第39届少数族裔企业发展周（MED）将于 10 月 2 日（星期一）拉开帷幕，并将持续到 2023 年 10 月 6 日。该活动由费城经济机会办公室和商务部牵头，将通过虚拟和现场活动相结合的方式，给人们带来启迪和丰富。
为期一周的活动主题为 “企业家的事情：打破障碍，点燃成功”，强调了费城对创造公平经济环境的承诺。活动周期间将举办 40 多场研讨会，涵盖从大流行病转向战略到企业认证和市场营销等相关主题。活动周不仅将增强参与企业的知识和资源，还将成为一个重要的交流平台。
10 月 2 日的盛大开幕式备受期待，议程包括介绍活动周的各项计划、颁奖以及企业与政府和行业巨头建立联系的绝佳机会。
MED 周不仅仅是少数族裔企业的庆典。它是致力于营造包容性商业环境的各种实体集体努力的证明。
该活动得到了众多合作伙伴的支持，包括：
City CouncilCouncilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson
Councilmember Curtis Jones
City of PhiladelphiaDepartment of Licenses & Inspections
Free Library of Philadelphia
Procurement Department
Rebuild Philadelphia
Water Department
School District of Philadelphia
African American Chamber of Commerce
Independence Business Alliance
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Asian Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
PIDC
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Community College of Philadelphia
Community First Fund
Customers Bank
Drexel University
SEPTA
Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council
Entrepreneur Works
Goldman Sachs 10k Small Businesses
Philadelphia Marketplace
MBDA Business Center – Pennsylvania National Black MBA Association
North Broad Renaissance
PECO
Black Professionals
Peirce College
Philadelphia Gas Works
Philadelphia Works
SCORE Philadelphia
Temple University
The Business Center for Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise
The Enterprise Center
The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Urban Affairs Coalition
Urban League of Philadelphia
The Welcoming Center
Women’s Business Development Center
Women’s Opportunities Resource Center
