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HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK (HSAN) CO-FOUNDERS CHAIRMAN RUSSELL SIMMONS AND PRESIDENT/CEO DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS RING THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET OPENING BELL

ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES 5TH ANNIVERSARY


HSAN Chairman Russell Simmons and President/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis; Warner Music Group Executive Vice President/HSAN board member Kevin Liles; Dash Music Group CEO/HSAN board member Damon Dash; the Diplomats’ CEO Jim Jones; Chrysler Financial Vice President William F. Jones as well as HSAN staff and supporters came out to ring the opening bell of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in honor of HSAN’s 5th anniversary and to draw attention to its financial literacy program with Chrysler Financial and Anheuser-Busch, Inc called “Get Your Money Right.” The national financial literacy tour touched down in Detroit, Miami and New York City recently, and will go into Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas before the year’s end.

Photo #1: Shown here at the NASDAQ MarketSite with board members and supporters, signing into the market, is Dr. Benjamin Chavis and Russell Simmons, flanked by Damon Dash and NASDAQ’s Bethany Sherman.


Photo #2:
Shown here in Times Square outside the NASDAQ MarketSite isa HSAN staff Emee Calpito and Valeisha Butterfield, HSAN Chairman Russell Simmons and President/CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis; Warner Music Group Executive Vice President/HSAN board member Kevin Liles; Dash Music Group CEO/HSAN board member Damon Dash and the Diplomats’ CEO Jim Jones