FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Conference to address combatting illiteracy among young adults to be held Friday, April 27, 2007
Contact: Stanley Clark, President
For The People Productions
773.344.7220
thebestbookclub@hotmail.com
2007 has been a busy year for Stanley Clark and his new event planning organization For The People Productions. The 34 year old native of Pickens, MS began the year by teaming up with new partners such as Wal-Mart, Waldenbooks, Tricom Publicity and even High Output bike club to find ways to expose the state to new projects and unique opportunities. One of the projects that has gotten the most traction has been with Conversations Book Club and its fight against illiteracy.
"To hear a young person say they hate to read is one of the saddest things anyone can say," says Clark. "Books have a way of opening up doors to worlds that otherwise might be closed to them, and if they don't take the opportunity to explore them they are missing out." Working with C. A. Webb, the President of Conversations Book Club, Clark decided to help find ways that books can be both exciting and entertaining.
"We both agreed that the key is sometimes finding the right book for the appropriate reader," says Webb, 31. "Alot of times when someone says they don't like to read, the real problem is that they haven't found a book on the topic they are interested in." Conversations Book Club, which meets every Tuesday and Friday at the Medgar Evers Library (6p.m CST) uses its hour discussions with authors to address not only the books but the process that goes into writing a book.
It is for this reason that a special press conference has been scheduled for Friday, April 27, 2007 to announce an exciting new project geared at engaging readers with the authors that are making a mark on the literacy scene. This will take place at the Pearl Public Library at 11a.m. with presentations by Stanley Clark, C. A. Webb and others that will be working on the new campaign geared at fighting illiteracy.
Admission is free.
For more information, contact Stanley Clark at 773.344.7220.
You are also encouraged to visit www.forthepeopleproductions.com or email us at thebestbookclub@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Want to know some of the authors that For The People Productions has partnered with? Click on the photo albums below.
| Def Poetry Jam artist C-Bone Jones | |
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| Bestselling author Alisha Yvonne's trip to MS '07 | |
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| Author Alphonso Morgan's visit to Mississippi | |
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| Conversations Book Club Presents Carl Weber,012307 | |
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| Reshonda Tate Billingsley's trip to MS---03/07 | |
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| Author Cornelia Gail's visit to MS--- 03/07 | |
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| K. Elliott trip to MS --- 03/30-31/07 | |
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Richard Wright Library has its "Naming Ceremony"
On Friday, April 20, 2007 the Friends of the Jackson-Hinds Library held its "Naming Ceremony" for the Richard Wright Library. See the slideshow above for all the details. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Jerry Ward.
Dr. Jerry Ward is a distinguished professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University, New Orleans, LA. Ward spent 20 years as the Lawrence Durgin Professor of Literature at Tougaloo College in Jackson. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on Wright. His credentials concerning Wright include, co-editor of the Richard Wright Encyclopedia, to be published in 2006 by Greenwood Press; founding member of the Richard Wright Circle, and his recent portrayal of Richard Wright in the Mississippi Humanities Council's Mississippi Chautauqua Writers series.
Dr. Jerry Ward contributed to the intellectual and cultural climate in Jackson for many years.
Dr. Jerry Ward is a distinguished professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University, New Orleans, LA. Ward spent 20 years as the Lawrence Durgin Professor of Literature at Tougaloo College in Jackson. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on Wright. His credentials concerning Wright include, co-editor of the Richard Wright Encyclopedia, to be published in 2006 by Greenwood Press; founding member of the Richard Wright Circle, and his recent portrayal of Richard Wright in the Mississippi Humanities Council's Mississippi Chautauqua Writers series.
Dr. Jerry Ward contributed to the intellectual and cultural climate in Jackson for many years.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
FOR THE PEOPLE PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY SUPPORTS... A PASSION FOR JUSTICE
For more information, contact Cassandra Tripp (butterfly32@mail.com) at 662.931.0575 or Troy Bruckner at 714.227.5000 (birdinflight@aol.com) or visit www.abirdinflight.com.
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