MARK YOUR CALENDARS
A FREE Conference Geared Toward
Black Male Empowerment! *
PLEASE NOTE: Friday and Sunday programs open to
males AND females OF ALL AGES. All day Saturday workshops are
FOR MALES ONLY (except Saturday night event, which is open to everyone).

"BLACK AND MALE IN AMERICA"
A 3-Day National Conference
Friday, June 15 - Sunday, June 17, 2007
Brooklyn, New YorkConference Schedule

Friday, June 15th
"STATE OF BLACK MALES"
A Townhall Meeting
Doors open at 6:30PM
 HANSON PLACE CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
15 Hanson Place, at the corner of St. Felix
Downtown Brooklyn in Atlantic Center area
 Saturday, June 16th
BLACK MALE EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS
Doors open at 9:30AM

HANSON PLACE CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
15 Hanson Place, at the corner of St. Felix Street
Downtown Brooklyn in Atlantic Center area
 Workshops for Black males 18 and over
10AM-5PM
 Workshops for Black boys ages 10-17
10AM-5PM
 SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT EVENT
"HIPHOP AND MANHOOD"
two film excerpts and a public conversation
on the dominant culture of our times
and its effect on young Black males
Doors open at 7:00PM

HANSON PLACE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
88 Hanson Place at the corner of South Portland Avenue
Downtown Brooklyn in Atlantic Center vicinity
Sunday, June 17th
A SPECIAL FATHER'S DAY PROGRAM
Doors open at 1:30PM
BLACK FATHERHOOD
a short film screening and critical roundtable discussion
HANSON PLACE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
88 Hanson Place at the corner of South Portland Avenue
Downtown Brooklyn in Atlantic Center area

TOPICS to be covered at the 3-Day National Conference:
•  Redefining Black manhood in the 21st century
• Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Health and Wellness
• Hiphop Culture vs. The Hiphop Industry
• Stopping and Preventing Violence Against Each Other
• Stopping and Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
• The importance of MENTORING Black boys and young Black men
• What IS a Black Father? What should his role be in the family, the community?
• The prison-industrial complex: What is it?
• Black male-female relationships
• Employment, Education, and the Economics of Being A Black Male
• Bridging the Gap between the Hiphop Generation & the Civil Rights Generation
• Depression and suicide in the Black male community
• The role of sports and entertainment in the lives of Black males



Community-based organizations and programs will be tabling information
around mentoring opportunities, G.E.D. and literacy, legal aid services,
job training and employment, and much more.
There will also be FREE diabetes, high-blood pressure,
HIV/AIDS and other testings for Black males at the conference.
More details are forthcoming, as is our official website,
www.blackandmaleina merica.org
media inquiries are directed to
AKILA WORKSONGS Public Relations
718.756.8501 or kevinpowellpr@ akilaworksongs. com

* this 3-day conference is an extension of and a follow up to the highly acclaimed
"State of Black Men National Townhall Meetings and Workshops,"
a 10-city tour presented by Kevin Powell in 2004

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