Bishop T.D. Jakes to Address Closing Dinner of National Urban League 2002 Annual Conference.Business, News and Entertainment Editors Bishop T.D. Jakes, the dynamic and motivational senior pastor of The Potter's House, a Dallas-based multi-racial, non-denominational church with 28,000 members, will deliver the closing speech at the League's annual Whitney M. Young Dinner on Wednesday, July 31 during the National Urban League 2002 Annual Conference. Bishop Jakes is also the author of several books, including the recently released "God's Leading Lady: Out of the Shadows and Into the Light". His popular television show, "The Potter's House", airs on Black Entertainment Television (BET) and Trinity Broadcasting Network The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the largest Christian religious television network in the world and is headquartered near Los Angeles in Costa Mesa, California with studios near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Irving, Texas and near Nashville in (TBN TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network TBN Trombone TBN Total Base Number (oil sampling) TBN To Be Named TBN To Be Nominated TBN Taekwondo Bond Nederland (Netherlands Taekwondo Association) TBN To Be Negotiated ). The National Urban League 2002 Annual Conference begins on Saturday, July 27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. , and runs through Wednesday, July 31. The theme for this year's conference is Opportunity + Equality = One America. The Los Angeles Urban League, under president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John W. Mack, is the host affiliate for this year's event, and State Farm Insurance and Enterprise Rent-A-Car are the conference sponsoring partners. As in years past, this year's conference will include plenary sessions and workshops featuring other leading corporate, government and civil rights figures; an exhibits showcase, career fair and health fair, and an African-American vendors marketplace and art expo. Internationally acclaimed artists on display in the art expo will include Synthia Saint James, Tina Allen, Artis Lane and Alisa Adona. There is no fee for entrance to the career fair, the exhibits hall, health fair or African-American marketplace. This year's Career Fair will feature the participation of more than 75 Fortune 500 and high-tech companies, as well as non-profit and government agencies. Speakers signed on to date include Judge Greg Mathis of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .' The Judge Mathis Show (Sunday, July 28, 12:30 p.m.); Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. (Monday, July 29, 12:30 p.m.); Tavis Smiley (Tuesday, July 30, 9:00 a.m.); Merrill Lynch & Co. President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. E. Stanley O'Neal (Tuesday, July 30, 12:30 p.m.) and Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (Wednesday, July 31, 12:30 p.m.). On Sunday, July 28, National Urban League president Hugh B. Price will deliver his keynote address during a session open to the public beginning at 6:00 p.m. On Monday, July 29, a dynamic session titled Health Brain Trust: The State of Black Health will convene, featuring former U.S. Surgeon Generals Dr. David Satcher (currently Senior Fellow, The Kaiser Family Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. ) and Dr. Joycelyn Elders, and Dr. Lucille C. Perez, President, National Medical Association. Also on Monday, the League will host a gala benefit concert featuring George Benson and Stephanie Mills along with opening act, comic Jonathan Slocumb. Running in conjunction with the 2002 National Urban League annual conference will be the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP NULYP National Urban League Young Professionals ) The Training Ground: The Next Generation Civic Engagement Institute. A leadership development institute designed to give participants tools for resolving the socioeconomic, political, and social inequalities within African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. communities, NULYP's The Training Ground is sponsored by Mercedes Benz USA. Philip Morris Companies Inc. will sponsor a Young Professionals Gala on Saturday, July 27 and Pitney Bowes will sponsor a Young Professionals Dialogue and Reception, also on Saturday. The Training Ground participants signed on to date include Honey magazine editor-in-chief Amy DuBois Barnett, BET Nightly News BET Nightly News is the main newscast of the Black Entertainment Television network. The newscast covered national and international news stories from a black perspective. The program ran for four years, ending in July 2005. anchor Jacque Reid and Keith Clinkscales, Chairman and CEO of Vanguarde Media, which publishes Savoy, Honey and Heart & Soul magazines, and actress Lynn Whitfield. For more information about the 2002 National Urban League Annual Conference, visit the League's Web site at http://www.nul.org/2002conf, or call 212-558-5385. |
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