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Sonny BoyBe it a press release, a media alert, or a select item from our Put On BLAST! postings, “The Press Room” at AKILAWORKSONGS.com is where you'll find the latest (and the not so latest) information about our clients, friends, and special projects. It is designed mostly as a resource for members of the media community.

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Featured 2011 Press Release

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Select 2008 Press Releases & Media Alerts

October 21
ALERT: Brownstone Books Hosts BE A FATHER TO YOUR CHILD Community Forum and Signing on THIS WEDNESDAY
Editor and Contributors from Critically-Acclaimed Anthology Discuss
Family, Love, and Fatherhood from a Black Male and Hip Hop Perspective

October 20
ALERT: Social Entrepreneur, Activist, Writer/Editor APRIL R. SILVER
To Give Keynote at MEC’s Presidential Lecture Series

Exactly Ten Years After Becoming an Entrepreneur, Silver Focus Will Be on “Forwarding Legacy”

October 10

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July 9
Writers Praise Hip Hop & Fatherhood in the Black Community!
“Be a Father” Writers Offer Alternative Views on State of Hip Hop and
Black Fatherhood at Hue-Man Bookstore: THURSDAY, JULY 10

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April R. Silver’s Pens New Book! “Be A Father to Your Child”
Hits Shelves This Month!

Groundbreaking Anthology Discusses Family, Love, Fatherhood, and Hip Hop,
as Told by Black Men!

May 5

March 26
CLSJ Presents Free Community Forum on Immigration
April 5, 2008 10am to 2pm at Medgar Evers College/CUNY

March 25
April R. Silver To Speak at Wall Street Alphas' King Program
40 Years Later: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement

March 7
Activist, Author “JLove” Weighs In On Margaret Jones’ Fake Memoir.
Author of That White Girl Addresses Race, Class, and White Privilege

February 22

January 9
"LOOKING FOR MARTIN: Are Dr. King and His 'Dream' Still Relevant?"
KEVIN POWELL and AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. Host a Multicultural Tribute to the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20, 2008



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