Citigroup and the National Urban League Announce National Partnership to Improve Financial Education in Communities They Serve on July 16.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Citigroup Foundation to Award Major Grant to Urban League for Program in San Diego Today, there is a critical need within the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. community for financial education programs that teach basic banking, saving, investing, and credit. Why? Because less than 50% of black families own their own homes (NUL See null. State of Black America Report '04), 47% of African Americans have no investments, and only 33% have savings accounts (Simmons NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. '03). That's why Citigroup, the world's preeminent financial services company, and The National Urban League, the oldest and largest community-based organization empowering African-Americans in the U.S., are teaming up to announce a national partnership to improve financial education in the communities they serve. Citibank California Community Relations Director, Cheryl Evans; and San Diego Urban League 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. , Cecil Steppe steppe (stĕp), temperate grassland of Eurasia, consisting of level, generally treeless plains. It extends over the lower regions of the Danube and in a broad belt over S and SE European and Central Asian Russia, stretching E to the Altai and S to will announce a national partnership between Citigroup and the National Urban League and the launch of a financial education program in six U.S. cities.
When: Friday, July 16, 2004
10:00 AM
Where: San Diego Urban League
720 Gateway Center Drive, San Diego
Photo or interview opportunities include:
Cheryl Evans, Citibank California Community Relations Director
Jimma McWilson, San Diego Urban League Executive Vice-President & COO
Charles Lewis, Councilman 4th Council District
The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. The National Urban League, headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , spearheads the nonprofit, nonpartisan movement, while Urban League affiliates operate in more than 100 cities in 34 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Citigroup's partnership with the National Urban League is part of the Citigroup Financial Education Program, a global, company-wide effort to identify, support and implement initiatives that help give individuals, families and communities the tools needed to make sound financial decisions. Citigroup and the Citigroup Foundation's recently announced 10-year, $200 million global financial education commitment is focused in three areas: Personal Financial Education, Small Business Financial Education, and Institutional Financial Education. Additional information about Citigroup's Financial Education Program, including Foundation guidelines, links and resources, including the Citigroup Financial Education Program Curriculum and Facilitator's Guide may be found at: financialeducation.citigroup.com. |
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