What kind of world do YOU want to live in?
One where you share Trust, Caring, Support, Understanding, Community?
Or, one where you live with Anger, Blame, Isolation, Shame, Fear, Distrust?
Let's T.A.L.K.*
Teens and Adults Telling Personal Stories of Race and Ethnicity
with improvisational theater and intentional dialogue
Saturday March 8, 2008
3-6 PM ~ free admission
Walter Denny Youth Center Community Room at Harbor Point
270 Mount Vernon St. Dorchester
(down the street from Bayside Expo Center)
*Tell, Act, Listen, Know invites teens and adults of all races
to experience tools for building racial trust and community bonds
by sharing your true personal experiences of race and ethnicity
at a free public event, and beyond!
[any donations gratefully appreciated]
Presented by True Story Theater and City-Wide Dialogues on
Boston's Ethnic and Racial Diversity. Made possible by funding
from the Foley Hoag Foundation and the
City of Boston Trustees of the Michael Francis Cahill Fund.
Questions? Call Tonia: 781-963-3299 OR email:
truestorytheater@comcast.net
truestorytheater.org | bostondialogues.org
Please consider attending this event hosted by Brothers About Change, a student organization at Northeastern University that has supported our Soul Food Cinema Sunday events.
Panelists:
Bakari Kitwana, moderator- Executive Director of Rap Sessions, author of The Hip-Hop
Generation and Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop;
Rosa Clemente- hip-hop activist, The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Black August and
The Hip-Hop Caucus;
Angela Woodson- hip-hop political organizer, co-chair of the 2004 National Hip-Hop
Political Convention and director of Faith-based Initiatives for the Ohio Governor's Office;
Jeff Johnson- BET's Cousin Jeff Chronicles, director of Truth is Power and author of Let's
Get Free: Strategies for Organizing the Hip-Hop Voting Bloc;
Billy Wimsatt- co-founder of the League of Young Voters and author of How to Get Stupid
White Men Out of Office.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
of the Boston Bar Association
invites you to attend its
2008 Annual Benefit Reception
New Challenges and Strategies for Racial Justice
on
Thursday, March 13, 2008
5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker
Professor Anita F. Hill, Esq.
Brandeis University
Special Recognition
Nadine Cohen, Esq.
Celebrating her commitment to racial justice and tenure at the
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Keeper of the Flame Awards
Commemorating the Legacy of Rosa Parks
Recipients
Plaintiffs in a public accommodations impact case involving a major retailer,
brought by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
In partnership with
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
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