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• Minority Business Development Agency Kicks Off National MED Week at National Minority Supplier Development Council’s Annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange in Austin

  October 01, 2018

  Today, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announced they are joining forces to kick off National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week), October 14–20, in conjunction with this year’s...

• How 11 Million Minority-Owned Firms Can Close the Wealth Gap and Drive the U.S. Economy

  September 13, 2019

  Washington, D.C. (September 12, 2019) – The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), in collaboration with the Milken Institute, convened prominent scholars, economists and business leaders to combine research efforts in support of the growth and expansion of mino...

• Presidential Proclamation on Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2019

  September 10, 2019

  During Minority Enterprise Development Week, our Nation celebrates the success of minority-owned businesses and recognizes their significant role in strengthening our country’s robust economy.  The contributions of these enterprises ensure American companies remain world leaders in the global marke...

• MBDA Announces 2019 National MED Week Award Winners

  September 04, 2019

  WASHINGTON, DC (September 4, 2019) — Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) proudly announces recipients of the 2019 Minority Enterprise Awards. The Minority Enterprise Award is the highest level of national recognition that a U.S. minority-owned firm ca...

• Urban Magazine Feature: Henry Childs II

  August 26, 2019

  Minority Business Development Agency Henry Childs II is the national director of the Minority Business Development Agency. His main focus is to widen the MBDA’s influence on minority-owned businesses and global markets. To support this endeavor, the MBDA has established the Opportunity Zone Summit...

• MBDA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2019

  September 17, 2019

  The U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency is proud to celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15.  In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B....

• A Qualified Opinion: Henry Childs II

  August 02, 2019

  Henry Childs II is the national director of the Minority Business Development Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes the growth of minority-owned businesses through the mobilization and advancement of public and private sector programs, policy and research. Childs spoke...

• National Director Henry Childs and Assistant Secretary Tom Gilman Attend Detroit Opportunity Zone Summit

  June 20, 2019

  WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, Henry Childs and Tom Gilman, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Administration for the U.S. Department of Commerce brought together local businesses and government lea...

• MBDA 50th Anniversary Celebration

  March 15, 2019

  An over-capacity crowd of more than 700 minority business owners and leaders gathered Tuesday, March 5, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The celebration was held at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C....

• Op-Ed: Celebrating the Rise of Minority-Owned Businesses

  March 05, 2019

  On Tuesday, the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) celebrates its 50th anniversary. When President Nixon signed the executive order creating MBDA, the nation’s minority population was less than 40 million. Nixon recognized that, although minority-owned businesses...

• Minority Business Development Agency Celebrates 50 Years

  February 22, 2019

  Emmitt Smith, NFL Hall of Famer and Successful Entrepreneur, to Keynote Anniversary Event Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announced its 50th Anniversary kick-off celebration at the Department of Commerce’s Herbert C. Hoover Bu...

• Minority Business Development Agency, B&C International, and National Business League to grow U.S. MBEs through partnerships with African Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises

  February 04, 2021

  WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 3, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), B&C International (B&C), and The National Business League announce an initiative to strengthen commercial engagement between the Federal Government, U.S. Minority Business Enter...