1. Promoting the development of Southeast Asian businesses and expanding opportunities available to individuals and/or groups to own, manage and operate their own business enterprises.

2. Assisting economic development and improving social welfare in a manner that encourages and promotes Southeast Asian leadership and neighborhood community empowerment.

3. Combating neighborhood deterioration by promoting homeownership and increasing affordable housing opportunities.

4. Encouraging and promoting cultural awareness and preservation among greater Lowell's Southeast Asian communities.

5. Developing and maintaining access by and accountability to CALL's membership in all its activities and programs.

6. Supporting homeownership, business education and job creation/training programs that increase available employment opportunities and improve access of the Southeast Asian community to jobs in all sectors of the economy. In turn, creating self-sufficiency and asset growth within the Southeast Asian community.

7. Developing a reliable voice and community communication vehicle within the Southeast Asian community through quality television programming and print media.

The Cambodian American League of Lowell, Inc. (CALL) enjoyed a very successful year increasing the circulation of the Bayon Business News (BBN); expanding the Cambodian Cable News (CCN) program; expanding the Microenterprise Training Program; adding a full-time Housing director to its staff; and sponsoring a well-attended New Year and Community Award Ceremony in April 2000.

We now have five (5) full-time staff members, including the Executive Director, Microenterprise Director, Media Director, Housing Director, and Administrative Assistant/Community Outreach Coordinator with an annual budget of approximately $300,000.