Wall Street Merchants
Assoc. co-sponsors
stem cell luncheon
From the Globe Business
Desk
The
Black Wall Street Merchants Association in association
with the Oakland Black Board of Trade and Commerce
and the East Bay Small Business Council will sponsor
a luncheon with the president of the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Zach Hall,
on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
at the Zazoos Restaurant in Jack London Square.
The California Institute
for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was established
in early 2005 with the passage of Proposition 71,
the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative.
The statewide ballot measure, which provided $3 billion
in funding for stem cell research at state universities
and research institutions, called for the establishment
of a new agency to make grants and provide loans
for stem cell research.
Hall is former director of
the National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke, former senior associate dean at the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern
California, and former executive vice chancellor
of UC San Francisco, where he led planning for the
Mission Bay campus.
“It’s important that
we encourage young African American medical students
to consider this ever expanding field of stem cell
research,” said Michael Carter, chairman of
the Black Wall Street Merchants Association. He said, “This
effective form of research could lead the way for
permanent cures for diseases that many black community
leaders fail to get serious about like AIDS ... which
affects all of us.”
Sponsorship contributions
for this luncheon are $5,000 for premier sponsorship,
$2,500 for patron sponsorship and $1,500 for supporter
sponsorship. Individual tables for ten are $1,000
with individual tickets priced at $100.
To purchase
tickets/tables or to secure a sponsorship visit www.blackwallstreet.org or call (510) 436-5253 or (510) 706- 9005.
