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WHO:<\/b>\u00a0Members of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s new affinity group, the Minority Male Leadership Association (MMLA), will hold their first ever symposium, set to focus on increasing minority male achievement in Rochester.<\/p>\n

TIME, DATE, PLACE:<\/b>\u00a07:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, in the Simon Graduate School of Business on the University’s River Campus.<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/b>\u00a0Members of the University and Greater Rochester community will participate in “Connect for Success,” a symposium organized by the\u00a0Minority Male Leadership Association<\/a>. The day, which focuses on how to increase minority male achievement in Rochester, includes three workshop sessions designed to create a better understanding of the obstacles that can prevent success for young minority men and build the steps needed to provide positive male role models.<\/p>\n

At 1 p.m. in Hubbell Auditorium, MMLA will host a\u00a0keynote address<\/a>\u00a0by Dr. Timothy Benson, a URochester School of Medicine alum, who will discuss unrecognized challenges towards achievement. A current member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, Benson was named the Black Entertainment Television\/Toyota Motor Sales National Leader of the Year in 1992 and is co-author of the Amazon.com best-selling book, Nothing But Net.<\/p>\n

FOR MORE INFORMATION:<\/b>\u00a0Members of the media interested in covering the symposium should email MMLA marketing and public relations conference chair David Paul atdavid_paul@urmc.rochester.edu<\/a>\u00a0or call 616.633.9721. For more information about the symposium, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/diversity\/affinity\/mmla\/events.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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