Thursday, November 17th, 2022
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill
421 Wadsworth St, Middletown, CT 06457
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill
421 Wadsworth St, Middletown, CT 06457
Our Future is Now!
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This event is FREE to attend, thanks to our sponsors and partners.
The Connecticut Minority Business Economic Summit will provide important panel discussions and workshops, all-day networking opportunities, and stress-relieving activities aimed at diverse minority and women-owned businesses from all business backgrounds to engage in topics relevant to today's minority business. Participants will have the opportunity to leverage and find synergies to help them succeed in business.
All are welcome: Women, as well as people of Hispanic Origin, Latino, African, African American, Caribbean, Black (BIPOC), Native American/Indigenous, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), South and Central Asian Diaspora, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Sponsored by the CT Minority Business Initiative (MBI) and presented by the Black Business Alliance (BBA), corporations, government entities/agencies, industries, organizations, community-based organizations, chambers, clubs, membership organizations, affinity groups, and foundations are also invited to participate and meet Minority and women-owned businesses.
Minority businesses still need equitable access and more resources to level the playing field, sustain and grow. This happens when these businesses are offered the same economic, contracting, and business utilization opportunities made available to others.
MBI’s vision is that all Connecticut minorities should have fair and equal opportunity, access and support to pursue entrepreneurship. Many social and environmental factors impact the likelihood an individual will succeed as an entrepreneur. These factors include access to quality education, access to information, adequate food, affordable healthcare, shelter and economic stability, and the degree to which individuals have access to these factors collectively reflects their economic resiliency. As a body within Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (“DECD”), MBI will strive to address economic resiliency gaps consistent with DECD’s mission and goals, and will seek partners and allies to collaborate with MBI to impact economic resiliency components that fall outside DECD’s charge. With this holistic and collaborative view, MBI seeks to close the business ownership, prosperity and economic resiliency gaps for all Connecticut residents.
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