Title: Keynote Speaker Kevin Powell
1Keynote Speaker Kevin Powell
Noted scholar Michael Eric Dyson has called Kevin
Powell "one of America's most brilliant young
cultural critics." A poet, journalist,
essayist, editor, art curator, hip-hop historian,
public speaker, political consultant and
fundraiser, and human rights activist, Kevin
Powell is also widely known for his stint as a
cast member on the first season of MTV's "The
Real World." A native of Jersey City, New
Jersey, Kevin Powell is now a resident of
Brooklyn, New York. It is from his base in New
York City that Kevin Powell has published five
books, and written numerous essays, articles, and
reviews over the past decade for publications
such as Newsweek, The Washington Post, Essence,
Code, Rolling Stone, and Vibe, where he was a
founding staff member and profiled many rap
icons, including the late Tupac Shakur on several
occasions. Immediately following his speech,
Kevin Powell will be signing copies of his new
book, Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hip-hop
History (Photographs by Ernie Paniccioli, Edited
by Kevin Powell) in front of room 318. This is
the first major illustrated history of hip-hop.
2Excellence in Leadership Awards
Lifetime Excellence in Leadership Award
3Excellence in Leadership Awards
Lifetime Excellence in Leadership Award ASAD
SHABAZZ Young People in Action International,
NLLC Advisory Council
4Excellence in Leadership Awards
Youth Group of the Year Award WINNER Youngsters
Against Animal Cruelty
5Excellence in Leadership Awards
Youth Leader of the Year Award WINNER Kellee
Lockwood Vice President, Towson University Black
Student Union