Posted on 06/04/2008 8:07:52 AM PDT by milwguy
With "2004: A Year Of Critical Choices for Inclusion and Growth" as its theme, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund held its 33rd annual conference in Chicago.
The six-day conference at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers also marked the 20th anniversary of Rainbow/PUSH Founder and President the Rev. Jesse Jackson's 1984 U.S. presidential campaign--the first serious bid by a Black American for the nation's highest office
The conference also featured several workshops including "Hip Hop Fusion" to educate America's youth about their civic and adult responsibilities--from voting to job hunting to money management. The workshops also exposed the youth to some of the nation's top decision makers and leaders.
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Plug in rainbowpush.org and you get pages going back to 2004 if anyone wants to sift through them.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.rainbowpush.org
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