{"id":17908,"date":"2020-11-17T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=17908"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T18:46:52","slug":"updates-on-harlem-world-magazine-winter-events-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=17908","title":{"rendered":"UPDATES ON Harlem World Magazine WINTER EVENTS, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join Etu Evans Host Of The 1st Annual HWM Summit 2020 \u2013 Harlem A Beacon On The Hill<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Harlem World magazine, announces its first-ever HWM Virtual Summit, with the theme Harlem: A Beacon on The Hill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This two-day virtual meeting of the minds will be hosted by Harlem influencer and celebrity shoe designer, Etu Evans.2020 concludes the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem World Magazine will host its 1st Annual HWM Summit, with the theme Harlem: A Beacon on The Hill, designed to spark new ideas and conversations around the arts, business, philanthropy, community, and journalism. We will feature talks, and panels, with today\u2019s leaders, legends, and trailblazers of the Harlem community and beyond. We will discuss the topics that bind our communities together as well as what we need to do to move forward and upward in these turbulent times. This summit is a platform designed to generate ideas, bring people together, and spark change for good\u2013to build a stronger community for all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Join us at the 1st Annual HWM 2020 Summit.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The HWM Virtual Summit lasts from November 19th-20th, 2020. The event\u2019s theme Harlem: A Beacon on The Hill is designed to spark new ideas and conversations around the arts, business, philanthropy, community, and journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 2003, by Daniel Tisdale, Harlem World Magazine specializes in content marketing, advertising services, and event promotions in and around Harlem. For the first time, Harlem World Magazine will present someone with the Harlem World\u2019s 2020 HYPE Black Excellence in Journalism Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BET Announces Cultural, Social And Legal Cannabis Doc With Ka<\/strong>mala Harris And Others<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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BET<\/a> announces a new original documentary titled set to premiere on Wednesday, November 18th at 10 pm ET\/PT.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Narrated and executive produced by multi-platinum rapper and entrepreneur, Nasir \u201cNas\u201d Jones<\/a>, and produced by Swirl Films, the two-hour special examines marijuana\u2019s<\/a> cultural, social, economic, and legal impact on American society and the Black community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Told through the lens of aficionados, policymakers, advocates, and innovators in the booming legal cannabis industry, SMOKE features testimony from a range of notable individuals including Senator Kamala D. Harris<\/a>, Senator Cory Booker<\/a>, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Cook County, Illinois State\u2019s Attorney Kim Foxx, Representative Barbara Lee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This includes former NBA player and cannabis investor Al Harrington, WNBA star Cheyenne Parker, former NFL star Ricky Williams, rapper B-Real (Cypress Hill), award-winning music artist Ty Dolla $ign, son of Notorious B.I.G.<\/a> C.J. Wallace, Columbia University<\/a> Ph.D. Professor Carl Hart and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSMOKE\u201d traces the fascinating and complex legacy of marijuana in the Black community. Early usage was recreational in nature, but political and racial dynamics led to the criminalization of cannabis and eventually its prohibition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

America\u2019s unjust war on drugs systematically targeted marijuana use in the Black community, resulting in racially disproportionate numbers of arrests and convictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSMOKE\u201d features the voices of high-profile lawmakers, including the potential Vice President of the United States Senator Kamala D. Harris, Senator Cory Booker and Cook County State\u2019s Attorney Kim Foxx, who are fighting to bring restorative justice to those incarcerated and others saddled with felony convictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch the \u201cSmoke: Marijuana + Black America\u201d Trailer below:<\/strong><\/p>\n