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I have the pleasure of being featured in the current issue of SLAM Magazine along with 3 other young men who are making an impact.  It wasn't my best picture but hey, I'll take it.

 

NAACP Award Nomination for Black Male Handbook

This is a book that I contributed a few essays to. Please check it out.

40^th Annual NAACP Image Awards- Have announced their nominees today and Kevin Powell is nominated for “The Black Male Handbook” under the literature category for Outstanding Literary Work- Instructional.

NAACP Image Awards air Live on FOX - Thursday February 12^th, 2009 - 8:00pm-10:00pm

This year, over 1,200 entries were received. From those entries, a special committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders as well as a few specialized subcommittees from across the country selected five nominees in each of 53 categories. Watch the star-studded awards show, hosted by Halle Berry and Tyler Perry, live to see the winners announced.

About The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life: Edited by Kevin Powell, the book offers a collection of intimate, deeply personal and prescriptive essays by Powell and other influential Black me on surviving, living and winning. This is a “Must-Read” Guide and Call-to-Action for Black Boys and Men to Redefine Their Manhood for the Greater Good of Themselves, Their Communities and the World.

Community Heroes #1 - John Fuller Wins MLK Award

At the 26th Annual Johns Hopkins Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 11th, 2008, The Johns Hopkins Hospital's diversity and equal employment opportunity (EEO) officer John Fuller received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service in 2007.

Keynote speaker Rev. Al Sharpton presented Fuller with the award, which is reserved for distinguished faculty, staff, graduate students and retirees of The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins Hospital/Health Systems whose spirit of volunteerism and citizenship reflect that of Dr. King.

Fuller's volunteer resume is long and diversified. He has organized food bank and clothing drives for two Native American Reservations and assisted with personal tax returns and emergency funding.

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