National Black Wall Street Summit 2018
Event Information
Description
KEYNOTE: Former US Congressman and Former CEO of the NAACP, Kweisi Mfume.
The National Black Wall Street SUMMIT 2018: “Pro-Active and Solution-Oriented!” will feature business and civic leaders who will come together and discuss viable, pro-active solutions to the challenges facing African American-owned businesses.
10 am – Opening Remarks: J. Howard Henderson, William Honablew, Doni Glover
10:15 – 10:45
*ACCESS TO CAPITAL: Creative Solutions When Traditional Means Aren’t Working, Secured Credit Line: Tiana Wells-Lawson, Stanley Tucker
10:45-11 am
Networking
11-11:30 am
*ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: Meshelle Howard, Sean Stinnett, Will Holmes
11:30-11:45
Networking
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Keynote, Former Congressman and Former CEO of the NAACP, The Honorable Kweisi Mfume
12:15-12:30pm
Networking
12:30-1pm
*MAKING INTERNET TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA WORK FOR YOU:
Jayde The Industry, Lushy Lush, David Miller, Stan Long, Frank Johnson, Richard Muhammad
1pm – 1:30 pm
*CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: Giving Back! Alicia Wilson, Ricky Smith, Richard Muhammad, David Miller, Sharon D. Sauls
1:30 – 2 pm
Networking and The Joe Manns Black Wall Street Awards including Power Couples and Lifetime Achievement Awards
Sponsors include The Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development, Port Covington, BlackGuidApp.com, Bates & Garcia Law Firm, Sanjay Thomas Allstate Insurance, Cain Contracting, Inc., State Senator Antonio Hayes, Made in Bmore Clothing, Terra Café Bmore and Michael Preston Real Estate Solutions.
*FOR AUTHORS, VENDORS (Vending space to sell books during event is $25.00)
Organizer BMORENEWS.com
Organizer of National Black Wall Street Summit 2018
BMORENEWS.com, founded in 2002, is an Afrocentric news and information website based in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor that focuses primarily on business and politics. With about 2,200 unique visitors, BMORENEWS gets over 1.5 million hits per month from about 170+ nations around the world. BMORENEWS is produced by DMGlobal Marketing and Public Relations, a multimedia PR firm that services nonprofits, corporations, organizations, artists, lawyers, and individuals.
In February 2014, DMGlobal began the journey of www.BlackWallStreetNews.com. This latest venture is only an expansion - a manifestation of what we have long been doing: Seeking to stimulate better support of African American businesses across America.
DMGlobal has been presented the Joe Mann Black Wall Street Awards across Maryland, and also in Washington, D.C., Harlem, at the United Nations, and in Atlanta. Our goal is to celebrate black entrepreneurs and the people who support them.
FMI, contact DMGlobal at 443.858.2684. Come out and join us for *business networking at its finest! We believe that with a trillion dollars in annual disposable income in the black community nationwide, we already have the ability to solve a lot of the challenges we face - if we just do a better job helping each other and working together.
