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Creating An Impact.

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First Steps

It started with an aspiration that eventually turned into a roadmap. The idea to create an association that would bring together African-American mortgage professionals developed naturally as Ms. Jamison and other members of the Maryland Mortgage Brokers Association and the National Association of Mortgage Brokers talked about issues concerning the industry at various events.

We realized that these are great organizations that unfortunately have never been able to get a large number of people of color to join, not just African-Americans but other ethnicities as well, she said. Because of the current market crisis and other things I felt that the African-American mortgage originator community needed to have a more dedicated association to respond to their needs. And thats how we began.

To ensure her NABMB project would take off she relied on peer support.

I talked to mortgage brokers and originators that have been in the business for a long time to tell what I was thinking about and ask for their feedback. Some of them are now on our advisory board, she recalled. Our first board meeting was to find out whether there really was a need for our organization. We had a good turnout. From that meeting came the mission statement, and the vision statement....

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