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---Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Detroit Branch NAACP and CNN Special ---
The Detroit Branch NAACP announced that Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming 53rd Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. Exploring the theme "A Change Is Going To Come," the Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner will be held Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Cobo Center in Detroit. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. became Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC) on March 1, 1972. In addition, CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien will share a preview of CNN's "Blacks in America" documentary and serve as a special guest announcer at this year's dinner. Dennis Archer, chairman of Dickinson Wright, will receive the Detroit Branch NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award; and Eleanor Josaitis, co-founder of Focus: HOPE and Charlie Gilliam will receive the Detroit Branch NAACP Freedom and Justice Award. The Detroit Branch NAACP is the organization's largest branch.
---"Every Woman Counts" Poll takes political pulse of women---
As part of its "Every Woman Counts" campaign to engage women in the political process, Lifetime Networks announced the results of a national poll of women which revealed, among other findings, that women's opinions of the candidates have been shifting since the primary elections began in January of this year. More than 40% of women say their opinion of Hillary Clinton and/or Barack Obama has changed since the start of 2008; 30% claimed the same about John McCain. Results also provide insight into how women perceive the media's focus on Hillary Clinton's gender, Barack Obama's race and John McCain's age, and how Democrats feel about the ongoing battle between Obama and Clinton. Hillary Clinton was the only candidate who registered a significant net change in public opinion since January: 26% of women surveyed said they like her less now compared to just 15% who said they like her more. Six out of 10 (60%) women surveyed said their opinion of John McCain is not any different than it was a few months ago. Forty-five percent said their opinion of Barack Obama changed since the start of primary season, with 23% saying they like him more and 22% reporting they like him less now. The economy and jobs is the number 1 issue for women overall (38%), followed closely by health care, Medicare, and prescription drugs (31%) and the war in Iraq (28%). Hillary Clinton supporters were equally likely to name economic issues and health care as most important, while Obama and McCain voters were more squarely focused on the economy and jobs.
---News from the Novations Group---Novations Group, a global consulting and training firm headquartered in Boston, has appointed four regional Directors of Client Services, according to CEO and President Michael Hyter. David Barnes and Michael Claprood will serve clients on the West Coast.David Barnes was a senior vice president of sales for career services firm Lee Hecht Harrison. Michael Claprood was account director with TMP Worldwide in Glendale, CA. Val Boston was sales manager for Sprint Nextel Communications in Raleigh and Greensboro, NC. He will represent Novations in the Southeast. Sylvia Gholston, formerly district manager for the Parke-Davis Sales Division of Pfizer, will work with organizations throughout the Northeast.Novations Group is a leading provider of consulting and training services on four continents and is recognized for expertise in diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, talent management, employee selection, leadership development, organization communications, sales training and customer service. For more information, visit www.novations.com .
---Passover Seder in Pittsburgh, PA---
Congregants from Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill and Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Homewood will join together on the night of Wednesday, April 16, for a Passover Seder. While Jews and African-Americans have come together for community Seders in a few other cities, this is believed to be the first such Seder in Pittsburgh history. The Coalition began as an initiative of the United Jewish Federation. The Seder -- a traditional Jewish service that is conducted around a dinner table during the first two nights of Passover, which actually begins Saturday evening, April 19 -- will explore the journey from slavery to freedom that African-Americans and Jews have each taken. Seders, the centerpiece of the week-long holiday of Passover, involve a ritualized retelling of the story of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt. The story provides a bridge of connection to the African-American community and its much more recent history of slavery and liberation. The customized service for the April 16 event will include a dramatic retelling of the Passover story by Jackie Jonas, a professional storyteller and African-American Jew.
---Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $60 Billion on Telecommunications---
In 2008, US ethnic communities will spend $59.8 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for over one-third of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. The largest minority group, Hispanics, representing 14.8 percent of the total U.S. population, will spend the most. The ability to tap into the increased spending power of the Hispanic-American, African-American, and Asian-American communities will be crucial to the survival of telecommunications providers over the next five years. The study reports that 65.5 percent of all Hispanic respondents now have cell phones, that Hispanics' average monthly household expenditures on cell phone service was more than 80 percent higher than the average household spend on wireline services, and of those Hispanics that own a cell phone, nearly four in five had a post-paid contract. |
