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National Urban League to Hold Economic Empowerment Tour in New York Metro Area

2-Day Event to Feature Newark Mayor Booker, New York City Economic Development Head Lieber, Among Others; Resource Fair to Help Area Residents Find Jobs, Buy Homes

WHAT:	The National Urban League along with 11 league affiliates will be holding a 2-day event to raise awareness of the need for economic empowerment to narrow the economic gap between minorities and whites in the tri-state New York City metropolitan area as well as the nation as a whole. The tour, which was launched in Pittsburgh, Pa. in October of 2006, will kick off on Tuesday June 12, 2007 in New York City at Columbia University and continue on Wednesday June 13, 2007 in Newark, N.J. at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. It is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation, GEICO and Ford Motor Company. Each day's festivities will begin with a resource fair followed by a town hall meeting featuring a discussion of economic issues affecting the region by a panel of distinguished experts. The fair will provide one-stop shopping for those interested in finding new jobs, purchasing their own homes, starting businesses or building retirement nest eggs. Exhibitors will include banks, credit unions, homeownership organizations and many others who will be available to cover topics ranging from understanding credit to how to obtain mortgages to home maintenance. The New York City town hall meeting, which will be moderated by Bloomberg TV anchor Monica Bertran, will also feature the following panelists: National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, New York City Economic Development Corporation President Robert Lieber, New York Urban League President Darwin Davis, GEICO's Vice President of Public Affairs Rynthia Rost, Ford Motor Credit Company's Director of Minority Dealer Operations Carlos Treadway and Sheena Wright, president and CEO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation. The Newark town hall, which will be moderated by CNBC financial correspondent Sharon Epperson, will feature: Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Essex County Urban League President and CEO Vivian Cox Fraser, Black Enterprise Magazine Editor-in-Chief Alfred A. Edmonds, Jr. , Essence Magazine Editorial Director Susan Taylor with Morial and Treadway.
WHEN:	Resource fair at 4 p.m. followed by a town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. A press reception will be held at 6 p.m. near the entrance of the resource fair on both dates.
WHERE:	Columbia University Alfred Lerner Hall and Roone Arledge Auditorium 26920 Broadway at 114th New York, NY University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Oral Health Pavilion 110 Bergen St. Newark, NJ

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National Urban League (www.nul.org) Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 36 states and the District of Columbia providing direct services to more than 2 million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research.