MEDWeek addresses study on Race,
Gender, and public contracting
Local business owners from
all over Middle Tennessee came
together to take part in a discussion
on a study of the disparities
with minority-owned businesses
at the AT&T Tower on October
10 as a part of the 26th annual
observance of Nashville
Minority Enterprise
Development Week.
The purpose of the
Metropolitan Nashville disparaties
study was to bring about
greater participation for minority
and women-owned businesses
by revealing that there were disparaties
in the study caused by
the underutilization of minorities
and women-owned businesses in
public contracting. According to
Nicole Dunigan, vice president
and financial advisor for
Pinnacle Financial Partners, the
disparity study showed that there
was a greater availability among
Caucasian women-owned businesses
than minority/femaleowned
businesses. Dunigan
believes that the Metropolitan
Nashville government has made
improvements to create exposure
for minority-owned businesses.
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Meharry physician elected
into membership
of the
Institute of Medicine
Meharry Medial College
held a reception on October 13
at the S.S. Kresge Learning
Resources Center Building, in
honor of Dr. James E.K.
Hildreth’s election into one of
the most prestigious institutes
in the field of health and medicine.
James Earl King Hildreth,
M.D., Ph.D., director, Center
for AIDS Health Disparities
Research, and professor of
Internal Medicine at Meharry
Medical College is one of only
65 new members and five foreign
associates to be honored
by their election for membership
into The Institute of
Medicine (IOM). Election to
the IOM is considered one of
the highest honors in the fields
of health and medicine and recognizes
individuals who have
demonstrated outstanding professional
achievement and
commitment to service. There
are just 1,736 elected members
in the IOM in the U.S. and
abroad.
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Nashville, medical community, nation
remembers Lloyd Charles Elam, M.D.
A host of people from across
the nation met at the Baptist
World Center in Nashville on
Saturday, October 11. The purpose
of the gathering was ‘A
Celebration of Life for Lloyd
Charles Elam, M.D.,’ who
passed away on October 4, 2008.
The official gathering began
with the visitation at 10 am, followed
by the funeral service at
noon. Those making their presence
known were church family,
friends, colleagues, residents,
patients, students, and acquaintances.
All of those present
expressed fond memories of this
gentle man with a welcoming
smile impacting the lives of so
many people.
The celebration reflected his
life and love for God, family,
and work. Dr. Elam was known
as a faithful, active member of
First Baptist Church, Capitol
Hill. His love for Christ began at
Christ Temple Church of Christ
(Holiness) USA, where he was
baptized. He became superintendent
of the Sunday School at
age 17. He remained committed
to the Church of Christ
(Holiness) USA, and was working
and fellowshipping with
members at the time of his passing.
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AT&T was the presenting sponsor
of the annual MEDWeek celebration
AT&T, Inc. was the presenting
sponsor of the 26th Annual
Minority Enterprise
Development Week
(MEDWeek) Celebration organized
by the Nashville Minority
Business Center. MEDWeek,
September 28-October 12, is an
annual national celebration in
recognition of the contributions
made by minority businesses to
the nation’s economy.
“Every year, MEDWeek has
gotten bigger and better and having
AT&T as the presenting
sponsor this year keeps us moving
in the same direction,” said
Marilyn Robinson, executive
director of the Nashville
Minority Business Center.
“Minority businesses are an
integral part of our state and
national economy, and it is
important that we celebrate our
successes and work to increase
them.”
This year, AT&T, Inc.
announced that AT&T companies
are celebrating 40 years of
including minority, women and
disabled veteran-owned businesses
in the supply chain.
AT&T was one of the first companies
to initiate a formal corporate-
wide supplier diversity program
with the establishment of
its Minority Business Enterprise
(MBE) Program in 1968.
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Black America ‘gets pneumonia’
in cold economic climate
by Natalie A. Thompson, special
correspondent; Hazel
Trice Edney, NNPA editor-inchief
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA)
-- As the Black unemployment
rate leaped another eight percentage
points last month – from
10.6% to 11.4%, the White
unemployment rate actually
remained the same: 5.4%, less
than half the rate for Blacks.
In addition to that in every
economic category, from the
poverty rate to housing loss,
African Americans remain historically
and consistently at rock
bottom–a condition exacerbated
by the national housing and
Wall Street financial crisis that
forced Congress to reluctantly
pass a $700 billion bailout last
week.
''We're in a weaker financial
position related to the mainstream
in the first place,'' said
Alfred A. Edmond, Jr., editor-inchief
of BlackEnterprise.com, in
an interview with the NNPA
News Service. “The saying
goes, 'when the rest of America
gets a cold, Black America gets
pneumonia.’''
Edmond is just one among
Black economic experts across
the nation who maintain that as
America observes the economic
fallout after Congress' recent
bailout of lending and investment
agencies, African
Americans must establish creative
ways to stay afloat.
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Local business owners from
all over Middle Tennessee came
together to take part in a discussion
on a study of the disparities
with minority-owned businesses
at the AT&T Tower on October
10 as a part of the 26th annual
observance of Nashville
Minority Enterprise
Development Week.
Meharry Medial College
held a reception on October 13
at the S.S. Kresge Learning
Resources Center Building, in
honor of Dr. James E.K.
Hildreth’s election into one of
the most prestigious institutes
in the field of health and medicine.
A host of people from across
the nation met at the Baptist
World Center in Nashville on
Saturday, October 11. The purpose
of the gathering was ‘A
Celebration of Life for Lloyd
Charles Elam, M.D.,’ who
passed away on October 4, 2008.