The UNCF Empower Me Tour (EMT) Presented by Wells Fargo – a free, traveling college-and career-readiness road show sponsored by UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the country’s largest and most effective minority education organization – will feature musician, author and lifestyle entertainer Fonzworth Bentley, as host for the Tour’s “Calling All Young Men” stop at the University of California at Los Angeles on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Celebrating its sixth anniversary, the UNCF Empower Me Tour was created in partnership with Wells Fargo to prepare students to go to and through college, and inspire them to take control of their future by using education as the foundation for achieving their goals and dreams. This year’s Tour speakers and workshop leaders have also included music executive Amir Windom and TV personality, style authority, and entrepreneur Tai Beauchamp. Prior Tour guests and panelists included actors Hill Harper and Tatyana Ali, journalist and social activist Jeff Johnson, and Dr. Randal Pinkett, winner of the fourth season of NBCs The Apprentice with Donald Trump. The UNCF Empower Me Tour Presented by Wells Fargo has visited St. Louis, New Orleans, Dallas, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington D.C. along its 2013 Tour, with upcoming stops planned for Las Vegas (October 20), Detroit (November 16), Atlanta (January 25, 2014), Memphis (February 15, 2014) and Charlotte (March 1, 2014).
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:21:44 +0000
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