Tag: Equity And Opportunity
Not everyone is sold on McKee’s plan to boost MBE program
AFTER THE STATE last year exceeded the minimum requirements for awarding government contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses, Gov. Daniel J. McKee wants to...
Progress on MBE contracting limited without enforcement
This year’s General Assembly session ended without changes to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise program, despite a $500,000 study that identified a host of...
A question of equity: Can R.I. level the field for minority...
As small-business owners clambered to get in on the federal payroll relief program launched in the wake of COVID-19, Anna Mangeni held back.
Her business,...
R.I. Black Business Association: R.I. failing to comply with minority-contracting policy
PROVIDENCE – State policies for contracting with minority-owned businesses have come under scrutiny amid heightened attention on racial justice issues.
The Rhode Island Black Business...
Burrell champions diversity in R.I. government over 25 years
OVERALL DIVERSITY CHAMPION
Cheryl Burrell has spent a quarter-century increasing diversity in state government, starting as director of personnel for then-Attorney General Jeffrey Pine in...
Diversity elusive in construction
White men still dominate construction, though some companies are committed to changing that
Born to immigrant families struggling to get by in Providence, Edwin A....