The mission of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council is to significantly increase business relationships between our corporate members and our certified MBEs. We believe that minority business development is a key component of reducing poverty, unemployment, increasing wealth, and integrating American society. You are receiving this email in order to keep you abreast of developments with the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Supplier Diversity Issues and Minority Business Development. If you like what you read please share internally and externally.
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Thank you for attending Annual Gala |  On behalf of the GNEMSDC Board of Directors, I want to thank all of the sponsors, attendees, nominees, awardees, volunteers, honorary chairs, committee members, well wishers and staff for making this past week's Awards Gala a great success. Also I want to offer a special thank you to Rev. Jesse Jackson for his thoughtful message. He gave us the historical perspective describing from whence we came, where we are and what is possible. I think I speak for many who were there, that Rev. Jackson made this a very special night. To view all of the winners see the Award Gala Supplement . |
GNEMSDC Second Quarterly Meeting May 11, 2011 Raytheon -REGISTRATION CLOSED! |  The GNEMSDC Second Quarterly Meeting will take place at the Raytheon on Wednesday, May 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The corporate host for this event is Raytheon. The event will take place at 1001 Boston Post Road East in Marlborough, MA. This Quarterly meeting will be different from previous Quarterly meetings because Raytheon will allow 20 MBEs to set up table top displays - a mini Trade Show at the facility for Raytheon buyers, engineers and Quarterly meeting attendees to visit that afternoon. Also Raytheon will have business unit buyers on hand to meet directly with MBEs. If you are interested in "exhibiting" at the Quarterly, please let us know. We encourage all MBEs interested in attending to visit the Raytheon website to get a better understanding of what Raytheon buys and sells. If you have not registered for this event, please do not plan on attending. Registration is now closed. We will not be able to let you into the meeting if you have not already registered. If you have registered please make every effort to attend. If you have any questions call the office, 888-874-7114 or email Jerilynn Clarke atjclarke@gnemsdc.org. |
Upcoming Events, Activities and Information | If you have events and activities that you want to share with our network send us a PDF file at least two weeks before the event. We reserve the right to publish or not publish events and activities. |
Opportunities with Corporate Members | While we are not in the HR business, we are aware of opportunities with several corporate members for positions of employment. If you call the office we would be happy to share that information with you. If you are a corporate member, and want the Council to spread the word about your opportunity we would be happy to do that for you anonymously and for free! |
Thank You Claudia Munoz Najar | |  Last Friday was Claudia Munoz-Najar's last day at United Technologies Corporation. Ms. Najar was long time GNEMSDC director and a member of the GNEMSDC Executive Committee. She has decided to pursue some entrepreneurial opportunities. We wish her well and look forward to working with her as certified MBE. |
Order eBook - And Finally II & Essays on Minority Business Development |  I am very pleased to announce that my second book that chronicles the And Finally column and the various essays, articles, opinion pieces and unsolicited advice on a wide range of topics. The book And Finally II & Essays on Minority Business Development covers the period January 1, 2007 though December 31 2010. This four year period was an exciting time for the Council, the economy, the country, and the world. This book is 400 pages long, greater than twice the size of the first And Finally book. I see this as a book for the minority entrepreneur to keep by their desk. I also see this as something a supplier diversity professional can refer to in their daily struggles. All of the proceeds for the book will be donated to the GNEMSDC. So this is a great way to have your own personal record of this historic time and support the Council. And since all proceeds are going directly to the GNEMSDC your purchase is tax deductible. Our plan is to only sell the book on line. You can read it on all I-Pads, other tables, cell phones and computers. Your purchase supports the work of the Council. Thank you for your support. Order eBook today at: www.drfredmckinney.com View eBook Table of Content |
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And Finally... |  We all remember where we were on September 11, 2001. For me it was a CMSDC board of directors meeting in our Hamden office when news of the attack trickled in and phone lines started to go down. I remember much about that day, the frantic calls to loved ones who working in lower Manhattan and Washington, DC. The closing of schools. The shocking images. The hellish imaginations. I also remember what could have been. Before I took the job as President of the CMSDC, that summer I interviewed for a job at Morgan Stanley at the World Trade Center. I was offered that job. Morgan Stanley had 21 floors of offices in the South Tower, the second one hit that day. I turned that job down because I did not want to commute, nor did I want to be a 100 percent salesman, although I had recently took and passed my Series 7 examination for a stock brokers license. But I did not take that job. I took this one. We cannot know our fate or our future. We have to just live. On this day I imagine others will also recount that day and rejoice in the death of the perpetrator of that event. On this day we will remember and should remember the sense that everyone in the world was an American. Unjust suffering is a powerful reminder of our precious and fragile humanity. On this day we should also imagine a world of peace. In your service, Dr. Fred |
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