Cato Institute to Co-Sponsor Social Security and African Americans Conference on March 19

3/13/2002

From: Joan Kirby of the Cato Institute, 202-789-5266

News Advisory:

As the spectrum of Social Security reform proposals continue to generate debate, the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Cato Institute will co-sponsor on March 19 an all-day conference on "Social Security and African Americans." The conference will examine how various reform proposals will impact the African American community.

Leading experts from across the ideological spectrum will discuss and debate how Social Security can best provide retirement security for African-Americans.

WHO: -- Harry Alford, president and CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce;

-- J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State, Ohio;

-- Gwendolyn King, member of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security;

-- Dylan Glenn, special assistant to the President, National Economic Council;

-- Edward Crane, president, Cato Institute;

Panelists (in order of appearance:

-- Michael Tanner, director, Cato Institute Project on Social Security Privatization;

-- Horace Cooper, fellow, Center for New Black Leadership;

-- Maya Rockeymoore, senior resident scholar, National Urban League;

-- Kilolo Kijakazi, senior analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities;

-- Darrell Williams, professor of economics, U.C.L.A.;

-- Mellody Hobson, president, Ariel Capital Management, Inc.;

-- Rev. Floyd Flake, Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church;

-- Robert Woodson, president, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise;

-- Starr Parker, president and founder, Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education;

-- Herman Cain, CEO, T.H.E., Inc.;

-- Hilary Shelton, director, Washington Bureau, NAACP

-- E. Percial Stanford, former chairman, Nat. Com. To Preserve Social Security & Medicare

Moderators:

-- Juan Williams, host, NPR's "The Talk of the Nation"

-- Derek McGinty, anchor, ABC News, "World News Now"

-- Wiley Hall, executive editor, Afro-American Newspapers

WHAT: CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

WHEN: TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Registration begins at 8 a.m.)

WHERE: CATO INSTITUTE, 1000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W., Washington, D.C.

RSVP to Julie Johnson, 202-789-5229 or e-mail jjohnson@cato.org

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