Business View Magazine l October 2022

81 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Actualizing the American Dream T he National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) is taking on the extraordinary task of correcting the unequal access to wealth-building opportunities for communities of color (Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic, and Native American). The organization, based in New York and founded in 1972, is the longest-running advocacy group for systematically excluded minority groups, helping provide them an equal shot at participating in the American experiment of free-market capitalism and entrepreneurship. The council’s mission is to serve as a growth engine for NMSDC- certified minority businesses and enable its corporate members AT A GLANCE NATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (NMSDC) WHAT: The longest-running advocacy group for systematically excluded minority groups WHERE: Based in New York City, NY WEBSITE: https://nmsdc.org/