Hip-Hop Summit Action Network in Detroit for 2006 Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment
13 Mars 2006 - 7:24PM
PR Newswire (US)
Academy Award Winner Three 6 Mafia, Russell Simmons, Reggaeton
Superstar Don Omar, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Obie Trice, Stat Quo,
Bobby Creekwater and Radio One's Spudd to Participate DETROIT,
March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network (HSAN), title sponsor Chrysler Financial and presenting
sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Inc. will kick-off the second year of the
"Get Your Money Right" financial literacy and empowerment national
tour in Detroit, Mich. The Summit will take place on March 25 on
the campus of Wayne State University's Bonstelle Theatre, located
at 3424 Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and
the Summit program will run from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tickets for the
Detroit Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment are available at
http://www.hot1027detroit.com/ and http://www.hsan.org/ . Artists
participating on the panel of the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit on
Financial Empowerment include Russell Simmons, Three 6 Mafia, Don
Omar, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, former Detroit Piston Derrick
Coleman, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater and Spudd from
Radio One. Dr Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of HSAN and Doug E.
Fresh will co-moderate the Summit. The media partner for the
Detroit Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment is Radio-One
Detroit's Hot 102.7 WHTD-FM. Community partners include Dr. Irvin
D. Reid, President of Wayne State University (WSU) and the entire
WSU community, office of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, office of
Congressman John Conyers, the Detroit Hispanic Development
Corporation and the Detroit Urban League. Celebrities and financial
experts will speak to an audience of 18-35 year olds on the
importance of financial literacy, the basics of banking, home
ownership, repairing bad credit and understanding credit scores,
entrepreneurship, vehicle financing and more. A financial workbook
will be given to all participants and is available in both English
and Spanish. The "Get Your Money Right" tour will include stops on
college campuses in the following five 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. "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." 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/ . 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.hot1027detroit.com/ http://www.hsan.org/
http://www.anheuser-busch.com/
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