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Munira Khapra, Events and Outreach Coordinator
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Hip-hop Activist Kevin Powell Featured Speaker
8th Annual Community Service Society Associates Party

Also Featuring Open Bar and Hors d’Oeuvres,
Raffle and Silent Auction

April 27th, 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. at Strata
915 Broadway at 21st Street 

New York, N.Y. April 6, 2006 --- Prominent hip-hop activist Kevin Powell will be the featured speaker at the 8th Annual CSS Associates Cocktail Party to benefit the Community Service Society to be held on April 27th from 6:30 to 9:30 at Strata in New York City.

The theme of this year’s event is “Get Connected” focusing on ways young people can help connect communities in crisis with the decision-makers who can bring about real change through grassroots activism and volunteerism.  Powell will speak on the subject of Black male empowerment.

Powell--currently a candidate for Congress in Brooklyn--is a controversial public speaker, hip-hop historian, political activist, writer, and media commentator. He is popularly known for his appearances on MTV’s first season of The Real World.

The event is hosted by the agency’s Associates Junior Board -- a diverse group of socially-minded young professionals who support CSS’s long history of advocacy and community development. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance online at: www.cssny.org/party/tickets.html

The Community Service Society (CSS) has served as a leader in social and political reform for nearly 160 years.  CSS addresses the immediate needs of New York City’s poor and disenfranchised by providing direct social services, training, research, policy analysis, and advocacy. Please visit www.cssny.org  for more information.

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