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Meet Tavis Smiley and Cornel West.

Brenda M Greene, Neighbor

The Eleventh National Black Writers Conference will host a post Conference Center for Black Literature Fundraiser with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West . Smiley and West will discuss their new book, The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto where they  challenge us to re-examine our assumptions about poverty in America, what it really is and how to eliminate it now. 

To purchase tickets in advance go to www.CLSJ.org and click “Donate”.  Online ticketing is administered by the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College.

Ticket Prices: $35 (includes book); $25 (without book); $30 on site.

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