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Dear BDI Buzz Readers...
BDI is pleased to announce our strategic focus areas and programs for 2016. Mark your calendars!
- 2016 Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week will be held September 13th, 14th and 16th. This year we’ll bring back some of our best workshops and speakers as well as facilitate a networking event connecting small businesses with agencies, private companies and non-profit resources.
- We will continue to provide Breakthrough Breakfast’s, our monthly networking and training workshops. Topics will range from financial security to taxes to business development. Sign up for our next breakfast “Steps to Calculating a Profitable Bill Rateâ€, March, 30th here.
- We’re kicking off the second year of our highly successful Diversity Practitioners Summit program. If you are a diversity practitioner sign up to attend the March 2nd summit here.
BDI is also placing a strategic focus on collaboration with and support of our community partners that share a focus on minority and women-owned support. As part of this initiative we will be growing our board and I look forward to that positive expansion!
Best,
Charissa Rotramel
Business Diversity Institute | Chair
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The FAST Act Supports DBE Businesses
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, or "FAST Act" - the first Federal law in over ten years to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation. The FAST Act expands access to public transportation workforce opportunities through training, educational programs and technical assistance grants. The employment training program includes specific outreach to increase employment for veterans, females, individuals with disabilities, and minorities. The bill also continues the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program that ensures women and minority-owned businesses are able to fairly compete for USDOT contracts. The bill also expands minority-serving institution preferences to all University Transportation Centers.
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Our Mission
To support the growth and success of regional minority-owned and woman-owned businesses through sustainable business:
• Education and training
• Outreach, tools and resources
• Promoting collaboration of public/private organizations
in these efforts
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