NAMME Annual Conference

NAMME 2008 Annual Conference
July 22, 2008
Chicago

The National Association of Multicultural Media Executives is proud to announce that our 2008 Annual Conference will be held July 22, 2008, in Chicago just prior to the UNITY Convention July 23-27. Each year, NAMME's Annual Conference combines executive development with discussions of cutting-edge industry issues. The conference also provides participants with an opportunity to meet and network with other managers and executives of color.

NAMME is an influential organization of media managers and executives of color working in newspapers, broadcasting, magazines and online media. We are a multicultural group with members of all races. Our 400 members range from middle managers to newspaper publishers and broadcast general managers, as well as media entrepreneurs. More than 90 percent of its membership is African-American, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American, with African Americans and Hispanics being the two largest groups.

As managers and executives of color in media we share a common commitment:

• To increase the number of people of color in the management ranks
• To craft innovative solutions to industry challenges
• To equip ourselves and the next generation of leaders with the skills and knowledge to master complex jobs and advance professionally, and
• To transform the industry to be more inclusive, accurate and fair in the coverage of communities of color.

Yet today, our voices of leadership remain far too uncommon, our faces far too few. This conference will shed light on important issues rarely considered through the prism of diversity and offer insights and perspectives critical to the success of media organizations going forward.