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November 7-8 C-Suite Network
Conference, BESPOKE, San Francisco,
CA. www.c-suitenetwork.com
November 14-17 Africa Travel
Association's 41st Annual World
Tourism Conference, Kigail, Rwanda.
conference.africatravelassociation.org
November 16-20 It's Nation
Time…Again, State of the Black World
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December 4 Living Legends Awards
2016, presented by the Museum of
African American History, Four Seasons
Hotel, Boston, MA. https://maah.ejoin-
me.org
January 14-17 American Bus
Association's (ABA) Annual Meeting &
Marketplace 2017, Huntington Con-
vention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland,
OH. http://www.buses.org/events/-
event/marketplace-2017
January 18-20 National Association
of Black Women in Construction
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ham Orlando Resort International
Drive, Orlando, FL. www.NABWIC.org
January 20 California Business
International and Domestic Trade
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January 23-25 The Americas
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JW Marriott & Microsoft Theater, Los
Angeles, CA. http://www.alisconfer-
ence.com/
February 5 4th Langston Hughes
Book Fair, hosted by the Baltimore
African American Tourism Council,
Baltimore, MD. Contact Louis C. Fields
at (443) 983-7974 or loucfields@gmail.-
com for more information.
February 15 2017 Annual Legisla-
tive Welcome Reception & Capitol
Policy Luncheon, Sheraton Grand
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February 10 33rd Annual The
Quest for Success, presented by the
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce,
Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX. (214) 421-
5200 or melder@dbcc.org
February 17-18 2017 William R.
Bracey Winter CEO Symposium, The
Westin Seattle, Seattle, WA. http://-
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February 18 National Sales Net-
work's 12th Annual State of the
Organization Jazz Brunch, Marina Del
Rey Marriott, Marina Del Rey, CA. mar-
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February 21 17th Annual State of
Maryland Harriet Ross Tubman Day of
Remembrance, Thurgood Marshall
Center Trust Building, Washington,
DC. Contact Louis C. Fields at (443)
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February 22-27 Hollywood Black
Film Festival, Marina Del Rey, CA.
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March 4-5 National Preppers &
Survivalists Expo, Baton Rouge, New
Orleans & Gonzales, LA. www.NPS-
Exxpo.com or (504) 281-4430
March 7-9 Res/Con New Orleans,
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Con-
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March 9 17th Annual State of Mary-
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Remembrance, Maryland General
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