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Rainbow
PUSH and
General
Motors
Award
Twenty-One
Scholarships
DETROIT,
MI –
During
the 19th
Annual
Rainbow
PUSH/CEF
Global
Automotive
Summit’s
Business
and
Education
Awards
Luncheon,
21
deserving
Michigan
students,
with a
majority
attending
college
in
Michigan,
will
share in
scholarships
totaling
$165,000
for the
2018-2019
school
year.
Since
2011,
General
Motors
has
granted
more
than
$1,000,000
in
assistance
through
Rainbow
PUSH-Excel
scholarship
programs.
The
luncheon
begins
at noon
on
November
2, 2018,
at the
Motor
City
Casino
Hotel
and
Conference
Center
in
Detroit,
Michigan.
“General
Motors
Global
Corporate
Giving
has been
the
difference
for
several
participating
students,”
said
Rev.
Jesse L.
Jackson
Sr.,
president
and
founder
of
Rainbow
PUSH
Coalition.
“Without
GM’s
generosity,
many of
these
students
would be
unable
to
pursue
their
chosen
career
paths.”
Ken
Barrett,
General
Motors
Global
chief
diversity
officer,
stated:
“At
General
Motors,
we
recognize
the
power of
diversity
and the
role it
plays in
sparking
ingenuity
and
creativity
at our
company.
As we
continue
to face
new
challenges
and
innovative
new
solutions,
we want
to
ensure a
talent
pipeline
that’s
rich of
diverse
backgrounds
and
unique
perspectives
to
transform
our
industry.”
Rainbow
PUSH
STEM-PLUS
SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS
(with
college/university)
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