Jesse urges everyone to attend annual conference

Jesse urges everyone to attend annual conference

by Chinta Strausberg

staff reporter

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is urging all to attend his annual conference "One Big Tent: Pursuing the American Dream," being held Aug. 8th-12 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel.

The topics from Jackson's conference range from "HIV in Prison" The Relationship Between Disease Transmission, Corrections and the Community," which will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 151 E. Wacker Dr., to 1,000 churches and to a forum by Rev. James T. Meeks, executive vice president of PUSH, who will give tips on financial literacy.

On Thursday, August 9, Jackson is holding a session on …