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Nationwide is a national sponsor of The State of the Black Union 2009. We will be bringing you real-time, behind-the-scenes coverage of SOBU all weekend long.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Nationwide Is Covering SOBU 2009 Live
Los Angeles Convention Center
The State of Black Union 2009 will be held at the LA Convention Center

At Nationwide, we’re excited to be a part of the 10th State of the Black Union symposium. This year, we’ll take you inside SOBU to get comments and photos and backstage moments – kind of like the bonus features on a DVD movie.

It’s hard not to get nostalgic at a 10th anniversary event. To get your head around it, remember where the United States was in 2000, and think of what we’ve experienced along the way – from contentious presidential 2000 election to 9/11 to global warming debates.

But certainly the past decade has shown great progress, too. Colin Powell became the first black Secretary of State in the U.S., followed by Condoleezza Rice as the first black woman to hold the office. The beautiful and talented Halle Barry became the first black actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in “Monster’s Ball.”

And a young man from Chicago became the president of the United States.

This is a great time to take what we’ve learned and use it to shape the future.

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