Archive for March, 2021

From the Director | New Ideas –Manufacturing Cooperatives This month I would like to introduce you to a concept we are working to develop for minority manufacturers in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. After two and a half years of working with minority manufacturers, there have been some realities we have encountered. We are committed to addressing these challenges through an innovative collaborative cooperative that will create manufacturing clusters where our clients will physically co-locate and leverage common assets to include equipment, facilities, financing streams, and ... Read more

U.S. Census Bureau Graphic on Change in Women's Participation in Selected Occupations from 2000-2019. The following is a cross-post by the U.S. Census Bureau National Women’s History Month traces its roots to March 8, 1857, when women from various New York City factories staged a protest over poor working conditions. The first Women's Day celebration in the United States was in 1909, also in New York City. More than seven decades later, Congress in 1981 established National Women's History Week to be commemorated annually the ... Read more