DBEs of America

The Business Outreach Committee, a consortium of Bay Area public transit and transportation agencies, invites you to a FREE DBE Legal Update Webinar presented by Colette Holt, founder of Colette Holt & Associates. Mrs. Holt will provide key legal updates on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, including recent court cases and their impacts, current legal challenges, and strategies for improving compliance. She will also share best practices and insights on how DBEs can position their firms for continued growth and success. Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM (PST) Location: Zoom Webinar, https://lnkd.in/gntUbiWp We encourage you to share the attached flyer with your business partners and colleagues. #dbe #wbe #mbe #sbe #vbe #wosb #mosb #vosb U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Minority Contractors Association (USMCA) Board of Directors’ Statement on DEI/DBE National Policy Changes January 20, 2025 THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING DBE AND DEI PROGRAMS?

Please help save the DBE program! Donate today to the DBEs of America Legal Defense Fund!

Protecting the DBE Program & Economy https://lnkd.in/gP9zEXAK

WE ARE UNDER ATTACK! In September of 2024, a U.S. judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s consideration of race or gender when awarding federal highway and transit project funding set asides for disadvantaged small businesses is unconstitutional. In granting the request for preliminary injunction made by Mid-American Milling Company, LLC and Bagshaw Trucking Inc., the U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Kentucky, held?that the federal DBE program that treats businesses owned by racial minorities and women as presumptively disadvantaged and eligible for such funding violated the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection guarantees. As a result of this litigation, 25 states can reduce their DBE goals to ZERO! WE ARE DBES At DBEs of America, our mission is to foster collaboration and unity within the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) community. We are dedicated to advocating for the preservation of DBE programs, ensuring protection of America’s founding principles of free market and capitalism which are integral to our country’s economic development and growth. Through strategic partnerships, education, and advocacy, we strive to empower DBEs to thrive in a competitive marketplace, driving economic growth and social equity. Please join the movement to save the DBE program by visiting our website: www.dbesofamerica.com and register your business at https://lnkd.in/g78rmWTF to stay up to date with our efforts to fight the injunction. Thank you!

DBEs, please join The Greenwood Project (.net)! We want to use our platform and services to help grow other small businesses because you are our community. The goal is to provide a safe space for small businesses to exchange information, strategies, and resources that can assist with sustainability, as a one-stop-shop. We feel this is especially important as we navigate the injunction imposed on the #DOT #DBE program and open the doors to new opportunities and growth based on the?Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)?enacted in November 2021. https://lnkd.in/gp3YsYZC