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WASHINGTON, DC, MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA,
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PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Solomon J. Herbert
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/
EDITOR
Gloria Herbert
GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA
GROUP
Robert Ingram
GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER
Solomon J. Hebert II
FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR
Matthew Thomas
RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR
Patrice Kelly
TECH NEWS EDITOR
William G. Herbert
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Rebecca Bernard
Edith Billups
Victoria Head
Brienne Herbert
Roy Jay
Cheray O'Neal
SALES MANAGERS
Regina Buggs
Willa Robinson
MARKETING/EDITORIAL
CONSULTANT'S
Hank Harris
Andrew Ingraham
O.J. Webb
OFFICE MANAGER
Dorothy Canty
HUMAN RESOURCES
Barbara Harper
For high quality article
reprints of 100 or more,
please contact
Reprint Management
Services at (717)399-1900.
January 13 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394 or
www.scbbe.com
January 21-22 ALIS (the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit),
Residence Inn and Courtyard, Los
Angeles, CA. https://alisalaw18.regis-
terat.com/Home.aspx
January 22-24 ALIS (the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit), JW
Marriott & Microsoft Theater, Los
Angels, CA. https://alisalaw18.register-
at.com/Home.aspx
February 7 California Public Policy
Luncheon, Sheraton Grand Hotel,
Sacramento, CA. cbcommunica-
tions2@yahoo.com
February 8 Regional Black
Contractors Association General
Membership Meetings, Regional Black
Contractors Association office, Dallas,
TX. (214) 565-8946
February 8-10 The Beta System
Conference, Washington Marriott
Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC.
For more information: Visit
www.beya.org
or call (410) 244-7101.
February 8-19 26th Annual Pan
African Film Festival, Cinemark Baldwin
Hills, Los Angeles, CA www.paff.org
February 13 Black Women Lead
Collective, Reception, Empress Tavern
Sacramento, CA. ourtimetoengage.-
eventbrite.com
February 13 18th Annual Business
Expo Juanita McDonald Community
Center, Carson, CA. (310) 217-4590
February 13 Avoice Heritage
Celebration honoring Gen. Colin
Powell and African American Veterans,
sponsored by the Congressional lack
Caucus Foundation, Naval Heritage
Center, Washington, DC. www.cbc-
finc.org/cbcf
February 14 Frederick Douglass
Bicentennial Wreath Laying Ceremony,
Talbot County Court House, Talbot
County, MD. www.frederickdou-
glasshonorsociety.org
February 17-18 SF/Bay Area Travel
& Adventure Show, Santa Clara
Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
registration@travelshows.com
February 19-21 Connect Financial,
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, FL.
http://www.connectmarketplace.com/
financial.html
February 21 Pioneers of Black
Journalism – Honoring the Legacy of
Max Robinson, Lincoln Theater,
Washington, DC. (202) 204-5531
March 4 2nd Annual Voices of
Freedom Concert, Boston, MA.
https://vilnashul.org/events/event/voi
ces-of-freedom-2018
March 5-6 Connect Chicago, Hyatt
Regency Chicago. Chicago, IL.
http://www.connectmarketplace.com/
chicago.html
March 13-14 Connect California,
Resort at Squaw Creek, North Lake
Tahoe, CA. http://www.connectcali-
forniameetings.com/
March 13-14 Connect Moun-
tain/Incentive, The Resort at Squaw
Creek, North Lake Tahoe, CA.
http://www.connectmarketplace.com/
mountain-incentive.html
March 22-24 Women Leadership
Development Master Class, Kimmel
Center, New York University, New
York, NY. For more information email
Furo Giami at furo.giami@celdng.org.
March 24-28 Black, Brown &
College Bound Summit, Tampa
Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL. (813)
253-7000
March 29-31 Women Leadership
Development Master Class, Kimmel
Center, New York University, New
York, NY. For more information email
The Authority on African-American
Conventions & Leisure Travel
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018
Meeting and incentive planners can keep abreast of
discount offers and package deals being offered by visiting
Black Meetings & Tourism's website – blackmeetingsand-
tourism.com – and clicking on the "Meeting Planner
Packages" link. Here you will find many cost saving and
often time sensitive deals that can help you bring your
meeting in on time and under budget.
MEETING PLANNER PACKAGES FOR GREAT SAVINGS
COMING IN: MARCH/APRIL 2018
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