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March 2 Travursity Travel
Showcase, New Orleans, LA. Register at
www.travursity.com
or email info@trav-
ursity.com for further information.
March 3-6 Student Government of
America Model US Congress,
Washington, DC. www.SGACon-
gress.org
March 5, 10-12, 16 & 23 Harriet
Ross Tubman 2016 Cele-brations, pre-
sented by the Baltimore African
American Tourism Council, Baltimore,
MD. Fro more information contact Lou
Fields at (443) 983-7974 or loufields@-
gmail.com.
March 10-13 Black Student Spring
break, Nassau, Bahamas. www.Black-
StudentsSpringBreak.com
March 14-15 Mobile & Innovation
Strategies for Travel 2016, San
Francisco, CA. Contact: Gavin Watson
gavin@eyefortravel.com.
March 14-15 Social Media &
Content Strategies for Travel 2016, San
Francisco, CA. Contact: Gina Baillie
gina@eyefortravel.com.
March 14-15 The Connected
Traveler North America 2016, San
Francisco, CA. Contact: Gina Baillie
gina@eyefortravel.com.
March 14-15 The Start-up Village
2016, San Francisco, CA. Contact:
Gavin Watson gavin@eyefortravel.-
com.
March 16-19 40th Annual Council
of Black Studies, Omni Charlotte Hotel,
Charlotte, NC. www.ncbsonline.org
March 16-20 47th Annual Meeting
National Conference of Black Political
Scientists, Hilton Garden In Downtown,
Jackson, MS. www.NCOBPS.org
March 17-20 Black Student Spring
Break, Puerto Rico. www.Black-
StudentsSpringBreajk.com
March 19 Inaugural UNCF
Raleigh/Durham Mayor's |Masked ball,
Raleigh convention Center, Raleigh,
NC. www.uncf.org
March 20-23 Home Based Travel
Agent Las Vegas 2016 Forum, Paris Las
Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. www.LVTravel-
Show.com
March 22-26 48th National
Conference National Association of
Black Social Workers, Hyatt Regency,
New Orleans. LA. www.nabsw.org
March 22-27 National Society of
Black Engineers, Boston, MA. www.ns-
be.org
March 31-April 1 13th National
Back Writers Conference, Medgar Evers
College, Brooklyn, NY. www.centerfor-
blackliterature.org
April 1 Black Tourism Meeting,
Marshall Center, Baltimore, MD. (443)
983-7974
April 7-9 American Association of
Blacks in Higher Education, Westin
Long Beach Hotel, Long beach, CA
www.blacksinhighered.site-ym.com
April 10-13 International Tourism
Safety Conference, Golden Nugget
Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. For
more information or to register for the
conference, visit www.touristsafety.org.
April 11-14 National African
American Student Assembly, Washin-
gton, DC. www.NAASA.us
April 13 Travursity Travel
Showcase, Boston, MA. Register at
www.travursity.com
or email info@trav-
ursity.com for further information.
April 16-17 2016 African Diaspora
World Tourism Awards and Travel
Expo, Westin Atlanta Airport, Atlanta,
GA. http://africandiasporatourism-
.com
April 19-20 EyeforTravel's
European Summit 2016 (TDS Europe),
London, England. Contact: Gavin
Watson gavin@eyefortravel.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 con-
tact Betty Jones at (303) 750-0283 or by
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