Call to Action - AACCNJ Disparity Study Task Force

AACCNJ members, equity partners and community leaders,

The New Jersey Disparity Study results, released January 2024, revealed that Black-owned businesses received 1% or less of state contracts in all industries between fiscal years 2015-2020. For construction, Black-owned businesses received approximately $3.3 million compared to White-male-owned businesses $10.8 billion. Further, Black-owned businesses received $13.7 million for professional services, compared to White-male-owned businesses $3.4 billion.

In response, AACCNJ formed the Disparity Study Task Force Committee to identify real solutions for the Murphy Administration to put in place to address the inequalities in business opportunity and prosperity in the state of New Jersey. Welcome to AACCNJ's Grassroots Apolitical Strategy! The only side we are taking is that of Black business equity for the overall betterment of our community.

This is how YOU can make an impact:

The AACCNJ urges you to empower yourself by delving into the disparity study's insights.

Download a copy of the New Jersey Disparity Study Here

Watch Dr. Denise Anderson, link below, as she provides a comprehensive examination of the disparities or inequalities in contracting opportunities for minority-owned, and women-owned businesses, compared to non-minority-owned and male-owned businesses.

Familiarize yourself with your local representatives. You can look up your state Assembly and Senate Legislators via the following link. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on District List to identify your by county and municipality.

Click HERE to look up your State Assembly and Senate Legislators

Once you identify your district, choose “Contact Your Legislator(s),” to email all three simultaneously by copying and pasting the information from the template below.

Our first request (more to come) is that you contact your Legislators and ask them to support the re-establishment of minority-women business enterprise program, which allocates set-aside percentages for minority and women-owned businesses.

Download letter to State Legislators

We have drafted email language for coordination and ease of the request. If emailing your state legislators, please copy us at disparitystudyadvocacy@aaccnj.com . We are tracking those who commit to our ask and those who are silent and non-committal.

"Power Concedes Nothing without a demand, it never did and it never will."

-Frederick Douglass