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Outline of 2005 Wall Street Project Conference
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
January 11-13, 2005
Mission Statement:
The mission
of the Wall Street Project (WSP) is to challenge corporate America to end
its multibillion-dollar trade deficit with minority vendors, consumers and employees.
It
is a continuation of the work of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. which started
when the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appointed him to run the SCLC's Operation
Breadbasket in Chicago in the early 1960's. The WSP uses the Breadbasket model
of
research, education, negotiation and reconciliation to promote inclusion, opportunity
and economic growth by encouraging public and private industries to improve hiring
and promotion practices; name more minorities to corporate boards; allocate more
business to minority companies; and increase the amount of business minority
firms
conduct with each other.
It is our intent through our Wall Street Conference
to challenge Fortune 1000 Companies
to bridge the trading and opportunity gap between corporations and minority business
owners through inclusion. By increasing diversity on Wall Street, we create a
ripple
effect that will increase business growth and job creation and engage members
of our
own community in philanthropy. Our success is everyone's victory.
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