Columbia University Facilities and Operations hosted Ascend Cities’ National Conference at Columbia’s Faculty House from July 12-14, bringing together the program’s partners, business owners, academics, and business community anchors from across the country to share best practices in supporting businesses owned by people of color, women, and veterans.
“In our role as an anchor institution, it is important for us to invest in our local and diverse businesses, and through the Ascend network, we have been able to enhance our approach to providing an equitable distribution of economic opportunity to our neighbors in Harlem,” says Tanya Pope Assistant Vice President of Supplier Diversity at Columbia University.