PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Kenya King
Monday, August 6, 2012 (202) 238-5910 kenya55@msn.com
PITTSBURGH
(August 6, 2012)-The Association for the Study of African American Life
and History (ASALH), the founders of Black History Month, is set to
hold its 97th annual convention at the Westin Convention
Center Hotel in Pittsburgh on September 26-30, 2012, and is seeking 200
local volunteers. The theme of this year's convention is Black Women in American Culture and History, and
will feature world-renown poet Sonia Sanchez, civil rights champion Dr.
Mary Frances Berry, Sweet Honey in the Rock Founder Bernice Johnson
Reagon, and other scholars and leading experts in Black History.
Activities
for the conference include a highly anticipated Author's Book Signing,
an educational African American Heritage Bus Tour, a fun-filled Youth
Day, an electrifying Poetry Slam, and informative plenary and
interactive sessions. ASALH will provide a host of unique opportunities
for those interested in volunteering. Volunteer duties will include
monitoring sessions, greeting attendees, assisting exhibitors,
registering individuals for the conference, implementing Youth Day,
setting up session rooms and door signs, and more.
ASALH
volunteer training will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012, from noon
to 2 p.m. at the Community College of Allegheny County Student Services
Center in Auditorium A, located on the corner of Allegheny and N.
Lincoln Avenues.
If
you're interested in participating in this valuable opportunity to be a
part of history in one of the largest conventions to come to
Pittsburgh, you can register online at http://asalh.org/Conference_Volunteers.html or e-mail Ann or Major Mason at annf.mason@gmail.com.
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