Workshops & Expo Highlights

*Times and events are subject to change

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Main Stage

TIME ACTIVITY

12:30 PM

"Handle Ya Business" Youth Empowerment & Entertainment Exhibition

4:30 PM

R&B Soulful Celebration
Featuring Lil J Xavier, Collective Hallucination, & More!

5:00 PM

Comedy Show
Featuring Leroy “Hypnobro” Williams, AJ Jamal, & Tommy Davidson

Financial Planning Seminars

GRB RM 372
TIME ACTIVITY

12:30 PM

How Your Business Can Cash-In from the Economic Stimulus Plan
Presented by the Texas Business Alliance, Inc.

2:00 PM

How the Economic Stimulus Plan Can Save Your Home from Foreclosure
Presented by Multi Cultural Connections

Health Fair Pavillion

TIME ACTIVITY

2:00 PM

Fitness Demonstration
Presented by Lady Of Essence featuring Edrina Newman

3:00 PM

Fighting Diabetes
Presented by American Diabetes Association

3:00 pm

Keeping You in Your Home and Down Payment Assistance

4:00 pm

Investors of Faith

"Handle Ya Business" Youth Summit

FULL DETAILS - GRB RM 362
TIME ACTIVITY

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Featuring the award winning Prairie View A&M Drumlin & Drum Majors,
Master Motivator Andre Johnson, plus more!

 

National Black Book Festival

FULL DETAILS - GRB ROOMS 214
TIME ACTIVITY

2:00 PM

Bringing Out the Book in You
Presented by Max Rodriguez, Founder of Harlem Book Fair

3:00 PM

Unwrapping the Gift
Presented by Karen Kossie-Cherynshev, PH. D

4:00 PM

Marketing Your Book On a Limited Budget
Presented by Attorney Oswald Scott, Troy Johnson, AALBC, & Dana Pittman, Nia Promotions

*Times and events are subject to change

 

sunday, May 17, 2009

Main Stage

TIME ACTIVITY

2:00 PM

Fitness Demonstration
Presented by Adrina Newman

2:45 PM

Spoken Word Poetry Slam
Presented by National Black Book Festival

3:00 PM

Kirk Franklin’s Fight for Your Life Choir Competition
Presented by the American Heart Association & the Power to End Stroke Campaign

6:00 PM

Gospel Explosion
Featuring Kurt Carr and the Kurt Carr Singers

National Black Book Festival

FULL DETAILS - GRB ROOMS 214
TIME ACTIVITY

4:00 PM

Roland Martin, CNN Analyst & Bestselling Author

Business Seminars

GRB ROOMS 214
TIME ACTIVITY

1:00 PM

How to Start a Thriving Publishing Company
Presented by Richard Jeanty, Bestselling Author & Owner of RJ Publications

*Times and events are subject to change