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Obama Care of a Different Kind
Supervisor London Breed On Hand Today at 10 a.m. as Afro Solo Announces "Project Empowerment: The Audacity to Succeed & Black Voices Performances
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| Thomas Robert Simpson, Founder & Artistic Director of AfroSolo invites you to the 10 a.m. media briefing at the African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street, just blocks from City Hall |
San Francisco-September 5, 2014 - You are invited to attend today's media briefing at the African American Art and Culture Complex, as AfroSolo's Thomas Robert Simpson asks you to join him along with Supervisor London Breed for the 10 a.m. news conference. Obama care of a different kind? Project Empowerment: The Audacity to Succeed embraces President Obama's concern for youth as outlined in his "My Brother's Keeper Initiative." See Simpson's invitation to media and the public as he states:
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| Supervisor London Breed pictured with President Barack Obama. |
AfroSolo proudly joins President Obama's My Brothers Keeper Initiative by inaugurating Project Empowerment: The Audacity To Succeed. The purpose of this initiative is to help young Black men and boys successfully transcend youth to adulthood.
AfroSolo was inspired to action by a by-chance encounter with a report stating that on July 31, 2013, that more than sixty percent of the youths locked up in San Francisco's juvenile detention were African American. Of that, about fifty-seven percent were boys. These are startling statistics since African Americans make up less than six percent of the city's population. Upon further research, we found this to be close to the norm locally, state wide and nationally. Unfortunately, these stats are inline with todays figures.
With three different approaches, Project Empowerment's goals are to provide information, inspiration and tools to help young Black men and boys live happy, healthy and productive lives."
Thank you Supervisor Breed for caring and being on hand as AfroSolo demonstrates the power of the arts to heal.
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Could There Be An Ice Bucket Challenge Coming to Lorraine Hansberry Theatre? "Mingus Remixed" by Barry "Shabaka" Henley Directed by DelRoy Lindo Kicks off tonight for Two Days Only!
San Francisco, CA - September 5, 2014- No word on that ice bucket challenge yet, but with LHT is kicking off its season tonight and there is room for you. It seems that an ice bucket challenge could flow given the current craze and the fact that Charles Mingus, who left this life due to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) is the
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| Charles Mingus backstage at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1976 (Kathy Sloane Photo). A Jazz Photography Exhibit of Sloane is on display at "Mingus Remixed." |
subject of Bay Area actor/producer/writer "Barry "Shabaka" Henley's "Mingus Remixed," portraying an American musical treasure.
It's a theatrical triumvirate, as Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's Artistic Director, Steven Anthony Jones brings Barry "Shabaka" Henley to the stage directed by Delroy Lindo with Henley's "Mingus Remixed." I will not begin to list the film, TV and stage credits of these gentlemen because you wouldn't have time to make it to tonight's 7:30 pm opening gala only $50 for VIP Reception and Performance and only $25 for the performance only at the Creativity Theatre, 221 Fourth Street (@Howard...just picture the lovely carrousel across from the
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| Barry "Shabaka" Henley , actor, producer, writer. Is it my imagination or is there any uncanny resemblance to Mingus? What say ye? See for yourself at tonight's opening of "Mingus Remixed" written by and featuring Henley. |
Metreon, just blocks from BART and you are there!).
Hear what Steven Anthony Jones has to say about the dynamic duo of Henley and Lindo working it with "Mingus Remixed" and read all about it: http://www.lhtsf.org/bata.html. You've got only two days for this one, ya'll. "You got to hit it and quit it" as they say. Move now and get your tickets or forever hear your friends say "you really missed it." Don't miss out! Gather with new and old friends for "Mingus, Remixed."
"Mingus, Remixed"
VIP Reception Committee:
John Burris Esq., Chairman
Nafeesa Ahmad-Bey
Stephanie Shoffner
Charles Ward
Cheryl Ward
Honorary Committee:
Danny Glover
Carl Lumbly
Pam Moore
Carey Perloff
Ishmael Reed
Barbara Rodgers
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Bringing Art to the Audience
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KBLX's Nikki Thomas Pulls Out the Passion of Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira's Cops and Robbers, Saturday, September 6 at 5:30 am @102.9 FM
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| Nikki Thomas' (of the KBLX Morning Show) conversational style gets to the core of her guests' thoughts. Listen tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. as Piper pours out his passion for communitychange. |
San Francisco-From the back story of how "Cops and Robbers" got its stage birth via the direction of Ami Zins and Lew Levinson, Nikki Thomas of KBLX, does an excellent job of peeling back the dimensions of Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira as he talks about the creative angst he developed as a law enforcement officer working daily to be the change he wants to see. Piper talks about how his wife, educator, Dr. Dawn Williams Ferreira encouraged him to create change via "Cops and Robbers."
Hear all about it Saturday, September 6 at 5:30 a.m. As Thomas points out, there are so many elements to Piper's story that is already demonstrated in the play, the book "Cops and Robbers, Past ,Present and Future, the CD of the play, that has been submitted to the Grammy's and the Single "Believe" from the "Cops and Robbers" EP, that it could take hours of conversation to tell the whole story. Piper makes an appeal to the KBLX family to come out and see the play and talk about the change they want to see and be. All remaining shows of the original run are sold out. Good news is the show has been extended thru October 19th. The show is for Mature Audiences.
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Cops & Robbers directed by
Ami Zins and Lew Levinson featuring Piper of Flipsyde |
Two Years before Ferguson, Mo hit the headlines, Bay Area Law Enforcement Officer and Artist, Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira of Flipsyde wrote "Cops and Robbers," a 17-character one man show that seems to dramatically mirror the spin of Ferguson.
"Cops and Robbers" written and performed by Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira gives an unvarnished look at violence in America, yet it calls for hope through personal responsibility and action, as seen in his Single "Believe."
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| Flipsyde - Believe by Piper, law enforcement officer, rapper, writer, and performer of "Cops and Robbers," a 17 character one man show now at the Berkeley Marsh through October 19. |
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