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Assemblyman Marcos Crespo & Fidelis Care Present 

Friends of Soundview Park Big Read

with support from Actuator Inc., BronxMama.com, MetroOptics & Slammers Snacks

July 30th 11am

Soundview Park Amphitheater enter at Rosedale and Lacombe Ave 

RSVP at FOSPBigRead2016.Eventbrite.com

Join us for a reading and giveaway of "TuTu goes Green" written by Tulani Thomas at the beautiful Soundview Park amphitheater  Author Tulani Thomas to read her book along with the families in the park.

For free book you must register.  One Book per householdd

Books distributed at the event.

In this fun and engaging book, an adorable little girl named TuTu sets out on a quest to spread the message of how children can contribute to saving the environment. Children will learn how small changes to their daily routines such as recycling old notebooks, turning out the lights, and using reusable shopping bags can play a huge role in helping the environment. Vibrant and colorful illustrations help make often difficult terms and topics more digestible and easy to understand.  Appropriate for 3rd grade and below.

With Support from Actuator Inc., Bronxmama.com, MetroOptics, OmeshPersaud.com & Slammers Snacks

Anti-Violence Panel Discussion | Tue 9.15.15 | The New School - More Than A Protest Novel: Connecting the Dots

RSVP at https://morethanaprotestsept15.eventbrite.com

Please join us for the upcoming event, “More Than a Protest Novel: Connecting the Dots - 1.5 Million Black (Wo)Men Missing,” a thought-provoking anti-violence panel.

Co-hosted by Black Ivy Events; the Harlem Alphas of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; and New Black School (student group), it will take place on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at The New School’s Lang Center: 55 West 13th Street, off Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue).

This FREE event will take a look at personal experiences with violence; the current anti-violence space; real stats on homicide rates; and policy initiatives and new/innovative solutions to address the violence (including prayer).

It will also examine public policy and connect the dots with recent events like the deaths of Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland, and the Charleston Massacre.

More information regarding the book and author at hamnovels.com.

Book signing to follow.

Panelists include:

• A.T. Mitchell, founder of Man Up! Inc. in East New York, Brooklyn

• Marlon Peterson, founder of The Precedential Group—who was also featured in the internationally acclaimed blog, Humans of New York

• Iesha Sekou, founder of Street Corner Resources, Harlem

• Kathleen Horan, Former WNYC public radio reporter who did the series “In Harm’s Way, ” which—in 2013—memorialized the individual lives of New York City' kids killed by gunfire; and creator of the upcoming podcast, “Mortal City”

• Oresa Williams, Founder and CEO of Not Another Child

• Justyn Richardson, a recent alum of The New School's Milano Urban Policy graduate program, and a policy analyst for the NYC Department of Investigation

• Petra E. Lewis, author of the trilogy, The Sons and Daughters of Ham

From moderator, Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, to featured panelists, the event will showcase some of New York City’s top minds when it comes to effectively addressing (gun) violence—and do so in a “novel” way. The framework for the panel is the first book in novelist Petra E. Lewis’ trilogy, The Sons and Daughters of Ham, Book I: A Requiem, which examines a family in the aftermath of violence.

RSVP at https://morethanaprotestsept15.eventbrite.com

Washington, DC Book Signing by Neil Roberts, PhD 2/7/15

Neil Roberts, PhD Feb 7 2015 1:00 pm Washington DC, BusBoy & Poets 

Taking his title from the societies of escaped slaves, or “maroons,” living on the outskirts of slave societies in the Caribbean, Roberts, Williams College associate professor of Africana studies, draws on history and on thinkers ranging from Douglass and Du Bois to Arendt and Angela Davis, to examine freedom as a condition of perpetual flight akin to marronage. (Univ. Chicago)

Freedom as Marronage (Paperback)

By Neil Roberts

$29.00

ISBN-13: 9780226201047
Availability: Not currently shipping from publisher – Subject to future availability
Published: University of Chicago Press, 1/2015 

Other Editions of this Title

http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/neil-roberts-freedom-marronage

Thursday March 26, 2015 - “More Than a Protest Novel” Panel in Harlem

HOLD THE DATE FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENT, “More Than a Protest Novel,” a thought-provoking anti-violence panel that will take place on Thursday, 3/26 at 8:00 p.m. at Land Yoga, in Harlem.

From moderator, Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, to featured panelists, the event will showcase some of New York City’s top minds when it comes to effectively addressing gun violence—and doing so in a “novel” way. The framework for the panel is the first book in Petra Lewis' trilogy, The Sons and Daughters of Ham, Book I: A Requiem, which examines a family in the aftermath of violence.

Panelists include:
• A.T. Mitchell, founder of Man Up! in East New York, Brooklyn
• Iesha Sekou, founder of Street Corner Resources, Harlem
• Allen James, program manager, S.O.S. (Save Our Streets) Crown Heights, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, Brooklyn
• Kathleen Horan, WNYC public radio reporter who, among other things, did the series “In Harm’s Way, ” which—in 2013—memorialized the individual lives of New York City' kids killed by gunfire

The evening will take a look at personal experiences with violence, the current anti-violence space, real stats on homicide rates, and policy initiatives and new/innovative solutions to address the violence (including prayer)—as well as how some of this ties in to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases and their outcomes, which ignited protests globally. Reception to follow. HOLD THE DATE—you don’t want to miss this one! More details to come

http://hamnovels.com/anti-violence-partners

Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books

Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:00 AM PST Steve Cunningham is the CEO of Polar Unlimited, a digital marketing agency. To win a signed and personalized copy of each of the books mentioned here, visit Read It For Me. So you want to get up to speed fast on the latest social media thinking. Maybe give your colleague, boss or friend a dose of new social strategies. But where to start? Amazon nicely suggests 44,444 titles that they would be delighted to overnight direct to your bookshelf. Ummm, no thanks. Fortunately, you've got your own social media fairy right here. (Hi!) We've already done the hard part for you, and have narrowed down those 44,444 titles to 5 killer must-reads that can get you on the road to social media stardom. Abracadabra!

Book Signing- Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever

Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever
Presented by Center for Jazz Studies - Columbia University
Wednesday, November 11 @ 7:30 pm

Columbia University in the City of New York
Venue: 301 Philosophy Hall, 116th Street and Amsterdam Ave Columbia University Morningside Campus
New York, NY 10027

A book reading and signing with Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University) and Salim Washington (Brooklyn College). When Miles Davis invited the young John Coltrane to join his quintet in 1955, a collaboration was born that would change the landscape of jazz. In their new book, ''Clawing at the Limits of Cool," Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington focus on the profound implications of this collaboration.

Presenter: Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies

Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success

Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success
Dan Schawbel is one of my favorite people. He was writing about personal branding before anyone knew what it was and how it could help with their career. ...read more