Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group (TIMBG)
invites you for a glimpse into the 
US Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC)

Susan Au Allen, Esq. USPAACC President/CEO	Neera Bahl, Esq. Southeast Region President	Ms. Jackie Lajoie Diversity Supplier, Ingersoll Rand

Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group 
invites you to attend a presentation by the
Nashville Mayor’s Office of the New Americans(MONA)
and Office of Innovation

Ms. Shanna Singh Hughey Director of MONA	Mr. Yiaway Yeh Co-Director, Office of Innovation

Tuesday October 28, Global Mall Event Center

                              5252 Hickory Hollow Pkwy, Nashville, TN
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In April 2013 Mayor Karl Dean announced the creation of a new Office of Innovation, designed to capture the entrepreneurial and creative energy of Nashville and make Metro Government more transparent, efficient and responsive. The Office was to be a partnership with the Office of Economic and Community Development on business recruitment and job creation efforts. Mr.Yiaway Yeh, former Mayor of Palo Alto, California, was named as Co-Director of the office.

On September 22, 2014, Mayor Dean created the Mayor’s Office of New Americans, or MONA, tasked with involving immigrants in local government, expanding economic and educational opportunities and creating partnerships between Metro and community organizations. Dean has backed a series of initiatives to make the city more welcoming to the international newcomers who have accounted for more than half of the city’s population growth in the past decade. Dean named senior adviser Shanna Singh Hughey to the director’s role. Her father was a refugee from Pakistan to India in 1947 before moving to the U.S. in the 1970s.

In August, Dean signed an agreement with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to turn five libraries and four community centers in Nashville into information hubs for legal permanent residents interested in gaining citizenship. Nashville became just the third city in that program, the Pathway for New Americans, along with Chicago and Los Angeles. The new office will also take its cues from the mayor’sNew Americans Advisory Council, formed in 2009 to involve refugees and immigrants in city decisions. The Council is comprised of leaders from Nashville's refugee and immigrant communities and fosters a link with Metro Government. 
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TIMBG was founded by Drs. Ming Wang and Galen Hull in September 2013 to promote communication and interaction among immigrant and minority business owners through a series of monthly seminars. For further information see www.timbg.org and www.diversecutluralevents.com.

Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group (www.TIMBG.org)

Invites you to attend its 10^th monthly meeting

Thursday August 21, 2014 - 6:30-8:00 PM

Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center

1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150, Nashville, TN, 37203, 615-321-8881

It is located inside the 20-story tall Palmer Plaza building at the intersection of 18^th Ave and West End Ave, parking is at the PP garage at the back of the building

Free admission, food and drinks

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www.TIMBG.org
www.diverseculturalevents.com
www.globalmusiccity.com

Asian American businesses in middle Tennessee

Panelists:

Ming Wang, MD, PhD, Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center

John Wang, MD, Candidate for TN representative, 53th District

James Sun, Owner, K&S Supermarket

Mustaheed Khan, President, Cross Links Solutions, LLC

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Co-founded in 2013 by Drs. Ming Wang and Galen Hull, TIMBG (www.TIMBG.org) promotes communication and interaction among immigrant and minority business owners through a series of monthly seminars to enable participants to market their series and products as well as to discuss topics of mutual interests. Membership in TIMBG is open to all, regardless of whether they are immigrants or minorities.

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Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group (www.TIMBG.org)

Invites you to attend its 9^th monthly meeting

Tuesday July 22, 2014 - 6:30-8:00 PM

Free admission, food and drinks

RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.TIMBG.org;  www.diverseculturalevents.com; www.globalmusiccity.com

Panel on the Impact of Immigration Policies on
Immigrant Businesses 

Moderator:           Mr. Gethan Ward, Journalist, The Tennessean
Panelists: Sen. Todd Gardenhire, Rep.  Chattanooga
          Ms. Brenda Wynn, Davidson County Clerk
               Mr. Fabian Bedne, Nashville Metro Councilman
             Mr. Glenn Funk, Davidson County District Atty
         Ms. Remziya Suleyman,  American Center for Outreach
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Venue: Highland Hills Funeral Home
2422 Brick Church Pike, Nashville – off I-24 and West Trinity Lane

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Co-founded in 2013 by Drs. Ming Wang and Galen Hull, TIMBG (www.TIMBG.org) promotes communication and interaction among immigrant and minority business owners through a series of monthly seminars to enable participants to market their series and products as well as to discuss topics of mutual interests. Membership in TIMBG is open to all, regardless of whether they are immigrants or minorities.

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 Panel Topic: There is abundant evidence of the positive impact that immigrant businesses are having on the American economy. For example, immigrants started 28% of all new U.S. businesses in 2011, employing one in 10 U.S. workers. They represent 18% of small business owners in the U.S.—exceeding their share of the overall population (13%. They are more likely than those born in the U.S. to start a small business. The Nashville area reflects this trend.  A study conducted in 2008 of the 39,000 businesses in the Davidson County tax base estimated that of these some 4500 were likely foreign-born (12% of the total).

This is the good news. But there are unresolved issues that continue to impact the immigrant population. 

• Comprehensive immigration reform efforts in the U.S. Congress are moving slowly.
• At the state and local level efforts are being made to bring the immigrant population more into the mainstream of society.
• Recent local elections are bringing into office new public representatives who are beginning to address issues confronting immigrants and immigrant businesses.
• The Tennessee Senate recently voted overwhelmingly to grant in-state tuition rates to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. The bill is now in the House. However, a second more controversial measure aimed at granting in-state tuition to children who are here illegally but have spent at least five years attending Tennessee schools and graduated high school with a B average was shelved.