Minority Business Expo January 23, 2009

The Women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Gamma Kappa Omega Chapter of Carbondale, announce a Minority Business Expo: “Celebrating the Spirit of Entrepreneurship.”

The event is scheduled for Friday January 23, 2009 at the Carbondale Civic Center from 3:00-8:00PM. Admission fee is $5/person. Proceeds will help benefit the Thelma Gibbs Walker Scholarship Fund and to help sponsor a budding young entrepreneur to Camp CEO.

Following the Expo at the Civic Center, the chapter will host a scholarship dance featuring “Old School” and contemporary music, from approximately 9:00 PM until 1:00 AM. The admission fee is $10/person and will also benefit the scholarship fund named for the late Mrs. Walker, who was also a prominent educator and entrepreneur in the Carbondale community. She and her husband James Walker operated the Jackson Funeral Home in Carbondale.

For more information about how businesses may register for the Expo, contact: Faith Miller at 618-303-3860. The event is not limited to businesses in Carbondale, or southern Illinois.