Events

The  18^th Annual International Locks Conference: Natural Hair, Wholistic Health, and Beauty Expo in Philadelphia brings alive the essence of social change, and the benefits of wholistic health and wellness by featuring local, regional and national arts and crafts merchants exhibiting the finest quality hand crafted jewelry, natural body and hair care products,  Afrikan artifacts and Aboriginal Indigenous and alluring natural fashions, a poetry cafe, spoken word artists, a self-defense class for women,  belly dancing,  and other dance workshops; visual art and cultural edutainment, Afrikan/Kuumba marketplace, live musical performances, children’s activities, workshops, lectures, author’s roundtable, delicious healthy food,  a cultural fashion show,  and a natural hair showcase and competition.  In a addition to learning more about disaster preparedness, this year attendees have the opportunity to take a CPR certification class on site. The Annual International Locks Conference: Natural

SAVE THE DATE!!

We invite you to a Book Signing & Opening Reception for The Black Panther Party Film Festival at the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor
Center Home of Local 1199SEIU

with Jamal Joseph, his book is called "Panther Baby". Aaron Dixon “My People Are Rising” Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain
Herb Boyd “By Any Means Necessary Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented”
John Potash author of "The FBI War on Tupac Shakur & Black Leaders”

Produced by the Black
Panther Commemoration Committee, NY

Griot’s Roll Film Production & Services Inc. and their partners are looking for volunteers for the Perfect Pitch Contest Networking Seminar Event. We need people at the registration table, greeters, and stuffers for the Goodie Bags. If yo

Join the Perfect Pitch Contestants as they find out who is going to win the Perfect Pitch Contest. 

This event will have networking, seminars to help you grow your business and guest judges to choose the winner. 

Judges includes: Marcia Wade Talbert- Technology Editor for Black Enterprise Magazine, Wendi Caplan-Carroll -Senior Regional Development Director, Business Development for Constant Contact and Leonard E. Burnett Jr. – Co-CEO & Group Publisher, Uptown Media Group & Vibe Lifestyle Network.

To register for the Perfect Pitch Contest Networking/Seminar Event click on the link below.

DO YOU WANT TO REACH A ROOM FULL OF BUSINESS OWNERS WITHOUT BEING IN THE ROOM?

Griot’s Roll Film Production & Services Inc. and their partners are looking for goodies to go into the Goodie bag for the Perfect Pitch Contest Networking Event.

DO YOU WANT TO REACH A ROOM FULL OF BUSINESS OWNERS?

Griot’s Roll Film Production & Services Inc. and their partners are looking for sponsors for the Perfect Pitch Contest Networking Event. This is a great marketing opportunity for business owners who want to network and market to successful business owners. If you are interest please e-mail me. Put Sponsorship in the subject line.

Artists, performers, vendors and volunteers are invited to participate in The 6th Annual African Village Festival.

This unique arts festival is a family-friendly event offering Live Performances, Visual Art Exhibitions, and a Studio Live Space with exciting art workshops, Community art projects, Drum Circles, Traditional African Ceremonies, as well as an great Artist / Vendor marketplace.

Urban Cultural Arts Foundation (UCAF) presentsr its 6th Annual African Village Arts Festival Saturday, August 18th from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at Old Central Community House, 1251 Bryden Road, Columbus 43205, next to Kwanzaa Playground and across the William H. Thomas Art Gallery.

This year AVAF spectacle emphasis Columbus bicentennial – 200Columbus – and will illuminate our past, present and future. The festival is sponsored in parts by the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Chase Bank and 200Columbus

“Charles Tolliver is a truly great innovative artist, one of Diz’s (Gillespie) freshest and most skilled progeny in all aspects, compositionally, orchestration, and conducting,” to quote poet and author Amiri Baraka.

Tolliver and his sixteen piece Big Band will be performing for the first time in Brooklyn at this extraordinary benefit for Sistas’ Place. The concert will feature the music of John Coltrane's Africa Brass. Tolliver's Big Band will feature in the rhythm section: George Cables, Devin Starks, Jason Brown; saxophones: Bill Saxton, Marcus Strickland, Howard Johnson, Bruce Williams, Todd Bashon; trumpets: Chris Albert, Freddie Hendrix, David Weiss; Trombones: Jason Jackson, Michael Dease, Stafford Hunter, and Aaron Johnson.

Don't miss this very special event to be held at 966 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Sets are 8 & 10 pm. For more information call Sistas’ Place at (718) 398-1766.

EXTENDED OFFER!
Due to the overwhelming response to the Perfect Pitch Contest. We have extended the uploading of videos to Friday, August 31, 2012. This is the last and final date. The Perfect Pitch Contest is schedule to happen in September 2012. If you want to register for this contest. You must open up a page on the site. Upload your 60 second or less video and put your executive summary on your blog page. To be consider as a contestants. http://perfectpitchcontest.com/

Join us in the informational packed event. Gain an abundance of marketing knowledge to take your next marketing campaign to the next level.

You will hear from Experts with more than 20 years combined experience in the marketing field.

Get your tickets and invite your friends. You want to share this with a fellow entrepreneur.

Networking | Education | Marketing Hot Seats | Hors d’oeuvres and | Membership Registration | Powerful Networking

This historical conference event is designed to strategically leverage direct interaction with the more than 100 government and business delegates from Botswana who represent more than ten industry sectors including Health, Real Estate, Education, Banking and Finance, Diamond Mining, Transport, Non-Bank Financial Services, Innovation, and Tourism. Representatives at the highest levels of government and private companies including the Ministers of Trade and Industry and the Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of several private organizations are confirmed attendees.

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GlobalAtlanta | 659 Auburn Avenue | Suite 119 | Atlanta | GA | 30312

DAY 3!

10,000 IN PRIZES!
Guest judges for the Perfect Pitch Contest include:
Leonard E. Burnett Jr. , Co-CEO & Group Publisher, Uptown Media Group & Vibe Lifestyle Network and Wendi Caplan-Carroll, Constant Contact Regional Dev Dir, NY Metro.

Have you upload your 30 second to 1 minute business pitch and Executive Summary? It's not to late to enter the contest.

Go to: http://perfectpitchcontest.com/

To buy tickets click on the link for NSN Members.  For non NSN members please click on the link below:  http://tinyurl.com/cwzbo3a

National Sales Network Annual Gala - June 21, 2012

The NSN Mission:
Is to meet the professional and developmental needs of African-American sales and sales management professionals.

PARTNERS:
ADP
Johnson & Johnson
Medtronic
NBC Universal
Pitney & Bowes
State Farm Insurance
United Health Group

Join us for an evening of joy, celebration and reflection toasting
Tony Bates, former General Manager of Pacifica WBAI Radio.

Food by Organic Soul Café


Vegetarian Dinner                $15
Wild Alaskan Salmon                $20
Drink with dinner free: Spearmint, Tangerine, Peppermint Water or a
glass of wine

Music: Tony on the Guitar, others invited for open mike jam session.
Dancing into the night. Let us, the 99% together, toast Tony for bringing Occupy Wall Street to WBAI Community Radio.

RSVP 212-677-1863

Adrian Hawkins, President, NSN, NJ/NY Chapter cordially invites you ...

Topic: Thu 6/14 @ 7pm - NSN "Become a Member" Webinar - $20 Gift Card to 1st 20 Non-Member NJ/NY Chapter Participants !!!
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 732 897 030
Meeting Password: chapteroftheyear

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MBE Venture Weekend™ is a 2.5 day experience giving entrepreneurs, mentors, and technical service providers an atmosphere to freely and purposefully collaborate to create, build, and launch startups. 

This intense, 53 hour event challenges entrepreneurs to develop their ideas for innovative products and services and to build and launch a viable business startup.  Entrepreneurs emerge from the process with a fine-tuned, defensible business strategy, keenly focused, and empowered to pursue their venture.

Join us for this unique experience.