Geoffrey Canada - appears on 60 Minutes talking about The Harlem Children’s Zone

It was good to see this being brought to light. I had no idea that the late Ed Bradley had one of the initial interviews with HCZ about 3 years ago! I hope the good people of Richmond saw this show!!!


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Vote on the January, 2010 selection

You may vote for two (2) of the following nominations:

David Alan Grier, Barack Like Me: the Chocolate Covered Truth

Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance

William Jelani Cobb, The Devil and Dave Chappelle & Other Essays

Bikari Kitwana, The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-America

Cornel West, Hope on a Tightrope

Book Glutton: New Feature for the Group?

Guys,

You may have seen this story on All Things Considered.

Check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkCoknkwua4&feature=player_embedded

I'm not proposing the site as a replacement for our discussions.
I'm proposing that members that may want to use the "mark" feature within a discussed book can do so to add comments about a page, paragraph, etc.
I usually make notes on the margins of books as I read and bring the notes to the discussion.
This online comment will us to see comments prior to the formal discussion which may contribute to further in-person discussion. The "chat" feature could be used for mini-discussions before the formal meeting.

Just an idea.
BTW, sorry about the multiple invites to join the Glutton group I created.
The site was sending error messages which led me to believe the invitations were not going out.

Here's the link

http://withinthepagesofmylife.mypodcast.com/

Listen to our podcast

Yeah, I'd love to meet up. Also, check out the podcast of the Coates book.

A Mid-Summer Night's Maintenance Meeting...

Gentlemen:

Wondered if we might meet for dinner at Cafe Guttenberg's next month and discuss Black Men Read?!---just some scheduled maintenance, if you will, regarding how things are going, what we're doing, what have you.

I'm going to throw out Saturday, July 18th at 7:30 p.m. for a meeting date and time. I'm hoping we can get as many brothers---if not all of us---to attend as possible...

Can anyone make it?

Fiction Writing Contest - Congrats Brother Hobbs

I'm skimming (not perusing.. ) the Style Weekly when I come across a section detailing the fiction writing contest that they recently held. Brother Hobbs was given honorable mention for his work "Still Waiting". Great work, Hobbs!