Diversity Luncheon Is September 21

Do you know of a business or organization that promotes inclusion in the City of Bartow? If so, please be sure to nominate it for the annual Bartow Diversity Award to be presented during the Bartow Community Relations Committee’s Diversity Luncheon.

The luncheon is set for Wednesday, September 21, 2011, with guest speaker, Malik Ali. Ali was born in Harlem, New York and received a BS in Chemical Engineering. He attended Harvard Business School, all the while working full-time as a Chemical Engineer at Polaroid and renovating a four family tenement. Ali went to work at The Walt Disney Company where he marked a milestone in his own career by putting the media giant on the supplier diversity map. While at Walt Disney, Ali became involved in the FMSDC and was Chairman of the Board for 13 years, until 1997, he became the President of the FMSDC. The mission of the FMSDC is to provide a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned business enterprises. The FMSDC is a corporate member organization, and our primary objective is to help corporations with their supplier diversity efforts. Ali spent 14 years at The Walt Disney Company as Director of Minority Business Enterprise Programs, winning many local and national awards.

Applications for nomination of a business or organization are available at the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce or at the Chamber website: www.bartowchamber.com.

Criteria for the award includes:
1. Recipients will have demonstrated a commitment to diversity in the City of Bartow, or in the surrounding communities through mentoring, outreach initiatives, or other activities that advance the goal of inclusion.
2. Recipients will have demonstrated a thorough understanding of, appreciation for, and advocacy toward promoting diversity issues. By example, recipients instill in their peer businesses or organizations these same values and inspire similar commitment to inclusion.
3. Nominations will be accepted for a business or organization, and one award presented for the current year, it will not be carried forward to the next year. Award recipients are not eligible to receive it again for two subsequent years.

Bartow’s Community Relations Committee will deliberate and make a selection and the winner announced at the Committee’s Diversity Luncheon to be held September 21, 2011 at the Bartow Civic Center. Nominations must be received in the Chamber no later than Friday, September 2.
For more information, or to obtain a nomination form, please come by the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, 510 N. Broadway Avenue in Bartow. You may also call the Chamber at (863) 533-7125.


Diversity Luncheon Is September 21 Do you know of a business or organization that promotes inclusion in the City of Bartow? If so, please be sure to nominate it for the annual Bartow Diversity Award to be presented during the Bartow Community Relations Committee’s Diversity Luncheon. The luncheon is set for Wednesday, September 21, 2011, with guest speaker, Malik Ali. Ali was born in Harlem, New York and received a BS in Chemical Engineering. He attended Harvard Business School, all the while working full-time as a Chemical Engineer at Polaroid and renovating a four family tenement. Ali went to work at The Walt Disney Company where he marked a milestone in his own career by putting the media giant on the supplier diversity map. While at Walt Disney, Ali became involved in the FMSDC and was Chairman of the Board for 13 years, until 1997, he became the President of the FMSDC. The mission of the FMSDC is to provide a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned business enterprises. The FMSDC is a corporate member organization, and our primary objective is to help corporations with their supplier diversity efforts. Ali spent 14 years at The Walt Disney Company as Director of Minority Business Enterprise Programs, winning many local and national awards. Applications for nomination of a business or organization are available at the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce or at the Chamber website: www.bartowchamber.com. Criteria for the award includes: 1. Recipients will have demonstrated a commitment to diversity in the City of Bartow, or in the surrounding communities through mentoring, outreach initiatives, or other activities that advance the goal of inclusion. 2. Recipients will have demonstrated a thorough understanding of, appreciation for, and advocacy toward promoting diversity issues. By example, recipients instill in their peer businesses or organizations these same values and inspire similar commitment to inclusion. 3. Nominations will be accepted for a business or organization, and one award presented for the current year, it will not be carried forward to the next year. Award recipients are not eligible to receive it again for two subsequent years. Bartow’s Community Relations Committee will deliberate and make a selection and the winner announced at the Committee’s Diversity Luncheon to be held September 21, 2011 at the Bartow Civic Center. Nominations must be received in the Chamber no later than Friday, September 2. For more information, or to obtain a nomination form, please come by the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, 510 N. Broadway Avenue in Bartow. You may also call the Chamber at (863) 533-7125.
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