Fall Workshop Empowers Small Businesses During Med Week
Panel Encourages Audience To Overcome Small Business Challenges
WHO:Romona Riscoe Benson, Riscoe & Associates and the African American Museum in PhiladelphiaWHAT:
Mia Mendoza, Mendoza Group
Sirena Moore, Elohim Cleaning Contractors
Heseung Song, Osiris Group
Sponsored by Aetna and hosted by the Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Government Services, this FREE round table discussion showcases a panel of diverse women business owners and their achievements. These leaders will offer assistance to the attendees through motivation and insight, gathered from their success of sustaining and growing a small business. Produced as an official event within the Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, this workshop supports the Philadelphia region's local multicultural business owners by providing a bridge to connect the multicultural business community to Philadelphia’s local hospitality industry.
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Program: 6:00pm-7:15pm, One-on-One appointments: 7:15pm-9:00pm
WHERE:
Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing, 201 South Columbus Blvd. - 2nd Floor
DETAILS:
This FREE event is one of many in support of the 24th Annual Minority Enterprise Development Week. Med-Week events celebrate the accomplishments and provide procurement opportunities to multicultural business owners throughout the City of Philadelphia. These events often include educational seminars and workshops to encourage the exposure of multicultural businesses and budding entrepreneurs within Philadelphia’s various industries.
"Aetna remains committed to the success of Philadelphia's small businesses, especially in this challenging economic environment," states Patrick Young, president of Aetna's Mid-Atlantic Region small and middle market business. "We're gratified to be working with the MAC, an organization that shares our goal of seeing small businesses prosper, particularly in the ethnically diverse community."
About MAC
The Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress (MAC), a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, was formed in 1987 as the first multicultural division of a Convention & Visitors Bureau in the nation. Working to increase Philadelphia's share of the multicultural meetings and tourism markets, MAC maximizes opportunities for the region by promoting Philadelphia as an ethnically diverse visitor destination and encouraging multicultural business and social responsibility that contributes to and benefits from the varying multicultural communities that enhance our region's hospitality and tourism industry. For more information log onto www.PhiladelphiaMAC.org
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.8 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.
