The EE Movement Lives on in The "Our Black Year" Book Tour
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Maggie Anderson's Address to The City Club of Cleveland broadcasted in 100 cities (to hear the speech, click here. Maggie's speech was on April 5, 2012.) 
Live Interview with CNN's Suzanne Malveaux about the message of
"Our Black Year"
and how it can change America.
(click here for the video of the interview) 
C-SPAN presents Washington Post's Krissah Thompson's hour-long talk with Maggie Anderson about why our money needs to stay in our community.
Tavis Smiley's in-depth interview with Maggie Anderson about new book, how it promotes need to Buy Black in America (click here for the interview) 
Soledad O'Brien will conduct in-studio interview in NY w/Maggie Anderson about
"Our Black Year"
on CNN's "Starting Point".
BEING SCHEDULED - STAY TUNED
Roland Martin talked to activist Maggie Anderson about The Empowerment Experiment and her book
"Our Black Year"
Read what The Washington Post's TheRoot.com has to say about "Our Black Year"
Alfred Edmond reviews "Our Black Year" for Black Enterprise magazine.
Read and Listen as Andersons Share
"Our Black Year"
with America on NPR's Marketplace
BET reports on celebrities and organizations focusing "Our Black Year" national tour from Tom Joyner Morning Show 
Rolling Out magazine, official media partner for "Our Black Year" announced Anderson's completion of historic book
America is talking about
"OUR BLACK YEAR"
the story of one family taking a stand in honor of our community
by living off Black business for one year. They called it
The Empowerment Experiment.
Read the rave reviews... (click here for a larger version, or to download)
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OUR BLACK YEAR
4/10 Breakfast, networking, and meet-the-author booksigning, South Central Community Center, 8-10:30am. Hosted by Chatham Business Association. OPEN TO PUBLIC. RSVP required.
CENTRAL STATE UNIV/ DAYTON, OH 4/19 Keynote Speaker for "A Night of Philanthropy", Schuster Center's Wintergarden, 6-9pm, Hosted by the CSU Foundation. Last year's keynote delivered by Taraji Henson. RSVP by April 13 at 937-376-6373. Limited capacity! Guests are asked to donate to the CSU Endowment Fund. Click here for the invite.
PENN STATE UNIV/ UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 4/20 PSU Black Alumni Reunion Weekend, Opening Luncheon Speaker. This event is primarily for PSU alumni, but if you would like to attend, network, and have a great "Our Black Year" time...contact alumni-events@psu.edu or call 800-548-LION(5466), option 4. For more details, click here.
NEW YORK UNIV/ STERN BUSINESS SCHOOL 4/26 NYU's Stern Business School, 6 - 7:30 pm, 44 West 4th Street, Henry Kaufman Bldg., Room 2-90. Hosted by the NYU Stern Business School's Hispanic and Black Business Students Assn and the Black Student Alliance at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. All are welcome. RSVP required. Maggie Anderson will speak and do a reading. Book signing, networking, Q&A to follow. BALLE CONF. BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES/ GRAND RAPIDS, MI  5/15-19 The Empowerment Experiment and the "Our Black Year" national tour link arms with BALLE to inspire and prove the power of conscious consumerism. At BALLE, Maggie Anderson will join economic freedom fighters from all over the world who want to make sure underserved minority communities prosper and that our buying power is used to fix our social problems. Support BALLE, register now and come see Maggie deliver the keynote and sign books on Thursday, May 17. FRASER/EE CASH MOB IN CITIES ACROSS US  5/19 Frasernet and The Empowerment Experiment present the first ever national "cashmob" to support quality Black business in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York Philadelphia, and Wasshigton DC/ PG County, MD. Click here for more details and to register for CashMob NOIR. INROADS FOUNDER'S DAY/ ATLANTA, GA  (click here for larger version of the flyer) 5/24 INROADS Inaugural Founder's Day Luncheon Celebration, 11-1pm, Villa Christina, 4000 Summit Boulevard. Honorees include INROADS alums Alum Teri McClure, Senior Vice President General Counsel at UPS and Alex F. Parker Vice President of Global Service Management at AT&T. Maggie Anderson will deliver the keynote. For tickets, click here. Founded in 1970, INROADS, Inc. is the nation's largest non-profit source of salaried corporate internships. INROADS has placed students in over 127,000 paid internships and graduated over 25,000 alumni into fulltime executive positions with over 1,000 Corporate Partners. With over 35 offices throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, INROADS has consistently been named one of “America’s Top 10 Internships” for over 15 years. For more, visit, www.INROADS.org.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR TOUR HOSTS FOR MIAMI, LOS ANGELES, NEW ORLEANS, ATLANTA, AUSTIN AND DALLAS, TX! |
