HSAN Announces 2007 "Get Your Money Right" Tour
By Morris Moore
Date: 1/29/2007 10:00 am
Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network has announced the 2007 "Get Your Money Right" tour, which will stop in various cities across the country promoting financial literacy.
The "Get Your Money Right" tour kicks off on Mar. 3 at The Granville Sawyer Auditorium at Texas Southern University in Houston, TX and will feature a variety of celebrity rappers promoting fiduciary responsibility.
"'Get Your Money Right' continues to be our national theme for the financial empowerment Hip-Hop Summits," Russell Simmons said in a statement. "Hip-hop is about eliminating poverty and ignorance, and we have found a creative and effective method of raising awareness about the importance of financial literacy. We are helping youth and young adults to fulfill their aspirations and lay a solid financial foundation for their future."
The tour, which is sponsored by Chrysler Financial and Anheuser-Busch, will make stops in Detroit, MI (Apr. 14), Greensboro, NC (Sept. 8), Washington, D.C. (Sept. 29), Miami, FL (Oct. 20) and Atlanta, GA (Nov. 3).
The agenda of the "Get Your Money Right" tour is to educate youth about the basics of banking, repairing and understanding credit scores and asset and wealth management.
"Being successful in life requires successful and sound financial management skills," said William F. Jones, Jr., Vice President, Chrysler Financial. "Chrysler Financial is deeply committed to providing these skills to young people, so they can position themselves to take charge of their future. Our partnership with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network is one of the best ways to reach young people, through effective outreach and messages that will support their future achievements."
A "Get Your Money Right" workbook is also being produced and distributed at each event in both English and Spanish.
For more information visit http://www.hsan.org.
from: http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6648
