Inaugural Party for President Elect Barack Obama

AfroPresencia.com and afrolatin@ forum are hosting a fundraiser and dialogue on the prospects for our communities - and the issues we should fight for - under Obama.

Speakers:

James Early, who serves on the TransAfrica Forum Board of Directors on the Telesur Board of Advisors, and as the Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Karen Juanita Carrillo, who is a Brooklyn, New York-based journalist that specializes in covering African American and Afro-Latino issues, she is co-founder of the website Afropresencia.com.

Wine and hors d'œuvres will be served. Each entry ticket is automatically entered in our end of evening raffle!

Where: Franklin H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)

408 West 58th Street
New York, NY 10019

When: January 18, 2009

Time: 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Donation: $20 if you register online prior to January 15, 2009; $25.00 after that.

All donations are tax deductible.