NKIRU Center
 

> TALIB KWELI & MOS DEF
>
> INVITE YOU TO A BENEFIT FOR THE NKIRU CENTER
>
> PERFORMANCES BY
>
> TALIB KWELI MOS DEF JESSICA CARE MOORE SHARIFF
> SIMMONS
>
> HOSTED BY DAVE CHAPPELLE
>
> SPECIAL INVITED GUESTS: COMMON, DEAD PREZ, DE LA
> SOUL
>
> PLACE: MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE, 1650 BEDFORD AVENUE
> BROOKLYN, NY
> #2 OR #3 TRAIN TO FRANKLIN AVENUE
> DATE:FRIDAY, OCT.20 TIME: 8:00 P.M.
> DONATION: $20.00
>
> TICKET PURCHASES
> DARE BOOKS 33 LAFAYETTE AVE. BROOKLYN
> 718 625-4651
> ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP 16 WEST 32ND ST.
> 212 494-0061
> BLUESTOCKINGS BOOK & CAFÉ 172 ALLEN STREET
> 212 777-6028
>
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: DR. BRENDA GREENE, 718
> 258-7215
>
>
>
> Press Release: Benefit Performance for the Nkiru
> Center for Education &
> Culture
>
> On Friday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. Talib Kweli and
> Mos Def invite you to a
> benefit concert for the Nkiru Center for Education
> and Culture, Inc. There
> will be performances by Talib Kweli, Mos Def,
> Jessica Care Moore, and Shariff
> Simmons. Invited guests include Common, Dead Prez,
> and De La Soul.
>
> Place: Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave.
> Brooklyn, NY -
> #2 or #3 train to Franklin Ave.
>
> Time: 8:00 P.M. Donation: $20.00
>
> For ticket information contact:
> DARE BOOKS 33 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn, NY
> 718 625-4651
> ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP 16 West 32ND ST.
> 212 494-0061
> BLUESTOCKINGS BOOK & CAFÉ 172 Allen St. 212
> 777-6028
>
> Nkiru needs your financial support. The Nkiru
> Center for Education and
> Culture Inc. was established in the Fall of 1999 to
> continue the tradition of
> the former Nkiru Books, an independent Black
> bookstore in the Brooklyn
> community. Talib Kweli and Mos Def, helped ensure
> that the Nkiru legacy
> continued when they bought the bookstore in 1998.
> Recent financial problems
> have forced Nkiru to relocate and its survival is
> dependent upon your help.
>
> The mission of the Nkiru Center for Education &
> Culture, Inc., a non-profit
> organization, is to serve as an educational and
> multi-cultural resource in
> the Brooklyn community. Its purposes are to
> improve literacy and to provide
> a community-oriented meeting place that promotes
> multicultural education and
> awareness with a special emphasis on the
> contributions of Blacks to
> literature, history, music, art, and the sciences.
> This is accomplished
> through the development of tutorials, workshops, and
> seminars; the hosting of
> panel discussions, author signings, readings, spoken
> word performances,
> lectures, story hours, and book clubs; and the
> selling of educational and
> cultural materials that reflect the cultures of
> people of color.
>
> For further information contact: Dr. Brenda M.
> Greene, Executive Director,
> Nkiru, 718 258-7215.

Thank you for the information Soror.

SZL,
CK