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June 22, 2011
Wednesday
June 21, 2011
Tuesday

  • "Your Money Multicultural Small Business Conference"

  • Jun 21, 2011 from 4:00am to 8:30am
  • Location: Tribeca Performing Arts Center CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
  • Description:

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    New York Daily News Presents:

    "Your Money Multicultural Small Business Conference"

    The one-stop conference for information on starting and running a small business.

    Conference topics will offer valuable insight into marketing, public relations, technology and finance and include:
    * What is not having a website costing you in lost business?
    * How to reduce your energy bills through incentives and the latest in technology
    * Data storage and information management - preparing for the unexpected
    * The value of belonging to a local chamber of commerce and industry trade associations
    * The importance of certificaiton for minority business owners
    * Utilizing web video to attract new customers
    * The latest in advertising and marketing programs to generate sales

    Doors open at 8:00 am, program begins at 9:00 am

    This conference could be the most important conference of the year for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The $20.00 registration fees includes a continental breakfast

  • Created by: Eula M. Young
June 18, 2011
Saturday

  • Junteenth Celebration in Jackson

  • Jun 18, 2011 from 6:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: Tougalo Community Center
  • Description: Press Release
    Ralph Ellison once wrote of the celebration of "Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865." Celebrated on June 19th, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, and is recognized as a celebrated in no less than 37 states of the United States and as of March 2010, 36 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as either a state holiday or state holiday observance.
     
    In Jackson, Miss. the Juneteenth Celebration will occur on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Tougaloo Community Center, 318 Vine Street from 10am-7pm. The Celebration will feature a special tribute to Mama Annie Smith and live entertainment from community artist. Juneteenth in Jackson will celebration freedom and provide an opportunity for local artist to showcase their talents and vendors to create a "Black Mark
  • Created by: Brotha Lukata
June 15, 2011
Wednesday

  • Part II of IV Choose Your Weapon

  • Jun 15, 2011 from 7:00am to 8:30am
  • Location: Columbia University
  • Description:

    Back By  Popular Demand Reserve Now.    
    Marketing Mogul Seminars Series at Columbia.


     Griot's Roll Film Production& Services
    Marketing Mogul seminars returns to Columbia Unversity. If you are a business owner who wants help creating a powerful marketing strategy, or improve the one you have.,then Derrick M. Guest, CEO of Griot's Roll Film Production wants to help you. 

    This 4-part working session series is geared to provide knowledge and a creative space for entrepreneurs to create, develop and improve their marketing strategies.

    11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

    RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/3swvdlm
        

    Location: 520 West 120th Street, Room 450 (Interschool Lab)  

     

    Part II : Choose your weapon: How and where to reach your target market effectively. (News paper Ads, Social Media, Face book, Twitter, Linkedin, Online video, You tube, Viddler, Tube Mogul, and Mobile Advertising etc.)

                                           

    Contact us for  marketing consultation:
                                                                     griots@griotsrollproduc

  • Created by: Eula M. Young
June 7, 2011
Tuesday
June 4, 2011
Saturday
June 1, 2011
Wednesday

  • Part I of IV Let Me Introduce Myself

  • Jun 1, 2011 from 7:00am to 8:30am
  • Location: Columbia University - Harlem SBDC
  • Description: Back By Popular Demand Rsvp Now.Marketing Mogul Seminars Series at Columbia.Marketing Mogul seminars returns to Columbia Unversity. If you are a business owner who wants help creating a powerful marketing strategy, or improve the one you have.,then Derrick M. Guest, CEO of Griot's Roll Film Production wants to help you.This 4-part working session series is geared to provide knowledge and a creative space for entrepreneurs to create, develop and improve their marketing strategies.Date: June 1, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/3swvdlmLocation: 520 West 120th Street, Room 750 (Interschool Lab)Part 1 (June 1, 2011): Let me introduce myself: Establish who your target marketing is, and give them a clear identification of who you are as a business. Where and how do you research?
  • Created by: Eula M. Young
May 25, 2011
Wednesday
 

  • Black Business Works Power Networking over Breakfast featuring Stacie NC Grant

  • May 25, 2011 from 5:00am to 7:00am
  • Location: Operation Hope
  • Description:

    Black Business Works invites you to join us in our "Power Networking over Breakfast" series.

    Join us as Stacie NC Grant will be speaking on excerpts from her new book Action, Action Despite the Distraction; How to keep moving in a world full of distractions, create your own luck and walk in your divine calling! We are a group of professionals in business that support each other by referring business among our members daily.

     

    Ms. Stacie N.C. Grant

     

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    Empowerment Specialist & Event Strategist Stacie N.C. Grant is living her calling to LEAD, TEACH and INSPIRE!  Described as “God’s Designer Original”, she ignites her audiences with her captivating smile, intoxicating humor and boundless energy.

     

    As an Empowerment Specialist, Ms. Grant is a highly sought after inspirational speaker, trainer, life coach and mistress-of-ceremonies. She is the weekly radio host of the popular Monday Mid-Day Motivation show entitled “Create Your Own Luck with Stacie N.C. Grant”. Her platform focuses on Self-Empowerm

  • Created by: Eula M. Young
May 21, 2011
Saturday

  • Sacred Sex in Ancient Kemet (Egypt) Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • May 21, 2011 from 8:45am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Description:

     
    The Center for the Restoration of Ma'at invites you on a unique exper-ience; Sacred Sex in Acient Kemet tour of New York City's MetropolitanMuseum of Art. 

     

    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    1000 5th Ave at 82nd Street
    Saturday, May 21 1 PM - 4 PM
    $30 for Adults; $20 for Students over 12 
    (Parental Guidance Advised for Children under 16)

     

    This tour will provide a comprehensive picture of sexuality in Ancient Kemet. The Kemites viewed sexuality as the cosmic process which maintained the precarious balance of the universe. 
      
    WE WILL ACCOMPLISH 3 MAJOR OBJECTIVES ON THIS TOUR:
    1) We will outline the major creation myths and develop a comprehensive description of divine sexuality. 
      
    2) We will investigate the history and norms of human sexual relationships. The tour will answer critically important questions. Did couples use protection (condoms, etc.)? Were there same-sex relationships? Did Ancient Kemetic woman have pregnancytests? 
      
    3) We will uncover the secret sexual code hidden i
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May 18, 2011
Wednesday
May 11, 2011
Wednesday
May 9, 2011
Monday

  • The 9th annual African Bead Festival Fairs!

  • May 9, 2011 from 8:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum
  • Description: MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum and Nandi's Knowledge Cafe

    present

    The 9th annual African Bead Festival Fairs!

    MAY 13 and 14 from 12noon  until 7pm

    MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum will be hosting during the months of May until September, monthly African Bead Festival Fairs that will consist of live entertainment, African material culture lectures, artist exhibiting their craft and design , food, and face painting for kids and adults, open mic and DJ playing music.

    Tours and Photos will also be available.

    Located on 6559 Grand River @ West Grand Blvd, the MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum  mission to build and organize collections of African beads, bead works, textiles, sculptures and other artifacts.

    We are currently seeking entertainers, vendors and volunteers.313 898 3007

    Olayami Dabls of MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum
    (313) 898 3007, mbadmuseum@yahoo.com
    Facebook: Olayami Dabls, mbadmuseum@yahoo.com
    Support MBADS African Bead Museum at: http://www.mbad.org NOW!!
  • Created by: SendMeYourNews
May 8, 2011
Sunday

  • Africa Month Community Forum

  • May 8, 2011 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: At the Interdenominational Theological Center
  • Description:

    Dr. Kofi Opare Opoku, Ghana

    ADDRESS TO THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 2011

    Renew, Restore & Rebuild

    Black Theology & Spirituality for African Empowerment

    Scholar, Professor, Theologian, Pan Africanist…

    Dr. Kofi Opare Opoku is a Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow, Professor, Activist and a Master Teacher of African Spirituality & Philosophy.                     

  • Created by: SendMeYourNews
May 1, 2011
Sunday

  • 5/1:Puerto Rican Contingent for May Day

  • May 1, 2011 from 8:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Union Square (14th st and broadway)
  • Description:

     

     

    NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO BUILD A BROAD, STRONG AND UNITED PUERTO RICAN CONTINGENT FOR INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' MAY DAY 2011!

     

    LOOK FOR THE PUERTO RICAN FLAGS! BRING YOUR OWN FLAG, PANDERETAS, NOISE MAKERS, AND WHISTLES!


     
    We are calling for a Strong Powerful Puerto Rican Contingent to march in solidairty with all workers this May Day! Puerto Rican workers, both on the Island and throughout the Diaspora, have been fighting against privatization of education/social services, demanding new jobs, union rights, and housing; just like other workers' have throughout the United States, Latin America and the world!
     
    FOR DECADES, Puerto Ricans have stood proudly and firmly with our undocumented brothers and sisters; demanding their legalization and an end to their harrassment!  
     
    Let us continue in our proud tradition of internationalist solidarity with the workers' of the world!
     
     

    JOIN THE PUERTO RICAN CONTINGENT FOR MAY DAY 2011!


    Contact benjamin ramos <uriyoan@hotmail.com>
  • Created by: TheBlackList
April 29, 2011
Friday

  • Coming to UCLA April 29: The Cornel West & Carl Dix Dialogue

  • Apr 29, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: DeNeve Plaza Lecture Auditorium, UCLA
  • Description:

    In the Age of Obama …

    Police Terror, 

    Incarceration,
     
    No Jobs, Mis-education: 

    WHAT FUTURE FOR OUR 

    YOUTH?

    Limited seating: first come, first served basis.  Door open at 6:30 pm.  Arrive early to ensure seating.

     A dialogue between Cornel West and Charles Dix

    CORNEL WEST is one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church,
    progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.’ Dr. West currently teaches at Princeton University.

    CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary and a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. In 1970 Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6, six Gis who refused orders to go to Vietnam. He served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for his stand. In 1985 Carl initiated the Draw The Line statement, a powerful condemnation of the bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia. In 1996, Carl was a founder of the Octobe

  • Created by: TheBlackList News
 

  • Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Mississippi Delta 2011

  • Apr 29, 2011 to Apr 30, 2011
  • Location: Jackson Mississippi to Ruleville, Mississippi to Money, MS
  • Description: Activity:The 2011 Spiritual Pilgrimages to the Mississippi Delta Caravan Excursions will be Saturdays, April 30 and August 27, 2011, departing from the parking lot of the Jackson Medical Mall - 350 W. Woodrow Wilson at 8:00 am estimated return time to Jackson 8:30 pm. We gather on the Livingston Road side of the Jackson Medical Mall by the mall entrance.Stops include:Medgar Evers Home/Museum Free Will Offer ($1.00/per person minimum please)RNA-House - FBI/Police attack site No feeGrave site of Mother Fannie Lou Hamer Free Will Offer ($1.00/per person minimum please)Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center $4.00/per person for museum tour/optionalMoney, MS - Kidnap site of Emmett Till No feeOaks African American Center Free Will Offer ($1.00/per person minimum please)For past five years Kuumba Promos, Mississippians For Reparations and Jackson-MS N’COBRA has coordinated at least two caravan excursions per year through the Mississippi Delta in order to teach Mississippi Black History. We cal
  • Created by: Brotha Lukata
April 28, 2011
Thursday

  • Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women: An International Conference

  • Apr 28, 2011 at 5:00am to Apr 30, 2011 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Columbia University Faculty House
  • Description:

    This conference features emerging work on black women's contributions to black thought, political mobilization, creative work and gender theory. Scholarly Panels, Roundtables, and Keynote delivered by Professor Elizabeth Alexander will focus on black women as intellectuals across a broad geography including Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe. Over a period of three days we aim to piece together a history of black women's thought and culture that maps the distinctive concerns and historical forces that have shaped black women's ideas and intellectual activities.

    The conference is sponsored by Columbia University's Center for the Critical Analysis of Social Difference (CCASD), Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS), Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG), Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy (ISERP), Office of the Provost, and History Department. 

     
    Conference Organizers:

  • Created by: SendMeYourNews
April 27, 2011
Wednesday

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