Los Angeles Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment Convenes at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium Septem
25 Septembre 2006 - 9:24PM
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Tyrese, Too Short, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, MC Lyte, Melyssa Ford,
YoYo, Chingo Bling, Kid Frost, Lamar Odom, Taraji Henson, Bryan
Leach, the Terrero Brothers, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and
Dr. Benjamin Chavis to Headline Los Angeles Hip-Hop Summit on
Financial Empowerment LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ --
California-based, international hip- hop stars Tyrese, Too Short,
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, MC Lyte, Melyssa Ford, YoYo, Chingo Bling,
Kid Frost, Lamar Odom, Taraji Henson, Bryan Leach and the Terrero
Brothers will join the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) and
President/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis for the Los Angeles Hip-Hop
Summit on Saturday, September 30th from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Snoop Dogg
will make a special appearance. Doors open to students at Noon. The
Los Angeles Hip-Hop Summit will take place at the University of
Southern California's Bovard Auditorium located at 3551 Trousdale
Parkway in Los Angeles. HSAN's title sponsor and partner is
Chrysler Financial. The Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment's
"Get Your Money Right" National Tour, now in its second successful
year, brings together the powerful combination of hip- hop stars
and Chrysler Financial experts to speak to students and community
members about the importance of financial literacy. The topics to
be covered include the basics of banking, home ownership, repairing
bad credit and understanding credit scores, entrepreneurship and
vehicle financing. The "Get Your Money Right" national tour
includes stops in two additional cities, including October 14 in
Dallas and October 28 in Toronto, Canada. The Hip-Hop Summit on
Financial Empowerment is a grassroots effort to help engage young
people in discussions about the importance of personal finance.
"With rising tuition costs, the cost of books, gasoline, etc.,
young people can't afford not to have financial know-how," said
William F. Jones Jr., Vice President - Chrysler Financial.
"Chrysler Financial's expert financial panelists join with Russell
Simmons and Dr. Chavis in our collaborative mission to help
attendees effectively manage their personal financial situations by
providing them with real life examples and a financial workbook to
support them in making the right choices." "Hip-hop on the West
Coast is as strong as ever," emphasized Dr. Chavis. "The Los
Angeles Hip-Hop Summit focuses on the opportunities to better
understand the importance of financial literacy and empowerment. We
will celebrate all of the good work being done throughout the city
by many grassroots organizations, as well as pay tribute to the
growth and expansion of hip-hop culture throughout Los Angeles."
"The Hip Hop Summit Action Network recognizes the significant
contributions made by Latinos to Hip Hop as a culture," affirmed
Jasmin Franjul, Director, Artist and Diversity Relations, HSAN. "We
are excited to have Kid Frost, Chingo Bling, Jessy and Ulysses
Terrero joining us in our mission to empower young people at the
'Get Your Money Right' Hip Hop Summit in Los Angeles." The "Get
Your Money Right" workbook, which will be given to all
participants, is available in both English and Spanish and is
downloadable on the http://www.hsan.org/ site. The media partner
for the Los Angeles Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment is KDAY
- 93.5 FM Los Angeles. Community partners include the University of
Southern California - Black Student Union, California State
University - Black Student Union, Los Angeles Public Housing
Authority, USC - Asian Pacific American Student Association and
NAACP - Los Angeles Chapter. 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 The
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) Founded in 2001, the Hip-Hop
Summit Action Network 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 empowerment
of youth throughout the United States. HSAN is a non-profit,
non-partisan worldwide coalition of hip-hop artists, entertainment
industry leaders, education advocates, civil rights proponents and
youth leaders united in the belief that hip-hop is a powerful and
influential agent for social change which must be responsibly and
proactively utilized to fight the war on poverty and injustice.
Additional information on HSAN can be found at http://www.hsan.org/
. DATASOURCE: Chrysler Financial CONTACT: Jody L. Miller, Cell:
+1-917-770-3970, , or Pamela Lipshitz, Cell: +1-917-859-6852, ,
both of JLM PR, Inc., +1-212-431-5227, for Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network; Amber Gowen of Chrysler Financial, +1-248-427-3126, Cell:
+1-248-930-6174, Web site: http://www.chryslerfinancial.com/
http://www.hsan.org/
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