Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Presents 'Get Your Money Right'

         A Financial Summit in Atlanta on Saturday, September 16,
                         at Morris Brown College

WHAT: The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) "Get Your Money Right" financial fundamentals and empowerment tour. Hip-Hop celebrities and Chrysler Financial experts will speak to the youth audience on the importance of personal money management.

The topics to be covered include the basics of banking, home ownership, repairing bad credit and understanding credit scores, entrepreneurship, vehicle financing and more. The "Get Your Money Right" workbook, which will be given to all participants, is available in both English and Spanish and is downloadable on the www.hsan.org site.

WHO:

HSAN Participants: Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Paul Wall, Bobby Valentino, Chaka Zulu, DJ Drama, Chingo Bling, Remy Ma, Roberta Shields (Ludacis's Mother), Shakir Stewart and Bryan-Michael Cox.

  Chrysler Financial Experts/Interview Opportunities:
  William F. Jones Jr., Vice President - Chrysler Financial
  James Whitlow and Gerrod Parchmon - Chrysler Financial Panelists

  WHEN:   Saturday, September 16
          Artists/panelists/VIP arrival: Noon
          Media arrival: Noon
          Doors Open: Noon
          Program: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  WHERE:  Atlanta University Center, John Lewis Gymnasium
          Morris Brown College
          643 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
          Atlanta, Ga. 30314

OTHER: Recent survey results released in a news conference in the Federal Reserve boardroom showed U.S. teenagers lack the fundamentals of personal financial knowledge. According to Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, results of a survey taken by 5,775 high school seniors in 37 states, shows financial literacy is still a significant area for improvement with youth. The Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment is a grassroots effort to help engage young people in discussions about the importance of personal finance.

Community Partners: Community partners will not only provide promotional support but will provide 20 volunteers to work on the day of the Summit.

  *  National Conference of Black Mayors
  *  NAACP-Atlanta Chapter
  *  The Ludacris Foundation
  *  100 Black Men of Atlanta
  *  FCE Entertainment
  *  National Black MBA Association

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PRNewswire -- Sept. 14