Houston Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment: 'Get Your Money Right' Convenes at Texas Southern University's Granville M. Saw
20 Février 2007 - 9:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
Russell Simmons, Ciara, Chamillionaire, Monica, E-40, Mathew
Knowles, Bryan- Michael Cox, Chingo Bling, Slim Thug, Free and Dr.
Benjamin Chavis to Participate HOUSTON, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Saturday, March 3rd, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN)
returns to Houston to kick off its 2007 national "Get Your Money
Right" tour on financial empowerment. Joining Co-Chairmen Russell
Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis in Houston will be R&B/pop
stars Ciara and Monica, hip-hop stars Chamillionaire, E-40, Chingo
Bling and Slim Thug, Mathew Knowles, super producer Bryan-Michael
Cox, and Congressman Al Green (D- TX). Hip-hop television
personality, Free, will co-moderate the Summit with Dr. Chavis. The
Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment is a grassroots effort to
help engage young people in discussions about the importance of
personal finance. The "Get Your Money Right" tour begins at Texas
Southern University's Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium, located at
3100 Cleburne Street, in Houston, Texas. The program takes place
from Noon-3 p.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. "We are returning to Houston
enthusiastically. This city continues to produce some of the best
and most committed artists that help make a difference across
America and throughout the world," emphasized Russell Simmons. "The
Summit on financial empowerment is an opportunity to share
important lessons about life and the effective use of money." The
title sponsor and partner of the tour is Chrysler Financial and the
presenting sponsor is Anheuser-Busch. The Hip-Hop Summit on
Financial Empowerment's "Get Your Money Right" National Tour, now
in its third 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. "These hip-hop artists and our panel of
Chrysler Financial volunteers are a powerful combination to spread
the word about a much needed life skill, money management," said
Stephen Starks, Director - Southeast Business Center for Chrysler
Financial. Young people relate to the panelists when they hear a
message in their own language ... the language of the hip-hop
generation." The "Get Your Money Right" agenda features an
interactive panel discussion on financial literacy, including such
topics as the basics of banking, repairing and understanding credit
scores, asset and wealth management, vehicle financing and home
ownership. The tour will utilize the "Get Your Money Right"
workbook, produced and distributed by HSAN in both English and
Spanish and given to all participants. The workbook is free and is
also downloadable at http://www.hsan.org/. The 2007 "Get Your Money
Right" tour will make six more stops including Detroit, Mich.,
April 14; Toronto, Ontario in August; Greensboro, N.C., September
8; Washington, D.C., September 29; Miami, Fla., October 20; and
Atlanta, Ga., November 3. "The opportunity to live productively
begins with a plan that mandates personal financial
responsibility," said Johnny Furr, Vice President of Urban
Marketing and Community Affairs for Anheuser-Busch, Inc. "We
consider it a real benefit to support HSAN's mission to provide
young people with the tools, knowledge and inspiration they need to
begin creating the futures they want tomorrow, today." The media
partners for the Houston Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment
are The Box KBXX 97.9 FM Houston and KPRC-TV 2 Houston (NBC).
Community partners include the Texas Southern University and TSU
Student Organizations, the Houston Urban League, Tejano Center for
Community Concerns, Houston NAACP and the Houston HSAN Youth
Council. Dr. Chavis stated, "An important highlight of the Houston
Hip-Hip summit will be the presentation of our 2007 Outstanding
Achievement Award for Economic Empowerment to the Knowles family
and the Music World Entertainment Company." Tickets for the Houston
Summit on Financial Empowerment are free and available at
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 to more than 2,400 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge
dealers, Chrysler Financial also provides fleet management and
lines of credit to 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.
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Chrysler Financial CONTACT:
Jody L. Miller of JLMPR, Inc., +1-212-431-5227, Cell: +1-917-
770-3970, , for Hip-Hop Summit Action Network; or Amber Gowen of
Chrysler Financial, +1-248-427-3126, Cell: +1-248-930-6174, Web
site: http://www.chryslerfinancial.com/ http://www.hsan.org/
http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ http://www.africanamericanbud.com/
Copyright