Los Angeles – (January 24, 2016) – Over the weekend, LA 1000 kicked off its powerful Hiring Event Series and Global Initiative to rebuild and empower urban communities through the creation of 1000 jobs. The initiative founded by Dr. Lance McCarthy and NFL Legend Ray Lewis, was developed to create a platform to Empower Employ and encourage Entrepreneurship through strategic relationships with corporate and community partners.
The 3-day initiative kicked off with its VIP Reception at the fabulous Galerie Montaigne in West Hollywood with attendance from NFL Legend Jim Brown, Shawne Merriman, and high level business executives who have shown tremendous support for the initiative. The red carpet reception, sponsored by Voo Vodka and 138 Water, was produced by the Sandra Costa Production Group alongside Kings Law Enterprise CEO, Jean Francois Bro Grebe. The invite only event brought out a number of high-level business executives, professional athletes, and celebrities alike with the common interest of rebuilding and empowering the community through aggressive job creation and entrepreneurial development.
Day 2 consisted of a powerful Black Tech Panel at the YouTube Headquarters that welcomed a handful of brilliant minds who have developed new age apps that cater to and aid to issues in urban communities nationally. That evening, Global 1000 Founders; Dr. Lance McCarthy, Retired NFL Star & Entrepreneur Ray Lewis, Urban America CEO Richmond McCoy, and Priceline CEO Jeff Hoffman, brought out a phenomenal panel of individuals with proven financial backgrounds and successful track records in their perspective fields to open the discussion on “How” to build our communities through job creation.
The distinguished panelist included; Diane Watson (Former Congresswoman), Jan Perry (LA City GM of Economic & Workforce Development), Laurence B. Frank(LA trade & Technical College, President), Lance Lucas (CEO of digital All Systems, Computer for Guns), Trevor Brooks (Founder and CEO of gunbail.com),Robert Wallace (President & CEO of Power52 Inc), Angel Rich (Founder and CEO, Wealthy life), Frederick Hutson (CEO & Founder of Pigeonly), Divine (CEO of Blak Fintech), Christopher Arceneaux (CEO, Active Group Solutions Inc) and more, hosted by actress Nicole Ari Parker.
The Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) hosted the hiring event weekend finale with the participation of 52 Local Companies who collectively created over 1,000 jobs. Hundreds of locals attended and took advantage of this disruptive approach to the traditional job fairs unique “hire on the spot” system. The discussion of building our communities from within continued as Ray Lewis & Dr. Lance McCarthy spoke with CEO’s, local politicians, and local police enforcement on how to continue their efforts and leave a positive impact on the city.
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About Global 1000
Global 1000 initially began as Ferguson 1000, a jobs creation initiative designed for metropolitan development areas to; Increase Economic Activity, Reduce Serious & Violent Crimes, Improve Education, Create Sustainable mixed-income communities, and improve health and wellness. The hiring initiative was so impactful that founder Dr. Lance McCarthy, decided to bring it to Baltimore and joined forces with former Baltimore Ravens Star Ray Lewis. With the success and insurmountable opportunities created within Urban communities many more were created as a national effort which is now Global 1000. Ferguson 1000, Baltimore 1000, St. Louis 1000, and LA 1000 have collectively and miraculously become a Global Initiative that will soon be integrated into a number of other major cities across our nation. It was proudly announced that the next stop on this tour will be Chicago in the months to come. For More information visit http://ferguson1000.org
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