{"id":14909,"date":"2025-06-15T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T20:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/?page_id=14909"},"modified":"2025-06-15T20:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T20:58:19","slug":"new-orleans-chapter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/nbmbaa-chapters\/new-orleans-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; background_position_desktop=&#8221;right center&#8221; background_style_tablet=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749361482870{background: #FCF1EB url(https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nbmbaa-bkg-pattern6.png?id=3870) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749780486349{padding-top: 6% !important;padding-bottom: 7% !important;padding-left: 24% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>New Orleans Chapter History<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750020754555{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Welcome to the National Black MBA Association\u00ae New Orleans Chapter where we create Leaders of Tomorrow\u00ae through networking, professional development and continued education. 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Box 57978, New Orleans LA 70157-7978<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nonbmbaa.org\/?_gl=1*koyh5u*_ga*OTY4MDMzMDI3LjE3NDQwMjg3NDI.*_ga_T9T2PLKFWT*czE3NTAwMTc4MDgkbzQ3JGcxJHQxNzUwMDIwMTA4JGo0NSRsMCRoMA..\">nonbmbaa.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"socials socials-list socials-colored-hover socials-rounded socials-alignment-left\"><a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/nonbmbaa\/\" style=\"color: #F79220;\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon facebook\" style=\"font-size: 50px\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nolablackmba\" style=\"color: #F79220;\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon twitter\" style=\"font-size: 50px\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>[vc_btn title=&#8221;Become a Member&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;warning&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749783467286{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fnzotestserver.com%2Fnbmbaa%2Fmembership%2F|title:Membership&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749413930014{border-radius: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The New Orleans Chapter of the National Black MBA Association\u00ae is also firmly committed to developing youth in our community through the LOT\u00ae program as well as providing annual scholarships to local students.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans is one of the few cities with an independent undergraduate chapter at Southern University of New Orleans, (SUNO) a public HBCU.<\/p>\n<p>While Hurricane Katrina devastated our region and our chapter, we were resilient enough to host National NBMBAA\u00ae Conference 2009 and again in 2016.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750021032185{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Chapter Honors &amp; Awards<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750021038154{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Conference Host: 2009 &amp; 2016[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; background_position_desktop=&#8221;right center&#8221; background_style_tablet=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749361482870{background: #FCF1EB url(https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nbmbaa-bkg-pattern6.png?id=3870) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1749780486349{padding-top: 6% !important;padding-bottom: 7%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13791,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14909","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14912,"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14909\/revisions\/14912"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzotestserver.com\/nbmbaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}