December 10 Small Business Expo,
Atlanta Convention Center, Atlanta, GA.
(212) 404-2345
January 3-13 American Library
Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting,
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
(BCEC), Boston, MA. (617) 954-2168
January 6-8 Black Student Athlete
Summit, University of Austin ATT
Executive Education Conference Center,
Austin, TX. http://ddce.utexas.edu/black-
studentathleteconference/ or (Dr. Darren
Kelly at (512) 404-3600
January 7-9 National African-
American Leadership Experience, Washing-
ton, DC
January 11-12 The Association of
Theological Schools presents the Comm-
ission on Accrediting African American
CEOs and CAOs Conference, Holiday Inn
Rochester Airport Hotel, Rochester, NY.
www.ats.edu or (412) 788-6505
January 11-14 21st Annual Yale
University Black Solidarity Conference, Yale
University, New Haven, CT. http://www.-
blacksolidarityconference.com/
January 14-17 National Black Student
Leadership Conference, Raleigh, NC.
January 20-24 Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc. Undergraduate Summit,
Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA.
www.oppf.org or (404) 284-5533
January 23 24th Annual Trumpet
Awards, Atlanta, GA. www.trumpetfounda-
tion.org or (404) 878-6738
January 25-27 The Americas Lodging
Investment Summit (ALIS), LW Marriott &
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
http://www.alisconference.com/registration/
February 5 47th NAACP Image
Awards, Los Angeles, CA www.naacpim-
ageawards.net
February 6-9 National Beauty Cultur-
ists' League, Inc. Board of Directors meeting,
Washington, DC www.nbcl.info or (202)
232-2695
February 8-13 National African
American Studies Association, Crowne
Plaza Executive Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
(225) 925-2244 or www.NAAAS.org
February 15-18 2016 Samuel DeWitt
Proctor Clergy and Lay Leadership
Conference, Omni Houston Hotel,
Houston, TX. www.sdpconference.info or
(773) 548-6675
February 23-28 CIAA Basketball
Tournament, Charlotte, NC. http://theci-
aa.com/bballtournament/index
February 25-27 39th Big XII
Conference on Black Student Government,
Kansas Memorial Union, Lawrence, KS.
https://kupce.ku.edu/bigxii-black-student-
government-conference-2016 or (875) 864-
5823 or toll free at (800) 766-3777
March 20-23 Home Based Travel
Agent Las Vegas 2016 Forum, Paris Las
Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. www.LVTravel-
Show.com
April 19-21 Dominican Annual
Tourism Exchange (DATE), Paradisus
Palma Real Resort, Bavaro, Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic. www.drdate.net
April 20-30 Travel Professional of
Color (TPOC) 2016 Conference, aboard
Carnival Miracle, sailing out of Long Beach.
For more information contact Betty Jones at
(303) 750-0283 or by email jonesdenv@-
aol.com.
August 3-6 National Sales Network
(NSN) 20th Anniversary Visionary
Leadership Conference & Career Fair,
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
http://www.salesnetwork.org/
May 8-12 2017 Humane Society of the
U.S. Animal Care Expo, Ocean Center and
the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort, Daytona
Beach, FL. www.DaytonaBeachMeet-
ings.com
November 10-13 American Academy
of Ophthalmology (AAO), New Orleans,
LA. For more information, visit www.newor-
leanscvb.com.
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