Economic Development

The Economic Development Committee is responsible for developing and implementing programs and activities designed to promote economic awareness in our service area.  Our committee works to create annual program goals based upon a needs assessment of the community. 

The widening gap between wealth and poverty, the threat to what we know as Social Security, and unstable unemployment are a few economic trends that are the basis for Delta Sigma Theta’s Financial Fortitude initiative and agenda. This initiative addresses all aspects of personal finances and chapters are charged with spreading financial education throughout their local communities.  

ASAC’s Economic Development Committee implements programs designed to promote the economic well-being—including financial, entrepreneurial, and policy aspects—of the City of Atlanta, City of South Fulton, Fayette County, and Clayton County communities. We achieve this by pairing individuals and families with knowledge, tools, and partnerships throughout our service area.

Our three focus areas include: (1) Economic Justice, (2) Entrepreneurship, and (3) Wealth Building. Our focus areas aim for an economically stable and equitable environment and further enable our community to financially thrive.

Each year ASAC provides an array of economic development events and provides the following programs annually: 

  • Code R.E.D. (Revitalizing Economic Development): an award-winning program for female entrepreneurs that exposes them to the concepts of business ownership, shares processes involved in starting and scaling a business, dispels myths about business ownership, and instills confidence in current and potential business owners
  • dFree® Financial Freedom Movement: a program that provides a strategy to reduce debt, establish an emergency fund, build and protect wealth, and leave a legacy
  • ASAC Delta Business Directory: A digital, interactive listing of businesses owned by ASAC members

Committee Chair and Co-Chairs:  

Joy McLeod, Chair
Tiffany Hutchens, Co-Chair
Dawn Ogden, Co-Chair

Email: economic.development@asacdst.org