Rainbow Push Coalition 2006 Wall Street Project,
Inc. - 9th Annual Conference
Sheraton Hotel and Towers, NY NY
Jan 8-11 2006
Rev.
Jesse Jackson did it again. The 9th annual 3-day Rainbow Push Coalition
Wall Street Project conference provided great opportunities to learn about
business, sports, technology and more, all the while enjoying social conversation,
entertainment and just plain having fun.
Sunday started off with an Rebuilding After Katrina,The Right to Relocation,
Reconstruction and Return Conference which was moderated by Reverend Jesse
Jackson,Sr and it included a panel of politicians like Reverend Al Sharpton,Marc
Morial president of New York Urban League,and many more,the topic of the
discussion was to help all the people who became homeless,and to invest
money back to building the houses and business’s in the Gulf States,
Alabama, Mississsippi, and Louisiana.
Immediately following the Conference, everyone registered for the many
interesting conferences.
At 7:00 was a great welcoming reception, which feature hors d’ oeuvres,
drinks, and live entertainment by Nefertari Bey Band and the Guest Speaker
at the Reception was the Newly Elected Council Speaker and the first ever
woman speaker elected to the Council as a Speaker Christine Quinn,who
pledged her Support for the Hurricane Victims here in New York.
On Monday there was also a great career expo, which featured representatives
from Ariel Mutual Funds, AT&T, Aramark, Calvert, Citigroup, Credit
Suisse First Boston, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, DiversityInc,
Liberty Mutual, MetLife, New York Life and Raytheon.
There were many more concurrent sessions for the day, including a Panels
Entitled Wealth Presevation , Women and Wealth, Economic Breakfast with
One Thousand Churches Connected. And Awards Luncheon.Guests and Speakers
Included George Fraser,John Corzine Governor of New Jersey who made a
Pledge to Reverend Jesse Jackson that he will open the bond and Mutual
fund market to more African American Company’s doing business with
city and State,Worlds Richest Blackman Robert L Johnson Former owner of
Black Entertainment Television (BET) who sold his company to Viacom for
over 2 Billion Dollars, he went on to say he has made more black millionaires
then anybody else in the USA, and that he is now buying hotels and investing
in other business ventures,he also went on to say he had no problem finding
the brightest African American People to run his companies.
As the final day of the Rainbow Push Coalition winded down, everyone
(those with tickets) started gearing up for the gala at the Spirit Cruises,
We at Liberty News Online would like to thank Mr. Andrew Carr, New York
Executive Director for the Rainbow Push Coalition for his kind invitation..
Anyone interested in learning more about the Rainbow Push Coalition/Wall
Street Project may visit their website at www.rainbowpush.org.
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