Urban League leader speaks at forum

Job growth was the focus of a special business event May 17 hosted by the MetroHartford Alliance and the Urban League of Greater Hartford. Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, came to Hartford to introduce his new “12 Point Plan — Putting Urban America Back to Work” to dozens of Connecticut’s top business and technology leaders. The event at the Society Room featured a formal presentation by Morial and a reception where guests discussed the local economy. Pictured are, from left, Oz Griebel, president and chief executive officer of MetroHartford Alliance; Adrienne W. Cochrane, president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Greater Hartford; Morial; Theresa Hopkins-Staten, director of Connecticut public affairs at Northeast Utilities; and Floyd W. Green III, vice president and head of community relations and urban marketing at Aetna.