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Minority Trade Show Coming
Event to promote
networking
and resources
Small and large businesses will join
state, county and federal government
agencies providing business develop­
ment resources that assist minority,
women and emerging small businesses
at the Oregon Association o f Minority
Entrepreneurs trade show.
The 25th annual event with over 120
exhibits will be held Thursday, May 9,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oregon
Convention Center. Admission is free
and luncheon tickets are still available
for $75.
* The OAME Trade Show is a personal, face-to-face
forum to make sales, network and obtain resources
among businesses large and small, new entrepreneurs,
business development and coaching resources.
- S a m Brooks, OAME founder and chairman of the board
The organization is housed in a 40,000
square foot business campus with 30
tenants, meeting space and staff facili­
ties. The group offers businesses and
entrepreneurial technical assistance,
access to capital, adm inistrative sup­
port, business incubation and network­
ing opportunities.
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Sam Brooks
“The OAM E Trade Show is a per­
sonal, face-to-face forum to make sales,
network and obtain resources among
businesses large and small, new entre­
preneurs, business developm ent and
coaching resources,” said Sam Brooks,
OAM E founder and chairman o f the
board.
This year’s theme is Past, Present
and Future. A retrospective presenta­
tion titled “OAME: A M edia History”
will be hosted by M ichael Lewellen,
senior vice president o f com m unica­
tions and public engagem ent for the
Portland Trail Blazers.
For registration, exhibit and luncheon
inform ation or reservations, visit
oame.org or call M odena Perry at 503-
249-7744.
The Oregon Association o f M inor­
ity E ntrepreneurs was founded in
1987 to prom ote m inority, w om en,
em erging small business owners, en­
trepreneurship and econom ic devel­
opm ent. O A M E has grow n to over
800 m em bers in Oregon and S outh­
w est W ashington representing 56
countries.
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