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Cultural Alliance Accepting Applications for "Step Forward 2013 Leadrship Summit"
The Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham is looking for current and emerging community leaders looking to want to honor the past by building a better Birmingham in 2013 and beyond.
The Cultural Alliance, with funding from the Kresge Foundation, is soliciting nominations for its upcoming Step Forward 2013 Leadership Summit. Set for March 10 – 15, 2013, the Summit centers around the birthday of Birmingham Movement icon, the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who would have been 91 on March 18.
Building on the foundation of the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, the Summit immerses the 50 current and emerging community leaders in a two-day training session on effective civic engagement and organizing, social advocacy and purpose-driven artistic creation.
Click HERE to download the flyer or Click HERE for Step Forward information and the online application at the Cultural Alliance's website.
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Metro Birmingham NAACP Hosts Economic Empowerment & Advancement Summit This Saturday
 The Commemoration Continues.
As part of the continuting commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, the Metro Birmingham Branch NAACP will host its Economic Empowerment and Advancement Summit on Saturday, February 23, 2013.
The theme, "Silver Rights + Green Power = The American Dream," reflect other civil rights organizations' national focus on economic empowerment as the next stage of the Civil Rights Movement, says Birmingham NAACP President Hezekiah Jackson, IV. "The Summit is designed to initiate a dialogue to complete the unfulfilled Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for economic advancement for people of color," he said.
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Common Comes to UAB Monday
King of Conscious Hip-Hop Speaks During Black History Month
Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, 7 p.m.
As part of UAB's Black History Month celebration, actor, author and Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist Common will give a public lecture in Bartow Arena.
The event is open to the public; admission is free to UAB students, faculty and staff and $5 in advance to the public, $10 on the day of the event. For more information, call the UAB Office of Student Activities at 205-934-8225.
Heralded as the "King of Conscious Hip-Hop," Common — born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. — has recorded nine acclaimed studio albums, collaborating with fellow superstars Kanye West, Lauryn Hill and the like. He has made his mark in Hollywood, starring in movies with Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Ben Affleck. Currently, he plays freed slave Elam Ferguson in the AMC historical drama "Hell on Wheels." In 2007, he launched the Common Ground Foundation, which is dedicated to the empowerment and leadership development of urban youth. His next album is expected out in early 2013.
From UAB.edu/50YearsFoward
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