Rainbow PUSH Coalition's Podcast

Welcome to the 12th Annual Creating Opportunity Conference, November 3rd-5th at the Hilton Garden Inn at 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, Georgia sponsored by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Citizenship Education Fund. Celebrate Rev. Jackson's 70th birthday at the Keep Hope Alive Gala with Wanda Smith from V-103's Frank and Wanda Morning Show, take the Handson Banking Class to improve your financial literacy, check out the college fair and youth and young adult summit, attend workshops on sports, entertainment, business, family violence and international relations. Creating Opportunity will show you how to thrive in tough times. Call 404-525-5663 or visit rainbowpush.org for more details on how you can register.

http://bit.ly/r7oUZh Tributes are being paid to the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 93rd birthday. Each year on July 18th his work as a campaigner against the apartheid regime and his contribution to post-apartheid South Africa is recognised by the United Nations. On Nelson Mandela International Day the eminent American civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has been telling Gerry Adams that he may have been the first African American to meet the South African leader following his release from prison. http://bit.ly/r7oUZh