Our Mission

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Russian American Business Owners Trade Association (RABOTA) is to represent the interests of the Russian-American business community; to support Russian-American businesses through education, training, and the sharing of knowledge and resources; and to create, through political action, social and political recognition for the growing Russian-American community in the Bay Area. RABOTA seeks to become the premier trade association representing Russian-American companies in all industries and areas of business activity.
RABOTA'S OBJECTIVES
To represent the interests of Russian-American businesses. To establish a forum and structure for social and political advocacy and political action in the Russian-American community. To engage in advocacy and lobbying on a local, state and national level, in support of social and/or political issues important to Russian-American business owners and/or to the Russian-American community at large. To provide high quality business counseling to the Association's members. To share important business and political information with the Association's members through a web site and/or mailings. To provide career training and educational opportunities for Russian Americans through internships and Association-sponsored training programs. To provide low-cost insurance services and a pension plan for the Association's members. To raise funds and develop innovative benefit programs in support of Russian American business and culture, and for the Russian American community To provide low cost advertising and promotional services to the Association's members.
RABOTA'S VALUES
The values that guide our organization's members are honesty, integrity, a commitment to providing excellent services to our community, and the belief that individual prosperity can only be achieved through mutual cooperation and joint action. We believe that, in working together through the Association, we can help our community to develop and grow stronger, and enhance the quality of life of all of its members.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
With your help we are planning to assist in the purchase and renovation of a building for use as a cultural center for the Russian-American community, which building will also serve as RABOTA's headquarters. The cultural center will have classrooms, meeting rooms, a resource center, and a banquet facility, all to serve the needs of the Association's members and the community at large. Through the cultural center, the Association plans to help sponsor children's classes in the Russian language and Jewish studies, a choice of vocational and training courses for adults, as well as business counseling and professional services to the Association's members and to the community at large.