June 7-8, 2007 At the Colorado JOIN US Convention Center

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Centennial, CO 80015 Economic Summit & Expo Economic Summit Reach For New Altitude EXHIBITOR SPACE still available! Collaboration. Don’t miss the 2007 MRBES Expo! There’s something for everyone during this two-day community event. Communication. • Vendors from all over the region • Free Health Screenings • Corporate Recruiters Cooperation. • Expo is FREE & Open to the Public

MRBES will deepen your financial knowledge to build wealth, expand your professional network, and provide strategies to achieve financial freedom.

Reach for new altitude at this year’s MRBES! June 7-8

“I was completely impressed…I made some great connections and some relationships that I see Colorado Convention Center blossoming from this” T. Anderson, Corporate Exhibitor

“It was simply outstanding!” -R. Griggs, President of Business Coaches of America, Colorado Springs

Presenting sponsor

Mountain Region Black Economic Summit June 7-8, 2007 • Colorado Convention Center • Denver, CO For more information call: 303.400.5928 www.MRBES.com Mountain Region Black Economic Summit & Expo is a two-day economic empowerment summit comprised of workshops and panel discussions designed to promote financial literacy and provoke 2007 mountain region black economic action toward building and sustaining wealth in the Black community. Attendees include Black last year's event summit registration form business owners, corporate professionals, organization leaders and youth from all over the region. www.MRBES.com • 303.400.5928 • fax: 303.484.4325

Registration Fees: Registration fee includes course materials, continental [register online at www.mrbes.com] Left: Merriella Crowell, Wilma Webb Registration Form (all fields required) - please keep a copy for your records • Early Bird (through April 30, 2007), $79.00 breakfast (Fri), WIL Luncheon, and 1-year Black and Carla Ladd. • Full Registration (May 1 - June 8), $99.00 Enterprise Subscription Right: Kenya James addresses the First Name______audience during her speech. • Youth Registration (12-18 years old) NOTE: Registration packets will be available for pickup on site. Last Name ______Free with Paid Adult Full Registration Registration confirmation will be via e-mail or fax only. ❑ ❑ ❑ • On-site Registration, $129.00 Are you attending as a: Business Owner Other Youth • Women In Leadership Breakfast, (Fri.), $65.00 Airline and hotel discount rates are available, please call ❑ Professional: Occupation______303-400-5928 or visit www.MRBES.com No on-site registration for (WIL) Business/ Organization/ Sponsoring Org Name ______• Expo: Free with advance ticket; $5.00 on-site Email Address______Address (no P.O. Boxes) ______Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available: City______State______Zip ______PLEASE CALL 303-400-5928 or e-mail SPONSORED BY Daytime Phone (____)[email protected] FOR DETAILS. Left: Small and large businesses displaying products and services at Evening Phone (____)______the Expo. Food Preference: ❑ Vegetarian ❑ No Pork ❑ No Preference Right: Dennis Kimbro signs copies of his book after his speech. Please specify any special needs (i.e. wheelchair access): ______

Select one workshop from each session. For example, select one workshop from Session 1, one from Session 2, and so on. Classrooms have limited space and will be filled on a first-come basis. Workshop topics are subject to change. Visit www.mrbes.com/workshops for full descriptions

Left: Workshop breakout discussing financial development. Right: Attendees of the Expo discuss # June 7, 2007 Session 2 [2:00-3:00 PM] their products and services. Career Expo is from 12:00 - 5:30 PM ❑ Women of Color in Corporate Management: Opportunities ❑ Career Workshops 1-3; 12:00 - 3:30 PM and Barriers ❑ Community Reinvestment Act – Get Your Piece of The Trillion June 8, 2007 Dollar Pie Opening Session (8:15 - 9:30 AM) ❑ Be in Business for Yourself, But Not By Yourself Session 1 [9:30-10:30 AM] ❑ Opportunity Session #2: Denver Business Opportunities ❑ Cover Your Assets ❑ Youth Talk-back Session w/ Glenda Hatchett ❑ Faith-Based Solutions for Addressing the Economic Needs of the Community Session 3 [3:15-4:15 PM] ❑ Accessing Capital for your small business ❑ You Cannot Afford to be Without It - Insurance ❑ Opportunity Session #1: Aurora Business Opportunities ❑ Who’s the Boss? - I’m the Boss! SPEAKERS PROGRAM & WORKSHOPS ❑ Youth Learning Lab ❑ Opportunity Session #3: Democratic National Convention Opportunities Judge Glenda Hatchett ❑ Youth Learning Lab Thursday, June 7th 2:00 – 3:00 PM Learning Lab Session #2 Women In Leadership Luncheon [12:00 – 1:45PM] She's strong, savvy and resolute. She's intuitive, concerned and compassionate. She's a realist, w/Glenda Hatchett 12:00 - 5:30 PM Career Expo Exhibitor Opportunity Session #2 an innovator and a leader. She's Judge Glenda A. Hatchett, and she knows the difference Closing Session [4:30 – 6:30PM] w/ Booths Open between achieving success and making a difference. A visionary who knows how to get results, *Learning Lab topics and times subject to change. 3:15 – 4:15 PM Youth Workshop(s) Only Judge Hatchett is renowned in the legal community for her ground-breaking courtroom style. 12:00 – 3:30 PM Career Workshop #1-3 3:15 – 4:15 PM Learning Lab Session #3 Mail/FAX completed registration to: Registration Type: Friday, June 8th Opportunity Session #3 MRBES ❑ Early Bird Full Reg. (before May 1st): $79 Ed Gordon 7:00 – 8:00 AM Registration ❑ Full Reg. (May 1st – June 1st ): $99 Hard hitting, intelligent, honest, and no-nonsense describe Ed Gordon’s style and approach 16748 E. Smoky Hill Road #181 4:30 – 6:30 PM Closing General Session: Aurora, CO 80015 ❑ Early Bird Women In Leadership (WIL) Luncheon Only to reporting that have made the Emmy Award-winning broadcaster one of the most respected (before May 1st ): $55 8:15 – 9:30 AM Opening General Keynote address by Fax: 303.484.4325 journalists in the business today. Host of the new, nationally syndicated TV show Our World With Session [Continental Ed Gordon ❑ WIL Luncheon Only: $65 Black Enterprise, a contributing correspondent for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, former Breakfast] Program subject to change. host of News and Notes With Ed Gordon, on NPR, Gordon is known for his lively and informative on-air interaction with newsmakers from world leaders to celebrities. 9:30 – 10:30 AM Learning Lab Session #1 Opportunity Sessions will inform business owners of the payment information 10:30 – 11:30 AM VISIT THE EXPO numerous opportunities available in the Metro Area and Form of payment: ❑ VISA ❑ Mastercard ❑ American Express ❑ Check Katherine Giscombe, Ph.D., Senior Director, Research: the necessary qualifications and certifications required ❑ Invoice My Employer (Payable to Denver Black Pages) 11:30 AM Luncheon Doors Open to compete for these opportunities: As Senior Director on the Research team, Katherine Giscombe leads the Catalyst initiative to Credit Card No. ______address the specific challenges faced by women of color. She directed Catalyst’s ground-break- ing study, Women of Color in Corporate Management: Opportunities and Barriers and leads the EXPO CLOSED DURING LUNCHEON Democratic National Convention Expiration Date______CVN (3 digit code)______Women of Color Issue Specialty team, which studies the broad array of issues that relate specifically to women of color in the workplace. 12:00 – 1:45 PM Women in Leadership Denver Opportunities # Billing address (if different from above) ______Luncheon & Award • RTD Ceremony with keynote • DIA City/State/Zip ______Glenda Hatchett • Union Station Print Name (as it appears on the card)______June 7-8, 2007 1:30 PM EXPO RE-OPENED Aurora Opportunities • Fitzsimmons Signature______Date: / / 2007 At the Colorado 2:00 – 3:00 PM Youth Talk-back session • Aerospace JOIN US Convention Center w/Glenda Hatchett • Bioscience