Coming to a city near you: FES set for a Southern tour.With a successful summer kickoff 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. earlier this year, the second annual BLACK ENTERPRISE Financial Empowerment Series will bring its comprehensive wealth-building and networking forum to a city near you, with seminars in Houston; Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. ; New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded ; and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Attending an FES session is your opportunity to take control of your financial life. Co-sponsored by AXA AXA Anguilla, Anguilla (Airport Code) AXA Alpha Chi Alpha AXA Animal Crossing Ahead (online forum community/guide to the game Animal Crossing) AXA Auxiliary Artery Advisors (www.axa-financial.com), FES seeks to empower African Americans by revealing smarter money management, savings, investing, and consumer strategies. According to recent figures from the Pew Hispanic Center, African Americans lag behind all other groups in metrics of wealth. The median net worth of African American households is $6,000, compared with $7,932 for Hispanics and $88,651 for whites--more than 14 times that of blacks. For the last 35 years, UE's mission has been to close this wealth gap by providing African Americans with vital information concerning saving and investing. "Our program, developed with the input of our editors and AXA financial advisers, essentially brings the financial expertise found within the pages of the magazine face-to-face with our readers," says BE Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. "The series, which consists of dynamic presentations and panel discussions from BE editors as well as AXA financial planners, is designed to help attendees and their families achieve a lifetime of financial security and build multigenerational mul·ti·gen·er·a·tion·al adj. Of or relating to several generations: multigenerational family traditions. wealth." In addition to the presentations and panel discussions, attendees have an opportunity to receive personal advice directly from AXA experts in areas such as retirement and estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the , life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds. Advance registration is $49.95 and includes a networking reception following the financial presentation. Attendees will also receive a complimentary The Wealth Building Kit. Admission is $65 at the door. For more information on FES or to find out when it will be held in a city near you, visit www.blackenterprise.com/fes. |
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