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Minority business enterprise (MBE) is an American designation for businesses which are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis by one or more (in combination) American citizens of the following ethnic minority and/or gender (e.g. woman-owned) and/or military veteran classifications: [citation needed] African American
A Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) is defined as one that is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled on a daily basis by one or more female American citizens. WBEs are typically certified by a third-party, city, state or federal agency. [ 1 ]
The UBE was created in 2011, and was first administered that year by Missouri and North Dakota. [32] It has since been adopted by 37 United States jurisdictions (out of a possible 56). [ 33 ] The American Bar Association also endorsed the UBE at its 2016 mid-year meeting. [ 34 ]
They may also declare that a percentage of the work performed on a contract be awarded to an MBE or WBE. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In New York State , a goal was set in 2014 for the award of public contracts to women and minority businesses to increase from 20% in 2014 to 30% by 2019. [ 13 ]
Members of antifa get in a yelling match with a supporters of President Donald Trump during a protest of the certification of the presidential election results at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem ...
Albert B. George: [7] [8] First African American male judge in Illinois (1924) Bernard P. Barasa: [9] First Italian American male judge in Illinois (c. 1920s) James K. Chelos: [10] [11] [12] First Greek American male judge in Illinois (1952) David Cerda: [13] First Latino American male judge in Illinois (1965) and serve on the Illinois ...
Gerre Strehlman Langton: [54] First female to serve as the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri (1960) Susan Block (1975): [15] First female elected judge in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; Sandra Hemphill (1992): First African American female judge; Christina Kime: [55] First female judge in Wayne County ...
For example, a report from the U.S. Department of Education on the characteristics of MSIs [2] defined MSI based on either of two separate criteria; 1) legislation (e.g. HBCU, TCU, or 2) percentage of minority undergraduate enrollment based on IPEDS data [3] (i.e. "institutions that enroll at least 25 percent of a specific minority group are ...