If you knew better you could do better.
– Gary Wade
A COMMUNITY OF PRACTITIONERS
Although we cater to all, our focus is to reach those in the underserved and underutilized “ communities of color” who have been left out of the process for so long. We are a real community of practitioners and entities who learn and train together through in person and live online sessions. The MWDBE Training Academy in partnership with multiple local and state organizations educate the small/disadvantaged business community and regular everyday people about the rules and regulations governing ways public funding should be spent (49 CFR Part 23/26) in the simple and most effective way of understanding, and engaging in the contracting opportunities.
Success in “Our Online and In-person Technical Training Approach and Strategy” is attainable by anyone, at any age, at any point in their career. If you can use a computer, and are willing to have patience learning in and understanding the rules and regulations associated with public funding you can learn a new approach to doing business with recipients of public funding whether federal, state or local entities. You too can become a successful small/disadvantaged business owner. The MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. is not just watching how your tax dollar are distributed, but actual knowing about important detail as to how your tax dollar should be spent. It’s about learning how publicly funded programs works or should be working throughout all communities especially the disadvantaged communities. Our resource and training center can be used to make educated decisions about how your tax dollar should be spent and properly disbursed throughout all community including communities of color. We at the MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. would like to technically train you, your team and your community on how to be more informed about the various economic opportunities available to you and how these programs should really work for all, including communities underserved and underutilized.
Connecting Communtities
The focus of existence is to connect our community through our live in person or on a virtual professional online Technical Training Platform. Here is where as a community you are technically trained and mentored by dozens of active small business training resource centers, large and small business owners, practitioners and contributors. We are a small business resource center staffed with technical trained practitioners with the emphasis of connecting all sectors of the contracting communities. Through our partnership with federal, state and local agencies, trade associations, community organizations and the business community we invite the DBE community as a whole to come visit for a day or two just to use the benefits of our resource center. If you are a serious inquirer of what is happening in your business contracting community we promise you will be hooked on wisdom, knowledge and understanding of our executive director. Mr. Wade is an awesome mentor, teacher and a true representative (practitioner) of the underserved and underutilized business communities.
It is undisputed that communities of color has been left behind. Executive Order 13985 signed by President Biden on his first day in office can be a gamechanger for everyone who has interest. We don’t want just anybody training in our room, we want serious minded community individuals, groups, entities who has an interest in disadvantaged programs from over 175,000 agencies nationwide. We only want interested groups who have a desire to learn how practitioners develop opportunities especially for communities left behind from around the country. You do not need to have prior knowledge of how the program work. We work with rules, regulations, statutes and laws designed by Congress to work for all communities.
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is where we should deeply explore how communities of color have been historically unfairly dealt with in, or been unfairly denied the opportunities that financially benefits us, or be subjected to discrimination by not creating a level playing field under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provides: “No person in the United States, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
Title VI served as the model for subsequent nondiscrimination laws including the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (gender), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (disability), and Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (age). All states nondiscrimination policy statement includes these protected classes to ensure that no person be subjected to any form of discrimination in our programs or activities. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as the federal government’s coordinating agency for Title VI, implemented its Title VI program in 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 42 and issued guidance in two main documents: The Title VI Legal Manual and the Complaint Investigation Procedures Handbook. Title VI authorizes and directs federal agencies to enact “rules regulations, or orders of general applicability” to achieve the statute’s objectives. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) implemented its Title VI program in 49 C.F.R. Part 21. FHWA’s implementing regulations can be found in 23 C.F.R. Part 200.
Information that “communities of color” DBE and Non-DBE Business Owners should know
The MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. in conjunction with multiple federal, state and local agencies provides training resources to assist disadvantaged owned and operated businesses to operate successfully in the contracting community in all sectors of public funding. Opportunities in the disadvantaged participation space are extremely liquid only if and when you truly understand the rules and regulations governing the programs. Through President Biden Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and multiple other bills passed by the Biden Administration, small/disadvan contracting communities has a high degree of volume and opportunities to succeed only if they knew how to position themselves for success. These bills are a once in a lifetime opportunity!! A high volume of opportunities means you need to understand the rules and regulations on who and how to succeed. “IF YOU KNEW BETTER YOU COULD DO BETTER”
Discrimination under Title VI is prohibited
As a state, city or local government employee, it is everyone’s responsibility to prevent, minimize, and eradicate any form of discrimination. There are two types of discrimination prohibited under Title VI and its related statutes: (1) disparate treatment that alleges similarly situated persons are treated differently because of their race, color, or national origin (i.e. intentional discrimination); and (2) disparate impact/effects when a facially neutral policy, procedure, or practice results in different or inferior services or benefits to members of a protected group. In disparate impact, the focus is on the consequences of a decision, policy, or practice rather than the intent. Discrimination can be eradicated over time, the key is to connect the community.
Empower is our Purpose!!!
The MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. is a great way for individuals and staff of public agencies who are not familiar with the rules and regulations of various programs to better understand the mission Congress established. Our training resource center trains on how to maximize exposure in the largest pool of public opportunities for all small/disadvantaged business owners and those who have yet started on their own business journey. The MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. have partnered to develop the, the first-ever curriculum its kind to produce, train, and support the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise community across America.
The MWDBE Training and Resource Academy, Inc. seeks to eliminate the myth that all you need is a certification, by leveraging technical education about the DBE program, access to capital, and opportunity comes much easier. By building on your specific business knowledge, entrepreneurs will help expand the ecosystem, grow the pipeline of qualified small/disadvantaged innovators, and bridge the divide between the DBE business community and the contracting communities for the now and the next generation of Black entrepreneurs.
Authorities
The authorities applicable to Title VI/Nondiscrimination Program include:
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin);
• 49 CFR Part 21 (entitled Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Transportation-Effectuation of Title VI of The Civil Rights Act of 1964);
• 23 CFR Part 200 (FHWA’s Title VI/Nondiscrimination Regulation);
• 28 CFR Part 50.3 (U.S. Department of Justice Guidelines for Enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964); and,
• Local state Civil Rights laws –
Title VI Compliance The following Executive Orders place further emphasis on preventing discrimination based on race and national origin:
• Executive Order 12898, 3 CFR 859 (1995), entitled “Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations”; and
• Executive Order 13166, 3 CFR 289 (2001), entitled “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.”
Our Goal: Teach you to understand the rules, regulations. statutes and laws on how to perform a “commercially useful function” and what a “cuf” really means.
“If you knew better, you could do better”
Ready To Start?
Contact us today by emailing us at gbwade@mwdbeacademy.com or by
calling 832-351-2522 and speaking with a training representative so that you can get access to our live training room FREE subsidized by your tax dollars.
Go to the library to review classes for 32 hours of approved credit
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Email
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gbwade@mwdbeacademy.com
Phone
888-615-4349