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Community NetWorks to Sponsor Brooklyn Event Honoring The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Jan. 6, 1999--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CACCI CACCI Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry
CACCI California Code Compliance, Inc.(Saratoga, CA) 
) Will

Host Program Jan. 13 at Brooklyn Public Library Coordinates:  The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is the fifth largest public library system in the United States.  

Community NetWorks, a leading competitive telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  and information services See Information Systems.  provider based 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.
, today announced its sponsorship of a breakfast meeting for business and community leaders Jan. 13 in Brooklyn to remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This third annual Economic Development Power Breakfast Meeting marking Dr. King's birthday will be held by The Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CACCI) at 8 a.m. at the Brooklyn Public Library's Business Library, 280 Cadman Plaza Coordinates:  Cadman Plaza Park, is located on the border between the Brooklyn Heights historic neighborhood and Downtown Brooklyn.  West. Special guest speaker Martin Gomez, executive director of the Brooklyn Public Library, will discuss the legacy of the civil rights leader. Other business and community officials also will offer comments.

"Community NetWorks is thrilled to be a member of CACCI and to be a sponsor of the Economic Development Power Breakfast Meeting in Memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," said Tracy W. Korman, executive vice president of Community NetWorks, a scheduled speaker. "We welcome the opportunity to support our community through our services, our Community Partnership Program, and our sponsorship of events, such as this breakfast, that are of critical importance to the small-business community."

Community NetWorks, based in New York City, is a leading integrated communications provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ) serving small and medium-sized businesses and residential customers in the Northeast. The company offers an array of telecommunications, data and Internet services at lower rates and with better customer service than the local phone monopoly. Community provides simple, integrated billing and cutting-edge technology, and it donates a portion of its revenues to customer-selected community organizations. Community Telephone is the residential brand of Community NetWorks.

The Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CACCI) is a statewide, not-for-profit organization, founded and incorporated in the State of New York in 1985 to promote economic development among Caribbean-American, African-American and other minority entrepreneurs. With a membership of 1,500, CACCI provides business development seminars, technical assistance, referrals and training programs in "How to Start, Operate and Manage a Business."

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