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Let’s celebrate business owners with disabilities in honor of National Entrepreneurship Month!  

The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities invites you to join a virtual panel of small business owners with disabilities. Access to Success: A Conversation with Small Business Owners with Disabilities will feature the voices of Chicago business owners with disabilities, talking about their challenges and successes. This panel will be moderated by MOPD Commissioner Rachel Arfa. 

We will also provide information about the City of Chicago’s Business Enterprises Owned by People with Disabilities (BEPD) Program. 

This event is hosted by MOPD, in collaboration with the Department of Procurement Services (DPS) and the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP). 

Register today!

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 

10:00 AM-11:00 AM 

Zoom link to be shared upon registration  

ASL Interpreters and real time captioning will be provided. For additional access needs, please email access@cityofchicago.org.  

Download a flyer for this event: Microsoft Word, PDF

The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities and the Democratic National Convention Committee hosted two training sessions on serving customers with disabilities for hotel and restaurant staff on Zoom. You can watch those on our YouTube channel now.

The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities is proud to be a silver sponsor of the 2024 Disability Pride Parade. Join us on July 20, 2024 in downtown Chicago! For more information or to register to march, please visit disabilityprideparade.org.