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NEW YORK, NY, June 27, 2000–The National Urban League announced today thatInternet entrepreneur Darien Dash, Founder, Chairman and CEO of DME Interactive Holdings Inc., the first publicly traded African American owned internet company, will participate in the National Urban League’s NULITES (National Urban League’s Incentive to Excel and Succeed) Youth Summit, July 27 through July 30 at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY.

An Urban League tradition for ten years, the NULITES Youth Summit is a four-day conference that brings together the young members of the National Urban League’s NULITES program to share information that promotes high standards of academic excellence, well-being and character and leadership qualities.

The theme for this year’s NULITES Youth Summit is: Achievement: Don’t Talk About It, Be About It! Each day of the summit will be devoted to exposing youth between the ages of 14 and 19–Generation NeXT–to a variety of resources, avenues of support and tools they can use to attain their life goals.

Dash will participate in the Thurs., July 27 Generation NeXt Town Hall Meeting. This forum will explore the hip-hop art-form’s past, present and future in the context of the African American social/political/economic experience and its use as a vehicle of expression for the voices of this age group. The session will feature video presentations and discussion among panelists, and will conclude with an audience Q&A session.

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The NULITES program is a component of the National Urban League’s Campaign for African American Achievement, a movement that seeks to raise achievement levels and strengthen the social skills of African-American and other children of color, through advocacy, hands-on programming and targeted publicity efforts.

The Summit precedes the organization’s 2000 Annual Conference, scheduled for July 29 through August 2 at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The theme for 2000 is The State of Black America: The New Millennium. As in year’s past, the Conference will draw leaders from the government, entertainment, civil rights, business and technology communities.

For more information about the NULITES Youth Summit or the National Urban League’s 2000 Annual Conference, call the League at (212)558-5385.

Founded in August 1994, DME Interactive Holdings, Inc. (OTC: BB: DGMF), is the first African-American-owned Internet Company to be publicly traded. Currently, the existing divisions under the holdings company are: DME Interactive Services, a full scale interactive development agency for business to business clients; proprietary products division, targeting the urban consumer market via Places of Color online service, powered by America Online, Inc.’s CompuServe 2000, and Fan4Life, an online resource community aimed at fans of celebrities. More information on DME Holdings is available on the Internet at www.dmeinteractive.com or info@dmeinteractive.com.

Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is a nonprofit organization whose 114 affiliates in 34 states and the District of Columbia provide direct services and function as advocates to generate policy reforms that empower African-Americans to achieve economic, academic and racial equality. The League’s headquarters is located at 120 Wall Street in New York City.