Laura Thompson, owner of Laura Thompson Agency, founded Sistas in Business in August 2005. Four Sistas were invited to serve as the first Board of Directors for Sistas in Business:Della Guidry is the only charter member left and serves as First Vice President.LaJoyce Lawton was our first board Chaplain; Yolanda Miller was the first board Secretary; and Velma Chambers was the first board Treasurer. SIB was created for African American women business owners, for the purpose of:

• Networking
• Bringing African American women business owners together
• Sharing ideas and information
• Advocating for women business issues
• Doing business with each other
• Calculating our collective economic impact on the San Antonio market

Although the African American market in San Antonio is small in numbers, African American women hold our own politically, in key positions in companies; local and state government; and as business owners. As business owners, we all provide products, goods and services

that we all need and use from time to time and/or on an ongoing basis; so we should do business with each other, when at all possible.

We just recently implemented a new program called Sistas in Business for Literacy where we will go into two schools in the San Antonio Independent School District to host reading cafes and to read to students throughout the city on a monthly basis.

We have also fostered a partnership with I Have A Dream Foundation, where we will assist them in mentoring young people in a selected school in the San Antonio area.We continue to make history everyday.

We have been in existence since August 2005.We are striving to gain National Status.With the help of Sistas in San Antonio and across the country, we can create a powerful presence.If you are interested in uniting with an organization that wants to help you strengthen your business and increase your network - contact ustoday!