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Event Reminder:
BABJ's Newsmaker Event "A Conversation with Shirley Sherrod" is set for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Tickets are available online at the website of the Birmingham Association of Black Journalists.
Tickets are $30 for the main event, which starts at 7 p.m., and $50 including a pre-event reception at 6 p.m.
The Newsmaker event is a fundraiser for BABJ's scholarship fund.
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Economic Development Summit "Empowered to Prosper"
Birmingham City Councilor Lashunda Scales, chair of the council's Economic Development Committee, is coordinating a second annual event aimed at giving small buisness owners the information, contacts, and network to help them grow their enterprises and create jobs.
The FREE event will be held tonight at the Innovation Depot, with doors opening at 5 p.m. with heavy refreshments available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The program, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., includes speakers:
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Seth Hammett, Director of Alabama Development Office
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Roderick Perkins, Small Business Administration
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Henry Turner, Minority Business Opportunity Center
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Susan Matlock, CEO of Innovation Depot
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David Fleming, Director of Main Street Birmingham
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Barry Copeland, Senior Vice President of the Birmingham Business Alliance
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Bob Dickerson, Executive Director of Birmingham Business Resource Center
You can hear the commercial spot for the event on our website by clicking here.
Attention Women Business Owners
A related event for women entrepreneurs is also taking place during the city's business event.
Wisdom Works Inc. is hosting "Women in Business," a FREE networking event also at the Innovation Depot tonight. There will be a door prize giveaway so, please bring your your business cards to enter the drawing
For more information, visit Wisdom Works Online.
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