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The Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (Brooklyn) is a community-based education, research, and legal organization. It provides quality advocacy, training and expert legal services in a personal manner to people of African descent and the disenfranchised. For even more information, please visit www.clsj.org.


BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES is a riveting documentary that examines representations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Since its premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival to its scores of community-based and collegiate screenings to its February 2007 broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens, this groundbreaking film by anti-sexist activist Byron Hurt is sweeping the country by storm. It's now available for home or educational use. To buy it or for more info, please visit www.bhurt.com.

Kevin Powell is widely considered one of America's most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. Legendary feminist Gloria Steinem proclaims, "as a charismatic speaker, leader, and a very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage...to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all." Famed scholar and social critic Dr. Michael Eric Dyson has called Powell "a mighty wind of fresh air."

Though trained as an actor, Mo Beasley is fully immersed in the art and entertainment world. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts/Acting from Howard University, has stage managed for Tony Award winning Broadway and off-Broadway shows, and has been featured as a solo or ensemble performer at legendary stages ranging from the Nuyorican Poets Café to The Blue Note. Beasley is also a lecturer and teaching artist and conducts arts and sexuality workshops. He has presented at a number of colleges and non-profits, including New York University, Penn State, Medgar Evers College, Children’s Aid Society, Planned Parenthood, and many others. As an activist, he designs and supports progressive social and political projects for the benefit of his immediate and broader communities. Mo’s growing relevance is evidenced by just some of his recent quotes, profiles, or features in the media: NY Newsday, Amsterdam News, rolling out; New York’s KISS FM Radio, Hot 97’s Street Soldiers, and XM Radio. He has also been profiled on NY1 News, and featured on Street Talk (Fox5). In 2006, Beasley was selected as one of “50 Unsung New York Heroes” by The Daily News.

Mo Beasley's UrbanErotika^SM is a monthly performance series celebrating erotic love through poetry, spoken word, music, dance, and theatre - as expressed by New York City's diverse cultures. UrbanErotika^SM is not pornographic, but is created for a mature audience. It is designed to "stroke the organ between the ears and to let the imagination develop the rest."
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Universes is a poetic theater ensemble of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse poetry, theater, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works. The group breaks the bounds of traditional theater to create their own brand of performance, inviting old and new generations of theater-makers, as well as theater-goers and new comers to reshape the face of American theater. The company consists of four core members: Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz, Gamal Abdel Chasten, and Ninja. For more info, visit www.universesonstage.com and www.myspace.com/universes.