PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwired - July 18, 2016) -

TO:      City Editors, Education Editor, Photo Editors, Assignment Editors, 
         News Directors, Broadcast Editors, Online Content Managers,        
         Regional News Editors, Local News Editors, Nonprofit Editors,      
         Political Editors, Editorial Page Editors, West African Editors,   
         Sports Editors, Cycling Editors, and Managing Editors              
                                                                            
WHAT:    On Thursday, July 21, media representatives are invited to attend  
         the introductory news conference of the African Bicycle            
         Contribution Foundation (ABCF) at Philadelphia's City Hall, wherein
         reporters and guests will learn about the Foundation's mission, and
         hear remarks from key board members, and from Councilwoman Jannie  
         Blackwell, chair of the Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean
         Immigrant Affairs.                                                 
                                                                            
         ABCF has made a commitment to improve economic development in      
         Ghana, through funding the free distribution of bicycles to        
         students, small farmers and entrepreneurs in rural areas of that   
         country. The Foundation will also explore bicycle-related and other
         trade opportunities between the U.S. and Ghana, and will work to   
         sponsor enhanced, direct, and technology-facilitated communication 
         between students and small business owners in the two countries.   
                                                                            
         ABCF is partnering with Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative (GBBI) in     
         Kumasi, Ghana, which will manufacture the bicycles, and provide    
         assistance in screening and selecting the recipients.              
                                                                            
                                                                            
         Ms. Bernice Dapaah, founder, GBBI, will deliver remarks via video, 
         as will special advisor to the ABCF board, Dorothy Davis, a global 
         consultant on African affairs who was born in Liberia and who has  
         been a consultant to the U.N. Secretary General. ABCF chairman A.  
         Bruce Crawley and executive director Patricia Marshall-Harris will 
         also share insight on ways that people in the U.S. can be engaged  
         with the organization, as well as donate toward the cause.         
                                                                            
 WHO: -- Hon. Jannie Blackwell, councilwoman, Chair of Mayor's Commission on
         African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs                            
      -- Dorothy Davis, board advisor, ABCF                                 
      -- Bernice Dapaah, founder, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative             
      -- A. Bruce Crawley, chair, ABCF                                      
      -- Patricia Marshall-Harris, executive director, ABCF                 
      -- More than 50 business, community, and civic leaders                
                                                                            
WHEN:    Thursday, July 21, 2016                                            
         5:30 pm -- Refreshments/Networking                                 
         6:00pm -- ABCF Press Conference                                    
                                                                            
WHERE:   Philadelphia City Hall, Room 201                                   
         1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd.                                         
         Philadelphia, PA 19107                                             
                                                                            

/EINPresswire.com/ -- Contact:
A. Bruce Crawley
Tel: 215-751-0140
Email: abc.africanbicyclecontribution@gmail.com
Twitter: @ABCrawley_M3MPR
www.africanbike.org

Contact:
Meaghan F. Washington
Tel: 215-751-0140
Email: mwashington@m3mpr.com
Twitter: @M3M_PR
www.m3mpr.com