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May 28, 2021

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MBDA Announces 2021 National MED Week Call for Nominations - DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2021

Since 1969, the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has been instrumental in fostering the growth and global competitiveness of the Nation’s minority-owned businesses. From an estimated 300,000 minority-owned firms in 1969 to more than nine million today, MBDA has led the way in gaining public recognition of the achievements and economic contributions of minority-owned firms. The MBDA National Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards are the highest level of national recognition that a U.S. minority-owned firm can receive by the U.S. Department of Commerce. These prestigious awards, bestowed during National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week), celebrate the outstanding achievements of minority entrepreneurs, as well as the individuals and organizations that have demonstrated their commitment to advancing minority business enterprises

 There are three main award categories:

MINORITY FIRMS OF THE YEAR

• Minority Construction Firm of the Year
• Minority Export Firm of the Year
• Minority Manufacturing Firm of the Year
• Minority Health Products and Services Firm of the Year
• Minority Emerging Technology and Industries Firm of the Year
• Minority Marketing and Communications Firm of the Year
• Minority E-Commerce Firm of the Year
• Minority Veteran-Owned Firm of the Year
• Robert J. Brown Minority Business Enterprise of the Year

CHAMPIONS OF MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Access to Capital Award
• Advocate of the Year
• Distinguished Supplier Diversity Award

INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION

• Abe Venable Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement 

• Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award