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Organization: |
On Wheels, Inc. |
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January 10 |
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Event: |
14th Annual Urban Wheels Awards |
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Location: |
Detroit, MI |
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Description: |
The annual Urban Wheel Awards honor
automotive companies, executives, suppliers,
dealers, motorsports organizations and
automotive advertisements that recognize the
growing clout of multicultural consumers. To
be considered, individual and organizational
nominees must have furthered diversity in
their employment practices and in the
community through marketing, employment,
public relations, manufacturing and/or
corporate activities. Initiatives and goals
toward achieving diversity in corporate,
communications, supplier development,
dealership development and/or manufacturing
areas are evaluated. The multicultural
market also must be incorporated in business
planning, corporate culture and corporate
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Organization: |
Rainbow/PUSH |
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January 13-15 |
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Event: |
13th Annual
Wall Street Project Conference |
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Location: |
New York, NY |
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Description: |
The mission of the Wall Street Project is to
challenge corporate America to end its
multibillion-dollar trade deficit with
minority vendors, consumers, and employees.
It is a continuation of the work of the Rev.
Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., which started when
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
appointed him to run the SCLC’s Operation
Breadbasket in Chicago in the early 1960s.
The WSP uses the Breadbasket model of
research, education, negotiation and
reconciliation to promote inclusion,
opportunity and economic growth by
encouraging public and private industries to
improve hiring and promotion practices; name
more minorities to corporate boards;
allocate more business to minority
companies; and increase the amount of
business minority firms conduct with each
other. |
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Organization: |
National Newspaper Publishers Association |
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Date: |
January 20-23 |
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Event: |
Mid Winter Conference |
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Location: |
Charlotte, NC |
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Description: |
The National Newspaper Publishers
Association (NNPA) represents the publishers
of more than 200 African-American
newspapers, leading shapers of public
opinion in the top metro markets. The
association focuses the African-American
press on governmental and corporate affairs.
As such, when controversies arise between
the business community and minority workers
or consumers, the African-American press
often reports this news first. |
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Organization: |
United Negro College Fund |
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Date: |
January 23 |
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Event: |
31st Annual Evening of Stars |
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Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Description: |
The 31st Anniversary of an Evening of Stars:
A Tribute to Lionel Ritchie
An Evening of Stars is a tribute with a
purpose. It’s about big talent coming
together to help big dreams come true. Once
every year, Hollywood’s biggest stars come
out to support talented students with dreams
of getting a college education. It’s a time
when new artists join seasoned masters on
one stage in a united effort to celebrate
and support minority education. Truly a
concert for a cause, An Evening of Stars
benefits UNCF's historically black colleges
and universities.
UNCF’s collaboration with singers, stage and
screen actors, record producers, authors and
professional athletes is legendary, making
An Evening of Stars one of television’s most
enduring annual specials. |
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