ADVISORY/Community Groups to Get Energized to Improve L.A. Communities and Environment at Annual RAISE Summit.

News & Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Dec. 5)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   "The Economic Climate and its Effects on Los Angeles
        Nonprofit and Community-Based Organizations," featuring
        economic experts and foundation and corporate leaders, will
        serve as the lunchtime forum at the second annual RAISE
        Summit, designed to energize local community and nonprofit
        groups to stimulate change throughout Los Angeles. The daylong
        event, expected to draw 400 to 600 attendees, will offer
        interactive sessions on fundraising, strategic planning,
        advocacy, research, and partnering with the Los Angeles
        Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) Green LA Programs and
        more, as well as exhibits featuring additional information.

        The LADWP Green LA Programs and Center for Nonprofit
        Management will host the summit, with assistance from about 35
        community partners. LADWP works with community-based and
        nonprofit organizations to implement energy and water
        conservation and other environmental programs.

WHEN:   Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

        --  Lunchtime forum on the economic climate:
            1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.

        --  Opening remarks on "Community-Based Organizations as the
            Spirit of Los Angeles":
            8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
            (featuring LADWP General Manager David Wiggs and
             Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn)

WHERE:  Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall, Room 515
        1201 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015

WHO:    Scheduled speakers at lunchtime forum on the economic climate:

        --  Angelina Galiteva, Executive Director of Green LA
            Programs, LADWP
        --  Jeff Kean, Vice President, Bank of America
        --  Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles City Councilman
        --  Joe Lumarda, Executive Vice President, California
            Community Foundation
        --  Pete Manzo (moderator), Executive Director, Center for
            Nonprofit Management
        --  Gloria Stevenson-Clark, Director of Human Services and
            Family Development, Los Angeles Community Development
            Department
        --  Fernando Torres-Gil, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
            School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA