[DAC] A Soulstice Invitation--Hear Books of Hope--Tonight June 21st

[Griothouse at aol.com]

Come  celebrate the summer with youth authors of the Books of Hope program  
as they read from their newly released books and sign copies at Porter Square  
Books, 25 White St, Cambridge (in the mall off Mass Ave), 6-8 pm. Special  
guest poet and mentor, Askia Toure will also read from his latest book,  “Mother 
Earth Responds: Green Poems and Alternative Visions”. Respond  with the earth 
and the sun to the fresh voices of the next  generation! 
 
           
 
Books  of Hope  (BOH) is a literacy and writing program for youth ages 13-23 
begun  in Somerville’s Mystic Housing projects  in 1999 by author Anika 
Nailah.  The program trains young people in  four components of being an author: 
writing,  publishing, performance, and entrepreneurship while  developing 
creativity and self-esteem. 125  young  authors have published 100 volumes of poetry, 
fiction, essay,  memoir, self-help, and hip-hop lit, as well as plays and 
screenplays  since its inception. It is supported by the Cahn Funds for Social  
Change, the Dreuding Foundation, Hunt Alternatives Fund, the  Somerville 
Housing Authority, and YouthReach, a special initiative  of the Massachusetts 
Cultural Council. 
Happy  Soulstice!


 

 
L Soul  Brown
Griot House 
Griothouse "Oral Traditions" Radio airs  Sundays 10a-12n on
TOUCH Radio 106.1 FM "The Fabric of the Black  Community"

Books of Hope

"Youth writing & publishing  about and for their lives!"
@ The Mystic Learning Center,  Somerville



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