Black and Male in America: A Town Hall Meeting

Date: November 12, 2008 at 7pm

Location:Lafayette Presbyterian Church
85 South Oxford Street, at the corner of Lafayette
Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York

moderated by CNN's SOLEDAD O'BRIEN,
critically acclaimed journalist of CNN's "Black in America" Series

The program will feature a conversation with contributors to The Black Male
Handbook: A Blueprint for Life

KEVIN POWELL, Editor, The Black Male Handbook; writer, activist, and recentDemocratic candidate for Congress in Brooklyn

LASANA HOTEP, Founder of Hotep Consultants

JEFF JOHNSON, Host of BET's "Truth with Jeff Johnson"

BYRON HURT, Award-winning filmmaker, writer, activist, lecturer

RYAN MACK, President of Optimum Capital Management

KENDRICK B. NATHANIEL, Mentor/Youth Advocate

ANDRAE L. BROWN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College;
Co-Director, Affinity Counseling Group

WILLIAM JELANI COBB, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Spelman College

MICHAEL SCOTT JONES, Photographer/Multimedia Producer

NO RSVP needed, but seating is on a first-come basisLafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, at 85 South Oxford Street, between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue.

By Subway
Take the Brooklyn-bound local C to Lafayette Avenue. Exit at the South Oxford Street stair exit. Make a right and continue on South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the right, in the middle of the block.

Take the M, N, Q, R, W, 2, 3, 4, 5 or LIRR to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street stop. Exit at Hanson Place. Walk up Hanson Place to South Oxford Street. Make left onto South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the right, in the middle of the block.

Take the G to Fulton Street. Walk two (2) blocks up Lafayette Street to South Oxford Street. Make a right onto South Oxford Street. The entrance to ALP is on the left, in the middle of the block.