Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:54:29 -0500 To: <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: Jesse Jackson & The Stock Market Game MIME-Version: 1.0
Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH will be announcing a new pilot program to take place in New York that will employ The Stock Market Game, an educational stock market simulation game used in schools, grades 4-12.
This announcement will be made at the Wall Street Project Conference being held this week (please see below). In addition, a panel discussion with two eleventh graders who have participated in The Stock Market Game will be held to discuss how the program empowers children and teaches life skills.
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Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH and The Stock Market GameTM to announce pilot program to advance financial literacy among minority children
WHO: Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH, two 11th graders and an award-winning teacher who have participated in The Stock Market Game.
WHAT: The announcement of the launch of New York-based pilot program that will promote financial literacy and economic education among minority children through the use of The Stock Market Game, an Internet-based stock market simulation. The program will be held in conjunction with Rainbow/PUSH's Wall Street Project, which campaigns for greater racial diversity on Wall Street.
A panel discussion featuring two 11th graders, Lily Torres and Evan Jones, who have participated in SMG, and their teacher, David Kaplan. They will discuss how The Stock Market Game empowers and teaches life skills.
WHY: Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's Wall Street Project identified The Stock Market Game as a major educational tool in promoting economic literacy among inner city students. This past fall, Rainbow/PUSH and The Stock Market Game successfully piloted a program in Chicago in which students participated in SMG. The Stock Market Game is nationally owned and operated by the Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education, an affiliate of the Securities Industry Association.
WHERE: The Third Annual Wall Street Project Conference Sheraton, NY Hotel & Towers/811 Seventh Avenue (52nd Street), New York, NY 10019
WHEN: Panel Discussion on SMG, January 13th, 2000, 11:15 a.m.-noon Wall Street Conference will be held January 12-14th
Interview opportunities are available with David Kaplan and the two students before and after the panel discussion, or can be arranged at other times in advance.