Equity At Work Webinar Series

For far too long, Black-owned businesses have been excluded from the economic ecosystems that fuel opportunity and growth. Despite being engines of innovation and community investment, these businesses often face systemic barriers to accessing contracts, capital, and corporate supply chains, barriers rooted in inequitable practices and historic disinvestment.

 

In this vital and forward-thinking session, we’ll examine how inclusive procurement is more than a business goal; it’s a moral and economic imperative. True equity requires organizations to look beyond performative pledges and intentionally redesign their purchasing power to reflect their values. Inclusive procurement challenges institutions to build trust, dismantle bias in supplier selection, and open doors that have been shut for generations.

 

This conversation will explore the intersections of race, power, and opportunity, highlighting how organizations can move from awareness to action by embedding equity into their procurement policies. We’ll discuss strategies for supplier diversity that go beyond quotas, focusing on capacity-building, long-term partnerships, and the creation of sustainable wealth within Black communities.

 

This is more than a dialogue about contracts; it’s a call to reimagine who gets to participate in prosperity. Because equity at work means investing in a future where Black-owned businesses are not the exception but the expectation.