"Freedom's Voices:
Celebrating 175 Years of the Black Press"
NABJ Region 2 Town Hall

Date: Sat., May 4, 2002, Noon -6 p.m.
Registration: 12 noon-12:55 p.m.
Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
Lecture Hall, 3d Floor
116th Street & Broadway, NY
Refreshments will be served.

Directions to university: The M4, M60 and M104 bus and the Number 1 (red) subway line stop at the main campus. The M60 bus is a direct link from LaGuardia. J-school is building at right of main gate.
Transportation and lodging info for New York, registration rates and registration form are available.

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Program: In 1827, in New York City, Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm published Freedom's Journal, America's first black-owned and operated newspaper. This is a celebration of their accomplishments.

"Freedom's Voices" will feature three panels:
I. "Honoring Our Pioneers: Black Voices Write Freedom"
II. "Cut from the Same Cloth: Black Journalists in the Black Press and the Mainstream Media"
III. "Impact: The Black Voice in Modern Media"

Panelists: We have an impressive list of panelists.

Buy the Book!!
Panelist Elaine Sihera, a leading African Caribbean editor/publisher in the United Kingdom, will donate a portion of the sale of her book "Managing the Diversity Maze" to the town hall. For more information, click on "Buy the Book" above. The book sells for $128 plus $12 for shipping. To order, email bookmaze@anserhouse.co.uk. Include "NABJ Region 2" on your inquiry and order. Sihera will donate $25 from each book purchased by NABJ members.

May 4 Evening Affair
The New York ABJ will sponsor its First Annual Reunion Benefit and Trailblazer Awards from 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. on May 4 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.