THE 6TH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNIITES WITH INTERACTIVE CAREER VILLAGE
Baltimore, MD The Sixth Annual African American Heritage Festival has partnered with One Economy, Monster.com, Aerotek and the Mayors Office of Employment Development to offer festival participants a venue to search for jobs and gain information about general career opportunities and current openings in Baltimore and the surrounding counties.
The Career Village will take place July 6-8, 2007 at M & T Bank Stadium Lot B presenting seminars on how to utilize Monster.com and One Economys Beehive program to connect people to user-friendly information and resources that matter most to them in areas of health, jobs, money, education and family.
LaRian Finney, African American Heritage Foundation Chairman, said, In addition to great music and food, the African American Heritage Festival is proud to offer the Career Village providing participants tangible programs and services to enhance their lives.
Clyde Edwards, One Economy, Program Officer & Community Liaison, said, We have developed 40 localized Beehives which provide area-specific information and resources. Since the launch of the Beehive in 2001, the site has been visited over 10 million times by 9 million people, reaching hundreds of thousands of unique users per month.
The Beehive provides bilingual content at a literacy level that any audience can use and understand. In addition to career training, the Village will distribute specialty information to various age groups including high school and college students about tutor programs, General Education Development (GED) and students needing childcare.
Attracting over 500,000 people five years in a row, the African American Heritage Festival has expanded between both Camden Yards and M & T Bank Stadium to increase programming in all areas of the event. While the festival celebrates the historic contributions of African Americans, visitors to the event will agree that regardless of ethnicity there is something for everyone to enjoy.
The festival hours are:
Friday, July 6 5 p.m. 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 7 12 p.m. 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 8 12 p.m. 9p.m.
Admission to the festival is free but the community is asked to help the Heritage Foundation Keep the Festival Alive by making a donation at the entrances.
For detailed information about the festival, vendor, sponsor and volunteer inquires please log on to www.aahf.net or call 410-235-4427 ext. 403.
Major sponsors of the 2007 Festival include: City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, Hennessy, Moet & Chandon, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Aerotek, Comcast, M&T Bank, The Harbor Bank of Maryland, Soft Sheen, Cover Girl- The Queen Collection, Associated Black Charities, One Economy Corporation, Dew Sports, MTA, Heart & Soul Magazine, Radio One Baltimore, WMAR ABC2 News, Baltimore Times, Baltimore Sun, and Baltimore Afro American Newspaper.
One Economy Corporation is a multi-national non-profit founded in 2000 that uses technology-based strategies to help low income people improve their lives and join the economic mainstream. One Economys strategy brings broadband into the home along with online content through their bilingual consumer website the Beehive (www.thebeehive.org). Through its Bring IT Home campaign, One Economy has helped bring broadband into the homes of 200,000 low-income people. To date nearly ten million individuals have used the Beehive. One Economy recently launched a campaign to expand these online offerings by creating the Public Internet Channel. For more information, visit www.one-economy.com.
The Heritage Festival offers a safe environment and is a family celebration of African American history, culture, art and education. In addition to offering a variety of foods, art displays, carnival rides and health screenings the festival is proud to feature a comprehensive eclectic range of music on two stages including: Reggae, Soul, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, and Gospel featuring Patti Labelle, Musiq Soulchild, Temptations with Dennis Edwards and Ali Woodson, and Charlie Wilson.
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