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Washington, D.C – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of the Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), the U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Civil Rights will jointly host an African-American History Month program with noted author and lecturer Stedman Graham as the keynote speaker. Stedman Graham is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S. Graham & Associates, an educational company that creates customized corporate training and leadership development programs. The program will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., in the Department of Commerce auditorium.

Mr. Graham is also a writer and has published a book that focuses on his nine-step empowerment philosophy, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success, which was a New York Times Bestseller. His other writings include You Can Make It Happen Every Day, Teens Can Make It Happen (also a New York Times Bestseller), and Build Your Own Life Brand. A commitment to education and lifelong learning is central to Graham’s philosophy.

Mr. Graham is an adjunct professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he developed and teaches the first sports marketing curriculum for second-year MBA students. He is a visiting professor at Coker College and George Washington University (GWU), as well as founder and former director of GWU’s Forum for Sport and Event Management and Marketing. He is also founder of The Leadership Institute of Chicago and founder and executive director of Athletes Against Drugs (AAD). Mr. Graham has shown a lifetime commitment to youth and community.

February is African-American History Month. This year’s theme is “The Niagara Movement”. The Niagara Movement was the first significant African-American organized protest movement of the twentieth century and was the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).