Chicago Life Festival Advance

Erica and Tina Campbell, sisters who perform under the name Mary Mary, will provide the musical flourish to a two-day Chicago festival that is part career fair, part health clinic, and part interactive marketplace — with a healthy dose of celebrity speakers and presenters. In addition to Mary Mary, winners of two Grammy Awards for their innovative, rhythm-and-blues-based sound — which also incorporates soul and hip-hop into a style sometimes called "urban gospel" — the second AARP Life Festival, set for Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, at Navy Pier in the Windy City, features a diverse group of speakers and celebrities. These include sportscaster James Brown, perhaps better known as “J.B.,” who is also AARP’s Community Ambassador; author, educator, and entrepreneur Stedman Graham; Mellody Hobson, the president of Ariel Investments and financial contributor to ABC’s "Good Morning America"; radio personality Tom Joyner; Dr. Reed Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group's executive vice president and chief of medical affairs; and Patricia Russell-McCloud, an inspirational and motivational speaker.

May 28, 2009

Source: AARP.org