Released on = September 2, 2006, 5:43 pm

Press Release Author = National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship

Industry = Non Profit

Press Release Summary = "We were elated that National Institute for Urban
Entrepreneurship's student protégée mentee, Quinn Conyers, founder of Speak2Society
and Howard University student, was awarded one of the top three spots in the very
competitive Emerging Business Student Leaders competition, organized by Omar
Muhammad of Morgan State University. We applaud Speak2Society founder Quinn Conyers
in her winning business plan presentation at MED Week 2006," says Institute founder
Patricia H. Lee. "Furthermore, anyone who spoke to the 48 rising stars know that
they individually or collectively defy any stereotype about the potential of
students of color," says Ms. Lee.

Press Release Body = MED WEEK 2006: NIUE APPLAUDS EMERGING BUSINESS STUDENT LEADERS
WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The 24th annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED Week 2006)
Conference took place during the week of August 28th honoring entrepreneurs of color
and emerging business student leaders. This year\'s conference theme was \"Mastering
the Supply Chain," and included high energy, transformational speeches from George
Fraser, founder of Power Networking Conferences and Robert Wallace, author of
Strategic Partnerships, Black Wealth, Soul Food and the Ssese Principles and owner
of The BiTH Group and a healthy supply of business to business networking.

The National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship, during MED Week 2006,
successfully mentored several emerging business student leaders, attended numerous
supply chain sessions, participated in the MED Week Business Expo and power
networking events. Of special note, forty eight students participated in this
year's Emerging Business Leaders Summit, which was organized by Carlos Guzman,
Program Manager of the EBLS. This year, NIUE mentee student protégées included,
Cherylynn Shaw, from Richland College by way of Xavier University, Quinn Conyers,
Howard University and Alonzo Blalock from Grambling University.
"We were elated that National Institute for Urban Entrepreneurship's student
protégée mentee, Quinn Conyers, founder of Speak2Society and Howard University
student, was awarded one of the top three spots in the very competitive Emerging
Business Student Leaders competition, organized by Omar Muhammad of Morgan State
University. We applaud Speak2Society founder Quinn Conyers in her winning business
plan presentation at MED Week 2006," says Institute founder Patricia H. Lee.
"Furthermore, anyone who spoke to the 48 rising stars know that they individually or
collectively defy any stereotype about the potential of students of color," says Ms.
Lee.
With much hard work and concerted efforts by Ronald Langston, the MED Week and EBLS
team, the Institute commends them on a very successful conference.
All of the Emerging Business Student Leaders and small businesses were recognized at
the MED Week 2006 GALA Friday evening.

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