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MARCH/APRIL 2011
March Cactus League Spring Train- ing throughout Greater Phoenix, AZ. www.visitphoenix.com
March 2-4 New York Times Travel Show, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. For more information call (203) 622-7081 or (800) 322-9332 or email info@nytts.- com.
March 4-7 30th Annual Travel South Showcase, Louisville, KY. (404) 231- 1790 or info@travelsouthusa.com
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March 6 New Rules of Engagement: How Multicultural Initiatives Are Leading the Conversation, sponsored by New York Women in Communications, New York, NY. www.nywici.org
March 10-11 Devoured Phx Culinary Classic at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ. www.visitphoenix.com
March 12 Gay & Lesbian Marketing Symposium, Dallas, TX. www.commu- nitymarketinginc.com
March 13 Multichannel News Wonder Women Luncheon, New York, NY. www.multichannel.com/info/2015-Wonder_Women_Luncheon.php
March 14 NY Pre-Multicultural Business Expo & Networking Dinner Reception, Great Neck, NY. www.exposyourbusiness.com/events/ny-multi- cultural-business-expo
Marcg 15 NY Multicultural Business Expo, Great Neck, NY. www.exposy- ourbusiness.com/events/ny-multicultural-business-expo
March 15-16 World Diversity Leadership Summit - European Union, Paris, France. www.wdls.eu
March 21 12th Annual Forum- Multicultural Media for Multicultural America, New York, NY. www.multiculturalmediaforum.com
March 21-23 Fifth Annual Custom Content Conference, Hotel Monaco, Washington, DC. (212) 989-4631 or info@customcontentcouncil.com
March 22 LATINA Style Business Series, Dallas, TX. http://bs.latinastyle.- com/index.php
March 23 2011 Advertising Women of the Year Luncheon, New York, NY. www.awny.org/EventsCalendar.html
March 25-28 Rethink 2012 Shifting Sands... Understanding the New Customer, New York, NY. www.thearf.org/rethink-2012.php
March 26-27 Multicultural Marketing Summit, San Francisco, CA. www.worldrg.com/showConference.cfm?confcode=MW12008
March 26-28 Thought Leadership Executive Think Tank Training on Diversity & Inclusion, presented by Council of Federal EEO & Civil Rights Executives, New York, NY. www.thoughtleadershipconference.com
March 26-28 Discover New England's 17th Annual Tourism Summit & International Marketplace – 2012, Boston Pasrk Plaza Hotel & Towers, Boston, MA. info@discovernewengland.org
March 28-April 1 National Society of Black Engineers Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. www.nsbe.org
March 29-31 California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation is hosting the Annual African American Leadership Weekend & Wellness Conference in partnership with the California Black Health Network, DoubleTree Hotel, Sacramento, CA. For more information (916) 463-0177 or www.calbcc.org.
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