ADVISORY/What Has the Recession Meant to Temporary Workers -- Especially Workers of Color?

    DETROIT--

ACT-1 CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd Available to Provide Commentary During Rainbow/PUSH Automotive Symposium
    At the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's Annual Automotive Symposium and Strategic Partner Reception this week, Janice Bryant Howroyd -- founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group, the nation's largest woman/minority owned employment agency -- will be available to provide informed commentary on an array of topics relevant to the nation's growing population of temporary employees:

--	Is the contingent workforce at risk -- or a salvation for cash-strapped Corporate America?
--	What impact is the economic slowdown having on temporary hiring with the auto industry -- and on woman/minority-owned businesses in all industry sectors?
--	Inside and outside the auto industry, how are workers of color being affected?
--	What policies should governments and companies consider to blunt the impact of the slowdown for workers in general?

WHO:    Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder, CEO and chairman of
        ACT-1 Group, Torrance, Calif. By building a talented and
        diverse team of experienced professionals, and by developing
        state-of-the-art technology to serve employer needs, Bryant
        Howroyd has helped ACT-1 become the largest woman
        minority-owned staffing agency in the United States, with
        annual revenue exceeding $220 million. Since ACT-1's
        founding, Bryant Howroyd's personal philosophy of "Keeping the
        Humanity in Human Resources" has moved the company into a
        multi-division conglomerate meeting the demands of today's
        industry leaders for specialized, well-trained temporary,
        full-time and contract employees. ACT-1 auto industry clients
        include Ford Motor and Toyota.

WHAT:   The Detroit Bureau-Automotive Project of the
        Rainbow/PUSH Coalition will host its 3rd Annual Automotive
        Symposium and Strategic Partner Reception, Thursday, October
        24, 2002 at the Detroit Yacht Club. In 1997, the Rev. Jesse L.
        Jackson, in conjunction with members of the New York Stock
        Exchange, launched the New York Wall Street Project. The
        Project was begun with a simple mission: to build private and
        public sector partnerships, to expand access to capital and
        spur economic development in underserved rural and urban
        communities. Soon after the New York Wall Street Project was
        launched, the Detroit Bureau was established, in part, with
        the assistance of partners in the automotive industry. The
        goal was to work with automotive corporations and their
        suppliers to achieve total inclusion for people of color in
        every aspect and at every level of the industry.

HOW:    To schedule an interview with Janice Bryant Howroyd, contact:
        Ken Greenberg
        Edge Communications, Inc.
        818/719-9292
        ken@edgepress.com