Gathering will set agenda, create continuing network of nation’s emerging leadersThe 6th Annual NAACP Leadership 500 Summit is being held at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, FL from May 28-31.
Participants will attend two and a half days of workshops, interactive panel discussions and facilitated general sessions led by prominent private sector, non-profit, corporate and community leaders.
Leadership 500 workshop topics will explore issues of economic parity and wealth creation; civil rights; health and wellness as a business imperative; early childhood education; and the status of African American women in today’s society. The complex issues of race, class, gender and religion in America will be examined in a Town Hall Meeting.
Since its inception in 2005, Leadership 500 has served as a fertile training ground around social justice advocacy for more than 1,200 mid-level professionals between the ages of 30 and 50 and has contributed nearly $400,000 to the NAACP.
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its more than half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitors of equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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