Michael Eric Dyson

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006
3:00 pm
At The United Palace

MICHAEL ERIC DYSON SPEAKS!

PHOTO BY MATT CARR

On Saturday afternoon, January 21st at 3pm, you are invited to joing a forum led by the brilliant acclaimed author, teacher, community builder, and minister -
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON. There will be a question and answer period open to all attending this great open community forum, sponsored by YOU CAN SUCCEED, inc., a not-for-profit organization founded in 1996 with the mission of creating educational, artistic, and life-affirming opportunities and experiences to the communities of Harlem Washington Heights, and Inwood. Bring your families to hear this great writer and teacher who will be speaking in English with a Spanish translator.

Suggested donation: $10 adults
$5 youth under 12

(donation is not mandatory)

About the Author

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is the author of The Michael Eric Dyson Reader, Open Mike; Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur; Why I Love Black Women; I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.; Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line; Between God and Gangsta Rap; Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X; and Reflecting Black. He is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia.

"What guides all of my thought and action is the belief that human beings who think creatively and act boldly can shape history and relieve suffering for the good of the neighborhood and the planet. I hope you, the reader, enjoy this reader, and journey with me through the intellectual and political wilderness of our international life in the hopes of finding a city of moral beauty and justice for all."