🌟 More from North Star State of #Minnesota! The second regional economic summitt happened in the SBA Great Lakes Region 5 where the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) continued its summit series through a historic agreement the U.S. Small Business Administration WHIAANHPI and National ACE! 📍Close to 500 people registered for the WHIAANHPI summit in #StPaul, where U.S. Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed kicked off the federal agency welcome! He highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s resources and investments to support AA & NHPI communities, meeting them where they are at, and democratizing access to capital. 🇺🇸 SBA Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed closed out his day by participating in a town hall with the #Somali American community in Bloomington, MN moderated by Amran Farah, former President of the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers and the co-founder and former president of the Somali American Bar Association. During the townhall, Deputy Administrator Syed offered to collaborate more closely with the community on ways the SBA can better serve them. SBA Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed also reaffirmed President Biden’s commitment to ensuring underserved communities and regions have equal access to opportunity, including SBA’s wealth of lending, government contracting, training, and innovation grant programs. #AsianAmerican #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslander #Somali #Blackbusiness #AfricanAmerican #Smallbusiness #InvestingInAmerica #BidenHarris __________ SBA Great Lakes Regional Office and SBA Minnesota District Office helped coordinate and co-host the summit. SBA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay and SBA Minnesota District Office District Director Brian McDonald offices much appreciates and big thanks to colleagues at WHIAANPI Krystal Kaai, Caroline Goon, Judith Teruya, and Rachel Rabusa and especially SBA Regional V regional agency partners at USDA Colleen Landkamer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Cabonargi, SBDC/Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Neela Mollgaard, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, SBA WBC Entrepreneur Fund Sandi Larson, Social Security Administration Doug Nguyen, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Labor Gina Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Justice and community leaders such as KaYing Yang and local community organizations like HAP (Hmong American Partnership) May yer “mine-za” Thao @SEWA-Asian Indian Family Wellness Anjuli M. Cameron, M.S., plus volunteers across these and other federal agencies, business groups and organizations.
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3moIt was HAP’s honor to be a partner!