About MRA
Empowering Communities. Defending Rights.
Our mission
Minority Retail Alliance Inc. protects the rights and livelihoods of minority-owned independent stores across Massachusetts. As towns rewrite tobacco, nicotine and kratom rules one board meeting at a time, we make sure store owners are informed, compliant, and heard.
Who we are
We are owners of convenience stores, liquor stores and small grocers — family businesses that anchor neighborhoods from Boston to the Berkshires. MRA is a nonprofit based in Boston, MA.
Our values
Fairness
Rules should be clear, consistent, and applied equally to every retailer.
Community
Our stores are neighborhood anchors. We protect the families who run them.
Responsibility
We back responsible retailing — ID checks, compliance, and doing it right.
Transparency
Members see where the money goes. Every dollar is accounted for.