Let’s take a look at the latest news in the world of supplier diversity.
- The biggest story of the week is the announced closure of the five MBDA regional offices. (via MBEConnect)
- Comcast has announced that it will carry four new minority-owned networks, which will be owned and operated by Sean “Diddy” Comb, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Robert Rodriguez, and Constantino “Said” Schwarz. (via MarketWatch and Los Angeles Times)
- Beginning today, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is hosting a the 2012 Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Reward (TCTR) conference. This event connects disadvantaged business enterprises with prime contractors and identify business partnership opportunities for minority- and woman-owned entities and will feature a keynote address by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. (via Aledo Times Record)
- Two businessmen have helped launch and reestablish several black business organizations to help unite the increasing number of black-owned businesses in Michigan. (via Detroit Free Press)
- SBA clinics help small businesses sell to the Feds (via WMI Central)
- WBENC’s Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprise was announced last week, and Ford is the first automotive company to appear on the list in its 13 years of existence. (via CBS Detroit)
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