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CORPORATE, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND MEDIA PARTNERS HELP BAY AREA BLACK EXPO® PREPARE FOR 21ST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION

-- Underscoring Health, Education, Community, Business, and Personal Development September 8-9, 2012 at the Oakland Convention Center --

 The original “Black Expo” national tour was established in the mid-1970's in New York City. The Oakland, CA expo was eliminated from the national urban city tour in 1996. Refusing to allow the San Francisco Bay Area community to miss out on learning about available products, talents and services that the expo had to offer, licensed clinical psychologist and businesswoman Dr. C. Diane Howell established "Black Expo LTD," and independently-produced an adaptation of the touring exposition until her untimely passing in 2008. With only a one-year interruption, Rose Lyles and Laura Wright brought a Black Expo back to the Bay Area with successful productions in 2010 and 2011 - both yielding 100% booth occupancy and over 7,000 attendees each year.

This year, marketing guru J. Alton Byrd has joined Lyles to co-produce the two-day affair. With energetic support from corporate, community, social and media partners, the event's producers plan for the 2012 Bay Area Black Expo to be the San Francisco Bay Area's largest and most comprehensive multi-ethnic trade expo ever. Bay Area Black Expo will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 8-9, 2012 at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center, 1001 Broadway, downtown Oakland, CA. Additionally, in recognition of outstanding Bay Area community partners, Bay Area Black Expo will host its inaugural Magnificent Seven Awards Gala® (a black-tie affair) Wednesday, September 5th at the exquisite Mira Vista Golf & Country Club in El Cerrito, CA.

The spectacular 2012 Expo will showcase and celebrate San Francisco Bay Area's diverse community with offerings that will include the awards gala; entrepreneur workshops; healthy cooking demonstrations with Cuisine Noir Magazine and celebrity chefs; fitness classes; fraternity/sorority step show; celebrity "Inside the Artist Studio" interviews; a powerful spirit-led gospel show; and special celebrity guest performers and speakers, in addition to the many exhibits by art & craft, retail, social, corporate, and health care vendors and exhibitors. Admittance costs are: $10.00 general admission; $5.00 children, students with ID, and seniors. Tickets may be purchased at the door and online via PayPal at www.bayareablackexpo.com/event/tickets.

Generous and insightful Bay Area Black Expo 2012 partners that have signed on to-date to support the two-day event include: Budweiser, Pepsi, KBLX, PG&E, BART, Coliseum Lexus of Oakland, Sac Cultural Hub, Black Entertainment Monthly, First Friday's of the Bay Area, and Oakland Magazine. The highly anticipated event will serve as a platform where businesses, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, religious, health, and social service agencies can introduce and further educate minority communities about programs for self-improvement, as well as social and economic growth, despite discouraging statistics and information about the current status of the economy.

Bay Area Black Expo invites its neighbors - individuals, organizations, and corporations - to participate in and contribute to the empowerment of the community it serves.

EXHIBITOR APPLICATION
www.bayareablackexpo.com/BABE-VendorContract2012.pdf
Contact: Rose Lyles | Rose@BayAreaBlackExpo.com | 925-325-3166

SPONSOR APPLICATION
www.bayareablackexpo.com/BABE-VendorContract2012.pdf
Contact: Alton Byrd | Alton@BayAreaBlackExpo.com | 916-753-3033

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
www.bayareablackexpo.com/BABE-VolunteerApplication.pdf
Contact: Info@BayAreaBlackExpo.com

"We at Bay Area Black Expo are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the 21st Bay Area Black Expo trade show at the Oakland Marriott Convention Center," said Expo co-producer Byrd. "I am impressed with the vast array of information that experienced and well-informed individuals, organizations and corporations will share with the thousands of people who will visit Bay Area Black Expo 2012." Byrd continued, "It is our goal to empower the community through workshops, training, and distributed materials that will help people gain important and beneficial information to contribute to the improvement of their respective personal, professional, and spiritual selves."

EDITORS:
To schedule interviews with Bay Area Black Expo 2012 co-producers, Rose Lyles and Alton Byrd, contact: Toni Beckham at 209-832-8020 / 408-499-3664c | Toni@PRetCetera.com

EVENT CONTACT
Rose Lyles, Bay Area Black Expo, LLC
925-325-3166
Rose@BayAreaBlackExpo.com