National Black Chamber of Commerce® 18th Annual National Convention | July 22-24 |Houston

The National Black Chamber of Commerce® will hold its 18th Annual National Convention on July 22-24, in Houston at the Four Seasons Hotel.

This year’s meeting theme is “Energy and Technology: The Drivers of the American Economy.”

John Transvina, Assistant Secretary of HUD will be on hand to discuss compliance of Section 3, and former Congressman J.C. Watts will explain how the national debt affects our businesses.  RNC Chairman, Michael Steele will give remarks, Walter Ulrich, President/CEO of the Houston Technology Center, Sherman Lewis III, Chairman of The Lewis Group LLP, and publisher of the Root.com, Donna Byrd will address the audience.

The top ten states for Black owned businesses per the US Census: 1. New York with 204,093; 2. Georgia with 183,876; 3. Florida with 181,469; 4. Texas with 154,255; 5. California with 137,875; 6. Illinois with 106,679; 7. Maryland with 102,130; 8. North Carolina with 83,880; 9. Michigan with 72,549 and 10. Virginia with 63,399.

Follow the buzz – Registration is open to the public and can be made by logging onto the National Black Chamber of Commerce® website, http://www.nationalbcc.org/

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