*************************************** . THE CHALLENGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES IN CINCINNATI: "A picture is worth a thousand words". Click on this caricature that can be viewed and printed. . *************************************** *************************************** Resource Links: (Click HERE for other links) . -(7/7/10): City of Cincinnati Released Devastating Minority Inclusion Numbers -(3/31/10): City of Cincinnati Contract Award Reports (2007-2009): NO Progress! -Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce --OPEN Cincinnati, recommendations . -City of Cincinnati SBE Program . -Urban League of Greater Cincinnati . -Cincinnati Urban Empowerment Center . -Small Business Administration . *************************************** *************************************** News Articles: (Click HERE for other articles): . (6/10/10): Cincinnati Public Schools Continues to Exclude African American Contractors . (6/3/10): Charges Dropped Against President Foster and President Smitherman . (4/7/10): CPS Releases Lower Minority Inclusion Numbers . (3/31/10): City of Cincinnati Contract Award Reports (2007-2009): NO Progress! . (2/12/10): Four Important NAACP Announcements . --(2/10/10): Cincinnati School Board Not Negotiating in Good Faith . --(2/8/10): Cincinnati NAACP Encourages All to Attend CPS Meeting Tonight Monday Feb. 8th at 7:00 PM . --(2/5/10): Cincinnati NAACP and Baptist Ministers Extend Deadline to February 19, 2010 at 5:00 PM . --(1/24/10): OPEN Cincinnati to release progress report on SBE Program . --(1/26/10): Cinti NAACP President Praises Superintendent Ronan and School Board on Recommendations . --Cincinnati Public Schools respond to local NAACP . --(12/28/09): CPS Board Fails to Meet their 30% Promise to African American Contractors . --(10/8/09): 2009 SBE Numbers Show Continued Exclusion of African American Business by City of Cinti . --(6/10/09): Task Force Confirms African American Businesses Still Excluded After 2001 Riots . **************************************** **************************************** . . The City of Cincinnati spent almost $1Billion over a 2year period (2007 and 2008). However, African American Businesses received less than 1% of that spending in a city that is 47% African American! To help address these shameful results, The Cincinnati NAACP will provide the Mayor and City Council each month an African American Vendor that is trying to get on the City's Vendor list but cannot due to barriers. The Cincinnati NAACP's expectation is that the Mayor and City Council will work expeditiously to get these qualified and capable African American Vendors on the City's vendor list. . The following documents and tracks correspondence to and from the Mayor and City Council regarding this effort to increase African American Businesses access and participation in doing business with the City of Cincinnati: *********************************************** ***********************************************
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