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Whitney Young
Conference
Celebrates 30
years
In December, Wharton's
African American MBA
Association (AAMBAA)
celebrated the thirtieth
anniversary of its annual
Whitney Young Conference.
To mark the occasion
and commemorate the
contributions of Wharton's
AAMBAA, Philadelphia
Mayor John Street declared
the week of the conference
"Wharton African American
MBA Association Week."
The Whitney Young
Conference is one of the
oldest of its kind and a major
contribution by AAMBAA
to the Philadelphia community.
The event honors the
memory of civil rights activist
and National Urban League
leader Whitney M. Young.
The conference has grown
to a three-day event with
attendance at well over 750
students, business professionals,
alumni, educators,
and corporate representatives
from around the
world.
This year's conference
included keynote addresses
from Bob Johnson, founder
and CEO of BET, Slivy
Edmonds Cotton, WG'79,
owner and senior managing
director of The Edmonds
Group, and Dr. Michael
Eric Dyson, critically-acclaimed
author, media
commentator, and University
of Pennsylvania Avalon
Professor of Humanities.
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