NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: VEP Writers Retreat SAVE THE DATE! May 21st - 23rd, 2010 The Oaks/New Dawn Foundation New Rochelle, New York

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

VEP Writers Retreat
SAVE THE DATE! May 21st - 23rd, 2010
The Oaks/New Dawn Foundation
New Rochelle, New York

VEP Writers Retreat

SAVE THE DATE!

WORDS TO LIVE BY: 2010 and BEYOND
vepress.com

Vintage Entity Press Writers Retreat

May 21-23, 2010
@
The Oaks/New Dawn Foundation
New Rochelle, New York
theoaksndf.org

Join us for
Workshops, Networking, Open Mic,
Readings, Book Selling, and Community

Invited Presenters:
G. Winston James
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Pamela Sneed
Curu Necos-Bloice
Herukhuti (Editing and Revising)
Steven G. Fullwood (Creating a Manuscript Proposal)
April Silver (PR and Marketing)
Lamar Ariel (Self-Publishing)
Lenelle Moïse (Reading and Performing)
Anton Nimblett (Fiction)
Ellery Washington (Creative Non-Fiction)
And More!

Check back
for more information about the retreat this week!

Contact Herukhuti, Associate Editor-at-Large
at heru[at]vepress.com or 917.403-0536
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