What Was Meant for Harm: A 2026 Call for DBEs and MBEs to Strategize and Grow
If you are a DBE, ACDBE, or MBE, 2026 will not reward the passive. It will reward the
prepared. We are entering a new era, one where the rules are changing, the pressures are shifting, and the commitment of many institutions to diversity has been tested. In some rooms, it has been exposed. In other rooms, it has been quietly abandoned. And yet, here is the truth: we have been here before.
