Say It Loud!
Readers and Writers
"Bringing the Community Together Through Literature"
www.speakloudly.com 
 
Highlights includes our continued tribute to Black Music Month on Literary Nation Talk Radio and community discussion with author and music historian Bil Carpenter.
 
- Literary Nation Talk Radio
- SIL Youth Comic Book and Illustrators
- "Books and Brunch" with Bil Carpenter
- SIL Women Empowerment Series 
- The Pocketbook Monologues in New York City
- Say It Loud! featured in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and NAACP Crisis Magazine
- New York Daily News: Advertisers are Finally Understanding BET and MTV's Bad Rap
- Upcoming events

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Literary Nation Talk Radio KABF Radio FM 88.3 (Little Rock)
Patrick Oliver, host and executive producer
Thursdays noon CST/1:00 pm EST/10:00 a.m. PST
Listen on-line
www.kabf.org  
inquiries: melanielacy@speakloudly.com  
 
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Comic Book Collectors and Illustrators
Thursdays 6:30 p.m.
Fun and interactive activities for youth of all ages. Bring your notebook and pencils.
Where:
Sue Cowan Williams Library, 1800 Chester Street, Little Rock, AR
This event is part of the Say It Loud! Encouraging Our Sons to Read initiative.
Inquiries:
seanmcintosh@speakloudly.com  
 
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Black Music Month
June is Black Music Month so please acknowledge the contribution of local and nationally recognized musicians. Celebrate Black Music Month by attending a live musc venue, buying a CD by an independent artist, host a discussion or check out a music related book from the library.
 
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Black Music Month Tribute
Books and Brunch with music historian Bill Carpenter
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Free admission
Aspiring and professional writers in all fields of the arts are welcomed to attend this discussion with author and music Bil Capenter. Carpenter is author of the best seller Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia. Book signing to follow discussion.
Location: Sue Cowan Williams, 1800 Chester Street, Little Rock, AR
Rsvp: info@speakloudly.com  
This event is co-hosted by the Arkansas Gospel Announcers Guild, Say It Loud! and Arkansas Black Writers Collective
 
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Women Empowerment Series
Saturday, June 28, 2008, Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Girls ages 9-17 sign-up for upcoming activities schedule to begin in July 2008.
Location: Sue Cowan Williams Library, 1800 Chester Street, Little Rock, AR
claricekinchen@speakloudly.com  
 
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The Pocketbook Monologues in New York City this weekend
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. 
The Pocketbook Monologues by Sharon K. McGhee premieres in New York City June 28th! A fun, provocative, and entertaining dialogue with an award winning cast - creator Sharon McGhee, actress Kim Coles, media personality Jacque Reid, the remarkable Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Toni Belafonte, Gloria Browne-Marshall, Sheron Smith and Sandy Daley. These ladies are raising the curtain to talk about the POCKETBOOK, the label black women affectionately describe as the triangle between their thighs.
For tickets and location go to: http://www.tpbmnyc.com/

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What's the News!
Say It Loud! featured in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
In case you missed it click this link:
http://epaper.arkansasonline.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=ArDemocrat/2008/06/11&ID=Ar03300&Locale=
 
NAACP Crisis Magazine Spring 2008 issue features Say It Loud!
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else." - Booker T. Washington
On page 30 the article is titled The Gift of Giving. The Crisis profiles those who have turned Booker T. Washington's words into work.
 
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New York Daily News: Advertisers are Finally Understanding BET and MTV's Bad Rap
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/06/22/2008-06-22_industry_ears_parents_television_council.html

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2008 Upcoming Events
SIL Women Empowerment Series
Cheetah Girls Gathering
Saturday, July 12, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
Cheetah Girls author Deborah Gregory discussion and book signing
Where:
Sue Cowan Williams Library, 1800 Chester Street, Little Rock, AR
 
July 17- 20, 2008 10th Annual Harlem Book Fair and Gala Celebration
In association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Awards dinner, authors signings, panel discussions, HBF publishing pavilion, young reader pavilion, HBF author brunch
Saturday, July 29, 2008
Panel:
Creating Words and Images for the Next Generation of Readers
Panel Description:
Numerous noted authors and illustrators are playing a major role in addressing this by producing literary works and images to youth readership. Their perspectives and missions will discussed during this panel.
Confirmed and invited panelist:
Award-winning authors and illustrators of children’s and youth books Troy Cle, Cheryl Hudson and others.
Moderator:
Patrick Oliver For more information: www.qbr.com