[0] ADVISORY/Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and Mayor Willie Brown Discuss Success of Welfare-to-Work At Business Summit.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 8)

--(BW Sportswire)

Bay Area Works "Business to Business Workplace Summit" Shows 52

Bay Area Employers the "Win-Win" Benefits of Welfare Hiring

Photo and Interview Opportunity

      What: Bay Area Works presents a "Workforce Development Strategy
    Session" to celebrate welfare-to-work success stories and
    encourage more Bay Area employers to participate. Media are
    invited to attend. Mayor Willie Brown will offer opening remarks.

      Earvin "Magic" Johnson will discuss the importance of hiring
    former welfare recipients and urge more Bay Area businesses to do
    the same.

      13 Bay Area businesses, including Macy's West, Bank of America,
    Wal-Mart, UPS, Safeway, Monster Cable, Orchid Services, Tech Prose
    and United Airlines, dubbed the "Bay Area All Stars" will be
    honored for their efforts in hiring, training and retaining former
    welfare recipients.

      United Way of the Bay Area and Bay Area Works will announce a
    regional 800 number (800-273-6222) that will help link people
    moving off of welfare with potential jobs and employers with
    prospective employees.

      The Summit is organized by Bay Area Works and sponsored by United
    Way of the Bay Area, Bank of America and the William and Flora
    Hewlett Foundation.

      Who: The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., San Francisco Mayor
    Earvin "Magic" Johnson, business entrepreneur, former NBA player
    Rodney J. Carroll, President and CEO, The Welfare to Work
     Partnership
    Michael J. Murray, Chairman of the Board, United Way of the
     Bay Area
    Anne Wilson, CEO, United Way of the Bay Area
    Sheila Hill-Fajors, President, United Way of the Bay Area
    Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO, Bay Area Council
    Paddy Morrissey, actor and stand-up comedian
    Bay Area Business and Labor "All Stars"

      When: Thursday, March 8, 2001, 7:30 a.m. to noon.

    Highlights:
    8:30:  Opening Remarks from Mayor Brown
    8:45:  Welfare to Work Presentation and Question and Answer Period
    10:45: Recognition of Bay Area All Stars
    11:00: Earvin "Magic" Johnson

      Where: Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, Grand
    Ballroom B