Jesse Jackson/Black Leaders To Convene Press Conference on Nat'l Urban League's Plan To Create Jobs

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Black Leaders Announce Support of National Urban League’s Plan To Create 3 Million New Jobs at the 13th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit

WHAT:    In a joint press conference to be held at the Rainbow Push Coalition’s 13th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, African-American Leaders endorse the National Urban League’s Six-Point Jobs Plan For Putting Americans Back to Work. 

National Urban League President & CEO Marc H. Morial, by letter to Lawrence Summers, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee, has urged President Obama and the Congress to take immediate steps to create at least 3 million new jobs through a six-point plan proposed.

Speakers slated to appear at the press conference include:

•           Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League

•           Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow Push Coalition

WHEN:    Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 10:30am ET

WHERE:  Sheraton New York Hotel, 811 Seventh Avenue at 52nd Street, Riverside Room, NEW York, NY 10019

Contact: Amber Jaynes, NUL

917-673-5650 (ajaynes@nul.org)

Butch Wing, Rainbow Push Coalition

510-701-8955 (bwing@rainbowpush.org)