“Staying Alive and Productive during Economic Hard Times” is the theme of the Indianapolis Professional Association’s seventh
annual networking luncheon. It will include a roundtable discussion of the economic state of local minority businesses and
organizations.
The minority-owned logistics firm is also involved in a legal battle with a Washington state firm over the loss of its Boeing
business.
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.
Michael Lewis, 53, filed a complaint with the Indianapolis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Aug. 13 and sued Huntington Oct. 15 in Marion Superior Court.
The city’s Veteran Business Enterprise program aims to increase the representation of veteran-owned businesses on city projects—an
effort that has generated $217,000 in contracts for such firms so far.
MINORITY BUSINESS 100 Black Men of Indianapolis Inc. was named the outstanding chapter in the areas of education and mentoring at the 23rd Annual 100 Black Men of America Inc. conference. The four-day event held late last month in Atlanta attracted more than 3,000 people, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and New York […]
The Indiana Minority Supplier Development Council has made life sciences companies its latest target—part of an even larger effort to attract minorities to the burgeoning life sciences industry under
way on a national scale.
The invocation is perhaps just another iteration in the continuing saga of our state’s failure to recognize true diversity
and applaud it.
The familiar face of a local Hispanic television newscast is back on the air, less than six months after the parent of WISH-TV
Channel 8 pulled the plug on him.
If you are a human resources professional, now is an excellent time for you to assess the human resource function in your
company.
The Hoosier Lottery has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight black former employees who claim racial
discrimination motivated their firing four years ago.
President of the company since 2000, Bridget Shuel-Walker, 42, oversees a distribution operation with $180 million in annual
sales and a work force of more than 400, making it the second-largest woman-owned business in Indianapolis.
The hiring of minority- and women-owned
businesses to work on the $275 million Indiana Convention Center expansion is far ahead of state requirements and has surpassed
rates that were registered for the $715 million Lucas Oil Stadium project.
When it comes time to celebrate African-American History month, wouldn’t we be better served with profiles of young, living role models we can talk to—heroes who can talk to us? Let me submit for your consideration Mercy Obeime.
Some local women business owners are encouraged by the election of President Barack Obama and his appointment of a new chief at the Small Business Administration who is thought to be especially interested in the needs of women-owned businesses.
It is my wish, Dr. Patterson, that at some point you will realize that American society, warts and all, has provided you with the opportunities that have landed you where you are today.
As co-founder and head of sales and marketing, Brooke Billingsley has helped build Indianapolis-based Perception Strategies
Inc. — a health
care mystery shopping business co-founded by her husband, Kevin.
A national newsmagazine for the gay and lesbian community has named Bloomington as its top U.S. small-town vacation destination.
For the first time in more than 40 years, Indiana helped elect a Democratic president.
Sen. Barack Obama’s election and call for change and hope, as well as Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels’ re-election after
dramatic changes, shows that Americans can become successful again.
