Let's grow your business!
Reimagining Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for a Better Future
Let's grow your business!
Reimagining Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for a Better Future
Who We Are
About Us
The Brooklyn MBDA Business Center (“Center”), operated by OLIM Lifestyle Management Consulting LLC, is funded by the Minority Business Development Agency (“MBDA”), U.S. Department of Commerce. Its mission is to provide high-level business development services to Socially or Economically Disadvantaged Individuals ("SEDIs") who own businesses, to grow. Located at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, the Center has a national footprint, with a focus in the Northeast Corridors ("NEC") of the United States.
NEC is central to the tri-states (New York, New Jersey – Northeast, and Connecticut – Southeast). SEDI-owned businesses are the largest employers in this region. Along the Northeast Corridors, there are strong presences of SEDI-owned enterprises. The MBDA Act defines a socially disadvantaged individual as "an individual who has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of the identity of the individual as a member of a group, without regard to any individual quality of the individual that is unrelated to that identity. 15 U.S.C. § 9501(15)." The Act also describes an economically disadvantaged individual as "an individual whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities, as compared to others in the same line of business and competitive market areas, because of the identity of the individual as a member of a group, without regard to any individual quality of the individual that is unrelated to that identity. 15 U.S.C. § 9501(15)."
The Center is accessible by car, bus, and subway. Easily accessible to the rest of New York City. The Center is a proud strategic partner to the Medgar Evers College (CUNY). Named after martyred civil rights icon, Medgar Wiley Evers, this College is a minority-community and economic development serving institution, which is recognized as a crown jewel of The City University of New York.
The Center's programs also facilitate students' engagement, where students are given opportunities to provide SEDI clients with relevant services, through internship programs, while gaining valuable work experiences.
