Automotive yes, government yes, anyone else?
And companies that contract with the government. Probably your best source. If they are a federal contractor they have to do a minority set aside

Contact: Doug Holmberg, Project Manager – SBI
Phone: 612.807.3584
Email: dougholmberg@sbiaction.com
www.sbiaction.com

SBI Diversity Project Management offers professional assistance for Diversity Participation

Minneapolis, MN…SBI Diversity Project Management announced on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 that the firm (SBI) would be providing intensive Diversity Participation Assistance for the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) project, “MPHA Elder Community Center and Memory Care Facility,” part of the Heritage Park 2 Project.

In a press conference held on today, project coordinators Pat Buckner and Walter Thomas outlined the detail of this “other than traditional” approach to building awareness to the project by attracting local WBE’s, MBE’s, and Minority/Women Owned businesses with Section 3 qualified contractors. (http://www.mphaonline.org/nts.html) Diversity Manager Doug Holmberg said, “We want local contractors lining up outside our door so we can take them all the way through the process of bidding in a step-by-step process that is unprecedented and very effective. The SBI staff is a group of experienced contractors, planners and construction engineers that will share their knowledge with all who participate.

Pat Buckner, Project Coordinator says, “The assistance SBI is giving women and minority-owned businesses that have a pre-existing WBE, MBE or Section 3 designation is free. SBI will walk them through the steps all the way into the bidding process. Most small contracting firms don’t see this type of solid collaboration. SBI has been put in place to assist the project in creating a fair playing field for the project.”

The bonus for small businesses wanting to submit a bid for work on the Elder Community Center and Memory Care Facility is the following:

The SBI will assist Diversity Bidders with fulfilling the bid requirement checklists; Provide sourcing recommendations for those in need of such things as accounting, insurance and bonding assistance. SBI will inform local Diversity organizations and its members of the project and the opportunities and requirements for bidding.

Walter Thomas, Project Liaison said, “Our immediate plans are to develop and maintain a Diversity subcontractor Mentorship Program to assist Diversity subcontractors with business management and construction project controls through the course of the entire project. This a big step and more importantly, something that needs to happen today!”

The SBI — Diversity Project Management Team is located at 1301 Bryant Avenue North in the MPHA Building (the northwest corner of Bryant and Plymouth Avenue North). For more information, call them to set up an appointment today at (612) 460-7242. Also, to learn more about SBI-Diversity Project Management, visit their website at www.sbiaction.com

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• Creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect taxpayers from predatory tactics

• Establishes Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion in each federal financial agency

1. In addition to this bill’s well-publicized plans to establish over a dozen new financial regulatory offices, Section 342 sets up at least 20 Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the 12 Federal Reserve regional banks, the Board of Governors of the Fed, the National Credit Union Administration, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…all would get their own Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

• Authorizes the SEC to issue rules on proxy access

• Strengthens the Neighborhood Stabilization Program

• Provides Emergency Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners

THE FOUR MAJOR VICTORIES IN THE WALL ST REFORM BILL:

Last night the House passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill. The legislation now must pass the Senate. Because there were a ton of CBC members (Waters, Watt, Meeks, Towns, Cummings, Rush) involved in the process they scored, led by Maxine Waters, on several major fronts.

1. OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION: Women- and minority-owned firms were largely overlooked for the contracting opportunities made available by the government’s historic intervention at banks and other financial institutions. Congresswoman Waters authored an amendment, adopted by the House-Senate conference, to create Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion at each of the federal regulatory agencies — including the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Depository Insurance Company, among others — in order to ensure the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the work force and senior management. The offices would also increase the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts of each agency.

2. CHAKA FATTAH scores $1 BILLION for help for Unemployed Homeowners:
While the first wave of foreclosures was driven by subprime and predatory loans, current foreclosures are increasingly being driven by unemployment. Congresswomen Waters has introduced a national program to assist unemployed homeowners by providing them low-interest loans to help them pay their mortgages. The program is based on a successful program that has helped many Pennsylvania homeowners avoid losing their homes. The financial regulatory reform bill will provide
$1 billion for this purpose; the Treasury Department has committed to providing an additional $2 billion for the program.

3. NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM: created 2 years ago through Congresswoman Waters’ efforts — enables local governments and non-profits to purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned properties and sell those homes to low- and moderate-income buyers.
NSP has made significant investments into communities nationwide, and the need for NSP funding is growing. The financial regulatory reform bill includes an additional $1 billion in funding for NSP.

4. PROTECTING HOME OWNERS FROM SCAM ARTISTS: Waters worked with Americans for Financial Reform and the American Bar Association to include language in the final financial regulatory reform bill that would regulate attorneys providing financial services or products, such as loan modification and debt settlement services, to be regulated under the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The majority of these raids and arrests of illegal immigrant workers are occurring in ethnic minority communities, and in businesses operated by ethnic minority people. Whether this is an organised and deliberate attempt to encourage illegal immigrants to enter the UK and support them, or just a way to exploit cheap labour and avoid paying tax and National Insurance, both undermine the British economy and raise serious security issues.

Unfortunately the government doesn’t seem to making the connection between ethnic minority communities and illegal immigrants, and doesn’t have any clear policies or ways of dealing with it. The law is also being poorly enforced.

In 2007 The Border Agency arrested more than 5,000 immigrants who entered Britain illegally. Unfortunately the vast majority of these are released and abscond, only a very small percentage are actually deported.

Employers who employ illegal immigrations can face fines of £10,000 for each illegal immigrant they employ.

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