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Listen to: Black Talk Sacramento #003: The Gap Between People Who Use To Be Young and Young People: Special Program Topic: Don’t Shoot The Michael Brown Case : Host: NSAA, Marichal Brown, Gerry "Gos" Simpson. Our Guests: Takarra "KariJay" Johnson is a 17 year old California native. KariJay is a Senior at Sac High and proud member of the Law and Public Service program and Barry Accius is the Co-Founder and CEO of Voice of the Youth (VOY), a non-profit organization, which provides mentoring services to youth ages 11-25. Listen to show: https://soundcloud.com/
From Ferguson Missouri to Sacramento, CA: Black Leadership in Action. Join us Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 9:00 to 4:00pm at the Women’s Civic Improvement Center, 3555 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA. 95817, members of the African and African American communities will gather to participate in the 12th Annual Congress of African Peoples (CAP) convening. This year’s theme “The Challenges & Possibilities for Black Leadership: Politics, Economics, Culture, & Religion.”Registration fees: $20 per person, $5.00 for students and seniors. Register online at: http://
Young Women's Summit (YWS) at EWOC Exceptional Women of Color Conference.Saturday, September 13, 2014, 8 AM - 2 PM. Calling youth and young women of color 12 - 21 years to join us! Experience a one-day summit at EWOC 2014 featuring fun discussions and exciting workshops. Today's young women r tomorrow's leaders and business owners. For more information and to register for YWS-Young Women's Summit at EWOC, visit:http://www.sacculturalhub.com/
September 19-21—For the Love of Books 2nd Annual Literary Conference: Ramos Barrington Entertainment presents a literary weekend with best-selling author Donna
Michele Ramos, prolific author Brooklen Borne and one guest author! Get to meet the authors as Donna and Brooklen debut their joint novel series. The conference is held on Saturday,
September 20th at the South Natomas Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road, from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm. General admission is $35, college student is $20, and book club special is
$250 for ten tickets. Friday, September 19th get to enjoy drinks with the authors before the conference for $25. Sunday, September 21st enjoy a delightful morning brunch with the authors
for $30. To purchase your tickets please visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/
-9824004863. For more information please contact Donna Ramos at (916) 271-7837 or donnamramos@aol.com
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