development, and advocacy for our LGBTQ+ & Allied business community.
We create opportunity for marketing, networking, procurement, and referral-based business growth; programs that support development of business skills and expertise through workshops and seminars; and we advocate for positive economic, social, and political change.
Opportunity for marketing, networking, procurement, and referral-based business growth
Development of business skills and expertise through workshops and seminars
Advocate for positive economic, social, and political change
The largest San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ+ business advocacy organization
VISION
We envision an economically empowered San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ+ business community that inspires others.
We will empower our small business entrepreneurs and professionals, collaborate with nonprofit advocates, and engage with business and civic leaders to support policies that foster a more inclusive and welcoming business community.
VALUES
Our values are inherent to our identity as an organization. They guide the way we work with our members, our community, and with each other. GGBA key values are: SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, PASSION, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, and SUCCESS. Through these values, GGBA looks to support a culture where ideas can blossom, individuals can thrive, and our entrepreneurial spirit can flourish.
SERVICE
As a Bay Area LGBTQ+ business advocate, we work to serve our Members and Partners
Plan exceptional service models
Communicate and provide exceptional service
Recover exceptional service
LEADERSHIP
We are responsive leaders for our LGBTQ+ business community
Demonstrate a commitment to integrity and ethics
Collaborate to accomplish more than what could be achieved individually
Listen to others for understanding to make informed decisions
Assume positive intent
Be accountable to and for one another’s actions and results
Develop future leaders
PASSION
We are passionate about our Chamber, our Members and our Community
Promote a contagiously positive, energizing, optimistic, and fun atmosphere
Drive support for economic empowerment and equality
Take pride in the work we do
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We welcome a membership that is as diverse as the region in which we live
Collaborate with diverse business communities and organizations
Infuse an inclusive culture in everything we do
Reflect the diversity of our membership in leadership opportunities
SUCCESS
We love success!
Recognize the hard work of Volunteers and Staff
Support Members to reach their objectives and commend them when they succeed
GGBA partners with these corporations and organizations to build recognition for today's vibrant LGBTQ+ business community and to foster the growth of similar organizations throughout the world.