Annual event to boost Wichita-area African-American businesses returns Annual event to boost Wichita-area African-American businesses returns

The annual Create Campaign Forum returns to help African-American entrepreneurs start, strengthen and grow their businesses. The forum is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, at WSU's Rhatigan Student Center, and features a keynote address by Dell Gines, senior community development advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. New this year are workshops for high school students. The forum is free for entrepreneurs. Information resource vendors, who provide services to entrepreneurs, are encouraged to register. The vendor fee is $50. Registration for participants and vendors is now open at http://www.createcampaignks.com.

Christina M. Long, owner/principal consultant of CML Collective LLC, is the coordinator of the Create Campaign in partnership with NetWork Kansas, the Entrepreneurship Task Force, Fidelity Bank, the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University, Wichita Urban Professionals, the Kansas Small Business Development Resource Center, the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce and Moore Strategy Group, among others.

The campaign also includes participation from S.C.O.R.E. and the U.S. Small Business
Administration, among others.

For more information about the campaign, contact Christina M. Long at 316-371-8145 or
cmlcollective@gmail.com. Visit http://www.createcampaignks.com for complete event information and resources.