On Saturday, April 18 Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Mary J. Blige will participate in a bus tour of Atlanta, GA to raise awareness of the foreclosure issue as well as the resources available to homeowners to help with their mortgage. Blige will also participate in a roundtable discussion with community leaders and homeowners who have faced foreclosure to further explore the issue. This tour and discussion are being sponsored by the HOPE NOW alliance.
WHAT: Bus tour and roundtable discussion to examine the issue of home foreclosure and how it’s affecting Atlanta communities.
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 18, 2009
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Part 1 of bus tour of Atlanta communities affected by foreclosure CLOSED TO PRESS
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Media availability with Mary J. Blige, HOPE NOW
Representatives and Atlanta community leaders Corner of Edgewood Avenue and Peachtree Center Avenue (outside the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta) Atlanta, GA 30303
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Roundtable Foreclosure Prevention Discussion Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta 100 Edgewood Avenue Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30303
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM Part 2 of bus tour of Atlanta communities affected by foreclosure CLOSED TO PRESS
MEDIA: Media representatives wishing to take part in the media availability should be set and in place by 1:00 PM. A mult box will be provided.
Media representatives wishing to shoot video during the roundtable should be in place outside the room at 1:00 PM. Cameras will be rotated in during the meeting.
Source: HOPE NOW
Web Site: http://www.hopenow.com/
