Rainbow
PUSHes
Foreclosure
Alternatives,
Business
Development
and
Youth
Engagement
at
Southern
Regional
Conference
Conference
Theme:
Revival,
Recovery
and
Renewal
Conference
Co-Chairs:
Xernona
Clayton
and
Frank
Ski
The
Rainbow
PUSH
Coalition
and
the
Citizenship
Education
will
host
their
10th
Annual
Creating
Opportunity
Conference
in
Atlanta,
October
15-16
at
the
Hyatt
Regency
in
Atlanta,
265
Peachtree
Street.
The
purpose
of
the
conference
is
to
revive
hope
for
those
devastated
by
job
and
home
loss,
recover
from
the
economic
calamity
with
new
investments
in
industry
and
infrastructure,
and
renew
efforts
to
create
a
level
playing
field
for
workers
and
children.
Lenders
will
be
on-site
at
the
conference
to
offer
alternatives
to
foreclosure.
Rainbow
PUSH
successfully
urged
Citi
Mortgage
and
Wells
Fargo
to
withdraw
hundreds
of
homes
from
the
September
Sheriff’s
sale.
Without
Rainbow
PUSH
intervention,
those
homes
would
have
gone
into
foreclosure.
Those
families
are
urged
to
come
to
the
conference
to
meet
face
to
face
with
lenders
and
mortgage
counselors.
Now,
the
task
is
to
find
longer-term
solutions.
Rev.
Jackson
led
a
picket
in
front
of
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Atlanta.
Rainbow’s
One
Thousand
Churches
Connected
also
hosted
a
meeting
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church
with
national
and
local
clergy
while
Jackson
was
in
Atlanta
on
Monday,
September
7,
only
one
day
before
the
First
Tuesday
Sherriff’s
sale.
The
Sheriff’s
sale
takes
place
in
each
of
Georgia
159
counties
every
month.
Small
business
owners
will
get
a
bird’s
eye
view
of
how
the
stimulus
works
from
some
of
the
largest
public
and
private
players
including
MARTA,
Hartsfield
Jackson
International
Airport,
CSX
Railroad,
Georgia
Power
Co.,
Georgia
DOT,
Fluor,
Inc.and
Savannah
Port
Authority.
Federal
investment
is
designed
to
spur
economic
recovery,
but
without
participation
by
unemployed
persons,
underutilized
firms
the
stimulus
cannot
achieve
its
purpose.
According
to
Rev.
Jackson,
“we
cannot
just
water
the
leaves,
we
must
also
stimulate
the
roots
to
revive
the
economy.”
“We
included
Constitutional
Law
Update
because
the
law
defines
the
freedoms,
obligations
and
rights
enjoyed
by
all
Americans,”
according
to
Janice
L.
Mathis.
The
session
will
review
recent
federal
case
law
involving
voting
rights,
diversity
and
inclusion
and
consumer
rights.
We
are
pleased
to
be
able
to
offer
CLE
credits
for
lawyers.
Participants
include
Loretta
King,
Acting
Assistant
Attorney
General,
U.S.
Department
of
Justice
and
the
Hon.
Lisa
Madigan,
Illinois
Attorney
General
On
Saturday,
a
new
generation
of
leaders
takes
the
stage
to
discuss
solutions
to
issues
that
uniquely
impact
young
people,
including
Hip-hop
culture
and
student
financial
aid.
More
than
500
young
people
from
across
the
region
will
participate.
Also
on
Saturday
will
be a
public
policy
roundtable
during
the
conference
for
elected
officials
including
S.C.
Representative
Dave
Mack,
Mayor
Shirley
Franklin,
Vanessa
Williams,
Executive
Director
of
National
Conference
of
Black
Mayors
and
Hon.
Willie
Burns
of
the
Georgia
Conference
of
Black
Mayors.
The
Conference
also
features
workshops
on
Women
and
Wealth,
featuring
representatives
from
North
Carolina
Mutual
and
SunTrust
Bank.
and
Going
Green
– an
environmentally
conscious
investing
session.
A
new
event
this
year
will
be
the
Clark
Atlanta
University
Business
Case
Competition.
The
following
persons
will
be
honored
for
their
contributions
to
civic
and
economic
life
during
the
Keep
Hope
Alive
Gala:
Vicki
Palmer,
retired
Coca-Cola
Enterprises
Executive
Vice
President;
Congressman
John
Lewis;
Sweet
Auburn
advocate
Charles
Johnson;
civil
rights
activist
Gail
P.
Davenport;
Georgia
Informer
Publisher
Herbert
Dennard;
Atlanta
Mayor
Shirley
Franklin
and
CNN
commentator
Roland
Martin.
Among
the
notables
on
hand
to
congratulate
the
honorees
will
be
V-103’s
Frank
Ski
and
Wanda
Smith,
Trumpet
Awards
Chairman
Xernona
Clayton,
Atlanta
Life
President
Bill
Clements,
Montgomery
businessman
Greg
Calhoun,
African
Ascension
founder
Joe
Beasley..
Musiq
Soul
Child,
Indigo
and
the
Jean
Childs
Young
Middle
School
Jazz
Band
will
perform.
The
Keep
Hope
Alive
Gala
celebrates
Rev.
Jackson’s
birthday
and
benefits
the
work
of
RPC,
CEF
and
families
facing
foreclosure.
For
More
Information,
Contact
Janice
L.
Mathis
404
394
1500
or
404
525
5663
Or
visit
www.rainbowpushatlanta.org
