Ascend, a national program supported by JPMorgan Chase, links business schools, business service-providing organizations, and Community Development Financial Institutions to create local support ecosystems for neighborhood-based, inner-city, and minority-owned businesses in Atlanta, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. and now within Ohio cities!

The OMSDC Connections Newsletter is your source for important Supplier Diversity news and information. Sent directly to your inbox bi-weekly, it features business opportunities, events and development information for MBEs and Corporate Supply Chain professionals.

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Opportunities For MBEs

A regularly-updating posting of business advancement opportunities for minority businesses in Ohio.

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Certification FAQs and Information Related To COVID-19 Pandemic

During the current health crisis, there may be concerns as to how the certification and recertification processes will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To keep MBEs well-informed, OMSDC has developed answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions.

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Event Recap - 2020 Annual Awards Gala

Celebrating the Minority Business Enterprises and Corporations of Ohio, the OMSDC held its Annual Awards Gala on November 20.

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📣In partnership with Voya Financial®, #NMSDC is providing 25 need-based cash relief grants of $5,000 to small businesses (with annual revenue up to $1 million). Apply by April 23, 2021. https://t.co/6gozVoCpxr #WeareNMSDC #MinorityBusinessMatters pic.twitter.com/0kT93rrz1e
— NMSDC (@NMSDCHQ) April 10, 2021

Diversity as a 'business imperative': A Q&A with Target's D&I chief https://t.co/4LPh4lOnrj
— NMSDC (@NMSDCHQ) April 16, 2021

6 Tasks in 6 Months: Building a New #SupplierDiversity Program – read Kelly Barner's new blog on @supplier_io https://t.co/hJxno7UIZW #diversity #DiversityandInclusion @CVMSolutions
— Buyers Meeting Point (@BuyersMeetPoint) April 16, 2021

ABOUT US

The Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council (OMSDC) is one of 23 affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), a nonprofit corporate membership organization that advances business opportunities for its certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business enterprises and connects them to its corporate members. One of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations, NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

Since 1972, the OMSDC has worked diligently to grow value-driven partnerships between our certified MBEs and our Corporate Members. Our focus is to assist the development and maintenance of effective corporate supplier diversity programs.