Coffee Culture and Conversation at Yasmeen Cafe
Coffee Culture and Conversation at Yasmeen Cafe
Thu, Feb 9, 10:00 AM
Yasmeen Cafe • Kansas City, MO
Free
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A Conversation with Nikole Hannah – Jones
The African American Artists Collective Invites You to Attend A Conversation with Nikole Hannah – Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
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Delta Athenaeum and DEED Foundation 900 E Linwood Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64109
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About this event
This event is free and open to the public — but pre-registration is required to ensure space.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. She has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards and the National Magazine Award three times.
Hannah-Jones also earned the John Chancellor Award for Distinguished Journalism and was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists and the Newswomen's Club of New York. In 2020 she was inducted into the Society of American Historians and in 2021, into the North Carolina Media Hall of Fame.
Nikole was named as one of the Most Influential People in 2021 by Time Magazine. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, which seeks to increase the number of reporters and editors of color. She holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina and earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.
Hannah-Jones is the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University, where she has founded the Center for Journalism & Democracy
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As per request, all audio and video recording is NOT ALLOWED.
AAACKC will follow CDC and Kansas City, Missouri guidelines regarding COVID policies for the NH Jones Conversation. Currently, masks are not required to be worn in public spaces but are recommended for indoor public spaces of substantial or high transmission. In the event that the CDC or Kansas City, Missouri guidelines change, we will post updates as they apply to this event.
Thank you so much for being so willing to join the AAACKC public arts community in providing a safe event for all.
If you have further questions or need any adjustments to your registration, please contact us: africanamericanartistsc.bac@gmail.com
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