Great Panels @SxSW 2010
by Angela
South by SouthWest’s Panel Panel Picker for 2010 was released recently and there are some great panels this year. Here are some to take a look at and hopefully take a moment to vote on. The panels below are by African-Americans and/or deal with race or identity. This year’s panel picker voting process is much easier consisting of a simple ‘yes’ (thumbs up) or ‘no’ (thumbs down) so voting should literally take a few seconds. I know I am missing some panels here, I haven’t gotten through the extensive list of panels for Interactive this year, so please add you’s in the comments and I can update the list in this post. Check out the panels I’ve found so far below:
Read MoreTavis’ Blog Contest Hate it or Love it
by Markus Robinson
What about our Daughters and Jack and Jill Politics both expressed their dismay for Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union 2009 symposium blog contest, and though I understand their distaste for Tavis’ methods, I absolutely respect his attempt at engaging Black Bloggers in the conversation. Before we delve in, a little background:
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BWB Conference June 19 -20, 2009 – Chicago, IL
by Fredric Mitchell
I managed to catch Gina’s tweet this morning about the 2nd Blogging While Brown Conference coming up in June. I am delighted to find that the conference will indeed be in my hometown of Chicago, IL and will take place at the University Center from June 19th to June 20th.
For those that are unfamiliar or [...]
