This edition: Kenneth Knuckles, CEO, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
TweetEpisode Details
Original tape date: March 31, 2009.On this episode of Afrian American Legends, Host Roscoe C. Brown Jr. sits down and talks with Kenneth Knuckles, the CEO of Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone’s main concept is to take public money and catalyze private investment in order to directly benefit economically deprived communities. They discuss the many loans grants and tax credits given to business and groups in order to help communities around the city. These investments hope to provide jobs and promote economic revitalization.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Kenneth Knuckles President & CEO, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
- Wendy A. Ward, M.D. CEO, MPower Productions, "Mpowering the Youth"
- Monday, April 20 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, April 21 - 6:00am
- Joetta Clark Diggs, Olympian and President, Joetta Sports & Beyond, "The Olympian"
- Wednesday, April 22 - 6:00am
- Thursday, April 23 - 6:00am
- Monday, April 27 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, April 28 - 6:00am
- One Hundred Black Men... Celebrating 50 Years!
- Wednesday, April 29 - 6:00am
- Thursday, April 30 - 6:00am
- Monday, May 4 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, May 5 - 6:00am
- After Football Guest: George Martin, former Executive Director, NFL Alumni Association
- Wednesday, May 6 - 6:00am
- Thursday, May 7 - 6:00am
- Monday, May 11 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, May 12 - 6:00am
- Sheena Wright, Pres. & CEO, United Way of New York City, "A Solution to Your Problem"
- Wednesday, May 13 - 6:00am
- Thursday, May 14 - 6:00am
- Wendy A. Ward, M.D. CEO, MPower Productions, "Mpowering the Youth"
- Wednesday, April 15 - 6:00am
- Thursday, April 16 - 6:00am
- Jeff Burns Jr. , Author, "The Brotherhood of Drew Hall"
- Wednesday, April 8 - 6:00am
- Thursday, April 9 - 6:00am
- Monday, April 13 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, April 14 - 6:00am
- Hon. C. Virginia Fields, Pres./CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, "Be Informed"
- Wednesday, April 1 - 6:00am
- Thursday, April 2 - 6:00am
- Monday, April 6 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, April 7 - 6:00am
- Jae Gardner, Founder and CEO, The Ivy Key, "The Key to Success"
- Wednesday, March 25 - 6:00am
- Thursday, March 26 - 6:00am
- Monday, March 30 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, March 31 - 6:00am
- Lorna Aaron, Aspen Children Corner, "The Children Are Our Future"
- Wednesday, March 18 - 6:00am
- Thursday, March 19 - 6:00am
- Monday, March 23 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, March 24 - 6:00am
