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Free
Alvin Ailey Performances and Classes
In celebration of
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s (AAADT’s) 50th anniversary and its
mission of making dance accessible to everyone, Ailey will present a
special summer series of free performances and dance classes throughout
New York City from Tuesday, August 5-
Saturday, August 12.
Washington D.C.-based
Port of Harlem magazine
will offer a free workshop for writers of public service announcements,
and newspaper and magazine articles. "How to Get Your Word Out,"
says Port of Harlem publisher
Wayne Young, will focus on finding the right target for your event or
product, creating the right event or product for your target,
determining your message, and aiming your message at that target.
“Writers of church bulletins to those promoting civic events and their
own novels will find much benefit from the workshop," added Young, a
1978 West Side High School graduate and whose company sponsored the
"Our Children, Our World" exhibit at the Gary Public Library during the
city's centennial celebration.
The workshop is free and a tribute to the Gary Public Library's
centennial celebration. Participants are encouraged to bring samples of
their writing.
How to Get Your Word
Out (a free workshop for
budding writers and publicists) Monday, July 7,
2008 5:30p-7:30p Gary Public Library -
Main 220 W. 5th Avenue Free
Obama
Preaches Lessons on Fatherhood
In Chicago on
Father’s Day, Illinois Senator Barack Obama delivered a lesson on
fatherhood at the Apostolic Church of God on the city’s South
Side. “Any fool can have a child, that doesn’t make you a
father,” reported the Chicago Daily
Defender. “If we are honest with ourselves, we’ll admit
that what too many fathers are missing - missing from too many lives
and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting
like boys instead of men,” he said.
Obama also praised his
father-in-law, South Sider Frazier Robinson as setting an example.
Robinson didn’t use his disability as an excuse, didn’t miss a day or
work; nor miss any of Michelle’s or her brother’s activities, said
Obama who only got to know his father from the letters his father wrote
to him and stories from his mother.
With his wife Michelle and daughters in the front row he continued, “We
know that half of all Black children live in single-parent
households. We know the statistics - that children who grow up
without a father are five time mores likely to live in poverty and
commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20
times more likely to end up in prison.”
Poets
and Artists for Obama
Poets
and Artists for Obama, a fundraiser for Democratic Presidential
nominee Barack Obama, takes place at Annie's Art Gallery from 6p to 9p
Saturday, June 28. The Gallery is at 5814 Allentown Way in Camp
Springs, MD 20748.
Twins
Weekend - Montréal
The Twins Weekend
takes place in Montréal Saturday, July 12. After a day of
activities designed especially for them, twins will get together for
the 11th annual and largest Canadian parade featuring twins, triplets,
quadruplets and other multiples, all aged between one month and 100
years old.
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More than
40 people filled the Alexandria Black History Museum to hear Charles
Cobb, Jr. speak about his new book, On the Road to Freedom, and
involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. A defining moment
for the Movement said Cobb was the death of Emmett Till.
17-year-old Al Jenkins of Miami, FL who attended the two-hour event
responded to Cobb’s story about Till with, “I learned something
new. That was messed up stuff that they did to Emmett Till."
A personal defining moment for Cobb was when the then 19-year-old
Howard University student rode through Mississippi on his way to Texas
to attend a Civil Rights conference. While at a stop in
Mississippi an activist asked Cobb, what is the reason for going to
Texas to learn about the Movement when you can stay right here in
Mississippi and do something?
Cobb spoke at the Alexandria
Black History Museum,
703.838.4356, which is
celebrating its 25th anniversary. Ten signed copies of the book
are available at the museum.
In celebration of
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s (AAADT’s) 50th anniversary and its
mission of making dance accessible to everyone, Ailey will present a
special summer series of free performances and dance classes throughout
New York City from 
More than
40 people filled the Alexandria Black History Museum to hear Charles
Cobb, Jr. speak about his new book,