Regular Events
Trade Bureau Meeting
This business networking group meets the First Wednesday of each month (except on Holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. monthly - for location, call
404-525-5663. Come Grow with Us!... More
Watch Issues, RPC’s Southern Regional public interest telecast on Comcast Cable Channel 25, each Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Issues features, business leaders, elected officials, emerging leaders and news you can use to make sense of a senseless world. Host: Janice L. Mathis To appear on Issues, call producer Wilson Burrus at 404 525 5663.
Listen to Community Talk with Janice L. Mathis on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. on News and Talk 1380 WAOK, or on the web at www.waok.com.
Community Talk features business leaders, elected officials, emerging leaders and news you can use to make sense of a senseless world.
To appear with Janice on Community Talk, call 404 525 5663.
2005-2006 Activities & Accomplishments
Staff and Key Volunteers
| Janice L. Mathis, Esq. |
Vice-President |
| Tina Jones |
Business Dev. Dir. |
| Tina Jones |
Office Manager |
| Joe Beasley |
S.E. Region Director |
| Stefan L. Gresham |
Corporate Advisory Council Chair |
| Axel Adams |
1000 Churches Dir. |
| Robert Patillo |
Research Associate |
| Dextor Clinkscale |
Rainbow Sports |
Take Action
The price of gasoline is not rationally related to the supply. There is no
documented shortage of oil, or of gasoline. Let your member of Congress know
that you expect oversight of oil trading, including the over-the-counter
futures market. Also, let your member know that you believe last year's
industry-specific tax cuts should be reversed.
In Georgia, third graders are expected to pass the CRCT - a standardized test
of academic ability. Yet, the state as repeatedly failed to fund Early
Intervention - a measure designed to assure that all Georgia third graders are
reading on grade level. In fact, $30,000,000 was cut from Early Intervention this
year. |
SEVENTH ANNUAL
CREATING OPPORTUNITY
CONFERENCE
October 25-27, 2006
Highlights
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Evangelist Paula White
H.J. Russell
Harriette Watkins
Workshops
Business Plan Boot Camp
Diversity Best Practices
Women and Wealth
2005-2006 Sponsors
UPS Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Power, A Southern Company
Choicepoint
Lockheed Martin
The Home Depot
AFLAC
Atlanta Life Financial Group
BET
BellSouth
Cingular
Weldon Latham, Esq.
Davis Wright
Tremaine
Milton D. Sanders KFC
GlobalTech
AirTran
AGL Resources
Coca-Cola Enterprises
VITAS
SunTrust Bank
Breedlove and Lassiter
Calhoun Enterprises
Jackson Heath Group
The Kroger Company
Kenneth Edwards
Join The RainbowPUSH Coalition
Atlanta Satellite
Trade Bureau Industry Spokes:
Food, Professional Services, Real Estate and Construction
Did You Know?
On January 15, 2006 Greenville County, SC became the last County in South Carolina to observe the Martin Luther King Holiday |
