There will also be free workshops, demonstrations and food.
The family event, inspired by the art and culture of the Silk Road, will feature with activities and performances from around the globe and
Here's the event flyer (PDF).
provides intimate, first-person testimonials from three young black men growing up in Ward 8, Southeast Anacostia, one of D.C.'s most underserved communities. These perspectives – captured within an historic barbershop at the intersection of Malcolm X and MLK Boulevards – were created to illuminate quantitative findings on the state of young black men in D.C., which were provided by noted scholars and educators, Dr. Ivory A. Toldson and Dr. Sarah D. Manekin.
The Shop Talk Storytelling Series (http://www.shoptalkdc.org/) made its debut May 28 at the Breakfast and Briefing on Black Male Achievement. The series "is a mixed-media, multi-episodic, storytelling series that examines the varying complexities, challenges and opportunities young people face growing up in our nation's capital."
The event, sponsored by DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, presented the Shop Talk series and data from the black male achievement report.
