Black Enterprise Hosts Symposium Addressing the Lack of Diversity in Media on Wednesday, June 13

Black Enterprise Hosts Symposium Addressing the Lack of Diversity in Media on Wednesday, June 13

   Luncheon to Honor the BE 40 Best Companies for Diversity Follows at Noon    WHAT:     BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) Magazine Symposium and Luncheon             Sex, Race & Stereotypes: Defining the Business Case for             Diversity in Media              Media diversity continues to remain a contradiction in terms             when it comes to who decides what gets on the air, in print, and             online. This symposium will address the importance of making             diversity a reality in the media industry, and what role the             corporations that foot the bill -- including the BLACK             ENTERPRISE 40 Best Companies for Diversity -- should play to             affect positive change.    WHO:      Earl G. Graves Sr., Founder, Publisher & Chairman, BLACK              ENTERPRISE Magazine             Earl "Butch" Graves, President & CEO, BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine             Pam K. El, Vice President, Marketing, State Farm             Roland S. Martin, Contributor, CNN & Host, Roland Martin Show             Andrew Swinand, President, Starcom Worldwide              Symposium Moderated by:             Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law,              Harvard Law School    WHEN:     Wednesday, June 13, 2007             Industry Symposium: 10:00 a.m. - Noon             40 Best Companies for Diversity Luncheon: Noon - 2:00 p.m.    WHERE:    The Rainbow Room             30 Rockefeller Plaza             (Enter @ 49th St. between 5th & 6th Aves.)             New York, NY  10112    PRESS:    Contact Andrew Wadium at wadiuma@blackenterprise.com or             212-886-9598.   

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PR Newswire -- June 11

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