2006 Hip-Hop Summit Action Network 'Get Your Money Right' Financial Empowerment Tour Launches March 25
07 Mars 2006 - 8:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
Tour to Raise Consciousness of Youth on Importance of Financial
Literacy in Response to Growing Debt in America NEW YORK, March 7
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The press asked last year, "Can Russell
Simmons make debt consolidation hot?" The answer, a resounding yes.
Following the tremendous success and positive feedback of the 2005
"Get Your Money Right" financial empowerment national tour, The
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) along with, title sponsor
Chrysler Financial and presenting sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Inc., are
gearing up to launch the 2006 "Get Your Money Right" tour. The
financial empowerment tour will kick off on March 25, 2006 at Wayne
State University's Bonstelle Theater in Detroit, Mich. According to
research conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, debt in U.S.
households has risen nearly 36 percent over the last four years. As
a result of bad credit, spiraling debt and financial mismanagement
in our communities, HSAN is continuing its national financial
empowerment tour for a second year. The 2006 tour will feature a
panel discussion moderated by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President and
CEO of HSAN which will include Russell Simmons, Chairman of HSAN,
hip-hop artists and financial specialists as well as review the
"Get Your Money Right" workbook, being distributed in both English
and Spanish. This year, the tour will touch down on college
campuses across the country, an ideal audience for its message on
improving financial literacy. The "Get Your Money Right" tour will
include stops in five additional cities, including April 22 in New
York, May 20 in Miami, September 16 in Atlanta, September 30 in Los
Angeles and October 14 in Dallas. The agenda includes a focus on
financial literacy, basics of banking, repairing and understanding
credit scores, asset and wealth management, vehicle financing and
home ownership. "Poverty and basic lack of knowledge must be
challenged," emphasized Russell Simmons, Chairman of HSAN. "'Get
Your Money Right' is more than a theme. It is an achievable goal
when you have the right information. We have high aspirations, but
we know to fulfill the aspirations of the hip-hop generation, we
have to take the subjects of financial literacy and empowerment
seriously and talk with youth in a manner appealing to them." "HSAN
understands attainment of financial literacy is a life long process
and with their support we have found a way to provide the basics of
money management with the ultimate goal of raising the awareness
and importance of sound financial habits in summit participants,"
said William F. Jones Jr., Vice President - Chrysler Financial.
"Artists sharing their personal stories have been an effective
teaching method." "The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network consistently
taps into the consciousness of our youth, providing them with not
only knowledge, but tools that will help them prepare for a future
in which the decisions they make today will determine the
opportunities they have tomorrow," declared Johnny Furr, Vice
President, Urban Marketing and Community Affairs, Anheuser-Busch,
Inc. "Anheuser-Busch is proud to continue our partnership with, and
support of, the Summits and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network,
which make a real and lasting difference in the lives of young
people in communities across the nation." "We have found there is
an urgent hunger among 18-35 year olds for vital financial
empowerment facts, programs and activities that are participatory,"
concluded Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of HSAN. "Young people
want to participate in their own empowerment, and our Hip-Hop
Summits this year and our Web site -- http://www.hsan.org/ -- are
designed to raise consciousness for millions of people about this
important subject." For more information on the 2006 "Get Your
Money Right" national tour, go to http://www.hsan.org/ . About
Chrysler Financial Chrysler Financial offers a complete line of
world-class automotive financial products and services for both
dealers and consumers of Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge vehicles. In
addition to offering vehicle wholesale and retail financing,
Chrysler Financial provides fleet management and lines of credit to
Chrysler Group dealers. As an industry leader in automotive
financing, Chrysler Financial provides its customers with the most
innovative and efficient methods of doing business. For more
information on Chrysler Financial visit
http://www.chryslerfinancial.com/ . About Anheuser-Busch Based in
St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. is the leading American brewer
holding 50 percent of the U.S. beer market. The company is
American- owned and brews the world's largest-selling beers,
Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch is ranked first in the U.S.
beverage industry in Fortune magazine's 2005 "America's Most
Admired Companies" and in the top 30 on Fortune's 2005 "Global Most
Admired Companies" list. The company is one of the largest theme
park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of
aluminum cans and is the world's largest recycler of aluminum
beverage containers. For more information, visit
http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ or
http://www.africanamericanbud.com/ . About Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network: Founded in 2001, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN)
is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of hip-hop music
to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal
concerns fundamental to the well being of at-risk youth throughout
the United States. HSAN is the largest non- profit, national
coalition of hip-hop artists, entertainment industry leaders,
education advocates, civil rights proponents, and youth leaders
united in the belief that Hip-Hop is an enormously influential
agent for positive social change which must be responsibly and
proactively utilized to fight the war on poverty and injustice.
DATASOURCE: Chrysler Financial CONTACT: Jody L. Miller of JLM PR,
Inc., +1-212-431-5227, ; or Amber Gowen of Chrysler Financial,
+1-248-427-3126, cell: +1-248-930-6174, Web site:
http://www.chryslerfinancial.com/
http://www.daimlerchryslerfinancialservices.com/na
http://www.hsan.org/ http://www.anheuser-busch.com/
http://www.africanamericanbud.com/
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