Thursday, September 7 on Urban Forum Northwest: Bob Armstead, President, Washington State Chapter-National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) comments
Through a program put on by Friendly Inn and a Vermont-based organization, students spend two weeks of their summer learning from women who work in construction fields, trying activities like woodworking, and visiting building sites.
MBE programs are deeply entrenched in construction and have benefitted many industry companies and professionals, but conservative opponents now target disparity studies that have been their foundation.