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Select 2009 Press Releases & Media Alerts
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2008 Press Releases & Media Alerts

October 21
ALERT: Brownstone Books Hosts BE A FATHER TO YOUR CHILD Community Forum and Signing on THIS WEDNESDAY
Editor and Contributors from Critically-Acclaimed Anthology Discuss
Family, Love, and Fatherhood from a Black Male and Hip Hop Perspective

October 20
ALERT: Social Entrepreneur, Activist, Writer/Editor APRIL R. SILVER
To Give Keynote at MEC’s Presidential Lecture Series

Exactly Ten Years After Becoming an Entrepreneur, Silver Focus Will Be on “Forwarding Legacy”

October 10

September 9

July 9
Writers Praise Hip Hop & Fatherhood in the Black Community!
“Be a Father” Writers Offer Alternative Views on State of Hip Hop and
Black Fatherhood at Hue-Man Bookstore: THURSDAY, JULY 10

July 8

June 24

June 2
April R. Silver’s Pens New Book! “Be A Father to Your Child”
Hits Shelves This Month!

Groundbreaking Anthology Discusses Family, Love, Fatherhood, and Hip Hop,
as Told by Black Men!

May 5

March 26
CLSJ Presents Free Community Forum on Immigration
April 5, 2008 10am to 2pm at Medgar Evers College/CUNY

March 25
April R. Silver To Speak at Wall Street Alphas' King Program
40 Years Later: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement

March 7
Activist, Author “JLove” Weighs In On Margaret Jones’ Fake Memoir.
Author of That White Girl Addresses Race, Class, and White Privilege

February 22

January 9
"LOOKING FOR MARTIN: Are Dr. King and His 'Dream' Still Relevant?"
KEVIN POWELL and AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. Host a Multicultural Tribute to the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20, 2008



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