FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2024
Major Corporate and Political Leaders to
Address Minority Entrepreneurs
Washington, DC –In a historic effort to substantively engage with the minority business community, several major corporate and political leaders will participate in an economic summit in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
The event will be held at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave, NW from noon until 9 p.m. The event will begin with lunch, panel discussions, VIP reception, dinner, and a focus group/townhall meeting about Blacks and the Republican Party.
With a theme of: “A Vision for Economic Opportunity and Empowerment in the 21st Century,”
Confirmed speakers include:
Ken Langone, Co-founder of Home Depot
Scott Bessent, Founder, Key Square Group
Stephen K. Bannon, Host, War Room
Congressman Byron Donalds (FL-19)
Stephen Gilchrist, Chairman and CEO of the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce and a Commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Jennifer Carroll, former Lt. Gov. Florida
Trent Lott, Former Senate Majority Leader from Mississippi
Stephen Moore, Committee to Unleash Prosperity
Carvin Haggins, Muti-Grammy Award Winning Songwriter & Producer
Penny Pough, Music Recording Executive
Dr. John Sibley Butler, Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and former J. Marion West Chair for Constructive Capitalism in the Graduate School of Business.
According to Raynard Jackson, Founder and Chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future, “if Republicans and conservatives can sustain this level of constructive engagement with the Black business community, the sky is the limit as to how well former President Donald Trump and down ballot Republican can do with Black voters.”
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Raynard Jackson is a Pulitzer Prize nominated columnist and Founder and Chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party. We focus on the Black entrepreneurs.
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