About Us

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency is the only federal agency solely dedicated to fostering the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. minority business enterprises. MBDA programs are focused on economic empowerment and leading minority business enterprises through business transformation. For more than 50 years, MBDA has helped minority-owned firms gain greater access to capital and contracts, build scale and capacity, and expand into new markets.

Since 1983, MBDA has hosted the National MED Week observance honoring the outstanding achievements and leadership of minority-owned firms, organizations and advocates from across the Nation.

Since 2020, Oklahoma City Minority Enterprise Development Week has highlighted, celebrated, and strengthened the local minority business enterprise ecosystem. This weeklong celebration plays host to a series of networking events, an awards ceremony, and educational programming that includes topics of technology, marketing, legality, supplier diversity, access to capital, finance, e-commerce, and other programming organized with community partners. We invite you to engage with #OKCMED as we celebrate and support minority-owned businesses in OKC. Join us for the experience!

OKC MED Week is powered by a dedicated group of business and nonprofit leaders interested in spurring economic empowerment and growth of minority owned businesses.