Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are
1. BETTER THAN EXPECTED
All of us at
halfwheel were pleasantly surprised by the overall mood of the show, which seemed pretty good. That’s a far cry from the last time we were leaving the Sands Expo Center when disgust with the PCA organization and its trade show were at all-time highs.
Getting people to smile and be happy has been such a struggle for this trade show over the years, but for the most part it finally happened. Furthermore, I was surprised by the lack of fall-off for Day 3 attendance, something that had become a problem in 2018 and 2019.
Miami Cigar & Co. was one of a number of companies that dramatically reduced the size of its booth in 2021.