BRIEF: Conference to discuss black businesses

The open forum, sponsored by the African-American MBA Association of the Wharton School, will draw political and economic leaders as well as business executives and students together to discuss methods to strengthen the economic position of blacks. The specific topics include the survival of black owned business, the status of black men, and "Our Contemporary Culture." Organizers said that the highlight of the conference is a high school career seminar entitled, "Career Preparation -- Now is the Time."