Are African Americans Investing for the Long-Term?
Local Personal Finance Workshop Outlines Seven Steps to Get Started

Contacts:
Denise Murray, ICI, 202/371-5420

Washington, DC, March 19, 2007 - The National Urban League (NUL) and the Investment Company Institute Education Foundation's (ICIEF) Investing for Success program inspires African Americans to become more knowledgeable about investing and to take advantage of opportunities to accumulate wealth. NUL and ICIEF will hold their next workshop on Thursday, March 22, at 6 pm at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

"The National Urban League and ICIEF share an important goal of helping African Americans to become economically self-sufficient," said Marc H. Morial, president of the National Urban League.

Presented by Denise Murray, Director of Investor Education Programs for the ICI, the program will focus on such topics as setting investment goals, developing realistic expectations, the importance of a long-term perspective, understanding risk and reward, what it means to be an informed investor, planning for college and saving for retirement

To register for the workshop, call the reservation line at 954/625-2577. For those unable to attend, ICIEF offers an award-winning web course at www.investingforsuccess.org that integrates all the workshop materials in an interactive, multimedia format. A similar web course for Hispanic investors is available in both English and Español at www.invertirconexito.org.

The National Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. The Investment Company Institute Education Foundation is an affiliate of the Investment Company Institute, the national association of America's mutual funds.