
Be Seen...Be
Heard...Be Powerful
www.yp4obama.com
New Live Performance:
Raheem Devaughn for Launch Event!
www.yp4obama.com/launch
New Sponsor: Ebony Magazine
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are only 4 days away from the
kick off of The
Young & Powerful Inauguration Events.
We are celebrating and
making history all at the same time.
After raising over
$150,000 in two years, we've raised over $80,000 in
less than two months! This could not have been done without the
contributions form our host and planning committees in a 100% pure
volunteer effort.
To make sure you move
and shake with
Young & Powerful politicos and young professionals like you, mix and
mingle with celebrity guests, and to be a part of an experience covered by
over 30 press organizations from across the nation and the world...
To Be Seen...Be
Heard...and...Be Powerful...
...Reserve
your tickets today!
**UPDATE: THE MLK PRESIDENTIAL BRUNCH IS SOLD OUT
LESS THAN 90 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR GALA...OVER 500 TICKETS SOLD!
LESS
THAN 80 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR INAUGURATION DAY SEMI-FORMAL!
Young &
Powerful MLK Community Service Project
**On
January 19, 2009, to commemorate the works and life of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., The Young & Powerful Group will answer the call and reach out to
those most vulnerable in our community—the homeless. By joining forces with
We Feed Our People, a D.C. based service organization; The Young & Powerful
Group will provide a nutritious meal and warm clothing for homeless citizens
in the nation’s capital.
Here are the details:
Date: January 19, 2009
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Martin Luther King Library
9th & G Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C.
For more information
and to RSVP
Contact: yp.community1@gmail.com
Here's our event
lineup...
Young &
Powerful Group Launch Event
www.yp4obama.com/launch
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 7:00pm-11:00pm
Holiday Inn Capitol - Columbia Ballroom
550 C St. SW
Washington, DC 20024
www.hicapitoldc.com
**1 block from L'Enfant Plaza Metro - Maryland and 6th St. Exit (green,
yellow, blue, & orange lines)
Featuring Special
Guest: Marvin Dickerson,
President of 100 Black Men of Greater Wash. DC
A message of VISION from
Michael A. Brown
DC Councilman At - Large
Live Performance by: R&B Recording Artist Raheem Devaughn
Special Guest: Recording Artist Mya
Hosted by Jeannie Jones of 93.9 WKYS
Music by DJ Premonition
Click here for event and ticket information >>
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Young &
Powerful MLK Presidential Brunch
Sponsored By: IMPACT
www.yp4obama.com/brunch
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
City Club
1300 I Street, NW
Washington, DC
www.clubcorp.com
**One block from McPherson Square Metro (blue and orange line)
A message of HOPE from Dr.
Michael Eric Dyson
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Hosted by: Radio One's Sheila Stewart
(THE MLK PRESIDENTIAL BRUNCH IS SOLD OUT)
Host Organizations:
NAACP - DC Chapter, The Greater Baltimore Leadership Association Young
Professionals, Thursday Network , Northern Virginia Urban League Young
Professionals Network, Howard University - Student Bar Association
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Young &
Powerful Political Forum & Roundtable Discussion
Sponsored By: IMPACT- Hosted
By: The Roundtable
www.yp4obama.com/forum
Monday, January 19, 2009
Time: 1:00pm
Location: TBD
Washington, DC 20056
Hosted by:
BET's Jeff Johnson (www.jeffsnation.com)
A message of Change by:
Congressman Kendrick Meek D-FL
RSVP to:
yp.politics@gmail.com
Click here for event information >>
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Young &
Powerful Black Tie Gala & Awards Ceremony
Sponsored By: IMPACT
www.yp4obama.com/gala
Monday,
January 19, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20024
www.lenfantplazahotel.com
L'Enfant Plaza Metro (green, yellow, blue, & orange lines)
Hosted by: EZ Street of 93.9 WKYS
Music by: DJ Premonition
LESS
THAN 90 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR GALA...OVER 500 TICKETS SOLD!
Click here for event and ticket information >>
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Young &
Powerful Inaugural Celebration
A Semi-Formal Affair Sponsored By: IMPACT
www.yp4obama.com/semiformal
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Heritage India Dupont
1337 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
**1 block from Dupont Circle Metro (red line)
www.heritageindiadupont.com
Hosted by: Olivia Fox of Majic 102.3
Music by: DJ Premonition
LESS
THAN 80 TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR INAUGURATION DAY SEMI-FORMAL!
Click here for event and ticket information >>
For more information about
our events
please contact. yp4obama@gmail.com
International
Co-Chairs:
Jarvis Houston, Felix Sorgho
National Event
Coordinator:
Kezia Williams
Planning
Committee Chairs:
Dy Brown, Yves Louis-Jacques, Justin Tanner, My'Ron McGee, Brandon Ray,
Marchlena Rogers, Monique Rooker, Ashley Futrell, Rachel Crouch, Omar
Woodard, Daya Tennille Washington, Monique Norington, Jeremiah Pope,
Channing Hawkins, Jonathan Quarles, Crystal Davis, Lindsey Dendy, Jamila
Boddie, Madeline Mitchell, Kouri Marshall, Ja'Ron Smith, Jacqueline Moore,
Erycka Hunter, Demond Childers, Sherice Perry, Larry Howard, Elliot Petty,
Remi Aregbesola, Aneita Williams
Partners/Sponsors:
IMPACT - Radio One Inc.-
Ebony Magazine - Mid-Atlantic Regional Democrats - Sounds of Blackness -
E.S.T. Unity
The Main Event Planners, LLC - Generation Obama, Washington, DC - D.I.V.A.S.
Inc.
Liberated Muse Productions - The Jalin Group - Talented Tenth Society -
Intimate Arrangements, LLC
The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA)
Nina Calahan-James Church & State Talk Radio Detroit
Host Committee:
Adam Guthrie, Alaina
Wilburn, Anthony Morrison II, Awnya Frazier, Bizunesh Scott, Blayne
Sutton-Willis, Brandan Wilson, Brandon Nelson, Brenda Sutton-Willis,
Brittany Gadsden, Brittany Merritt, Brittany Miller, Camelia Mazard, Cara
Pearson, Cari Cooper, Carmen Orozco-Acosta, Chana Ewing, Charla Webster,
Charles Groves, Christina Cue, Christopher Coes, Clarence Wardell II,
Claudia Gibbs, Coco Hunter, Corey Ponder, Crown Productions, Inc, Darius
Graham, Darla Bunting, Darren Goodson, Deanna Johnson, Deloris Carter,
Dennis Howland, Devinya Rogers, Dina Perez, Dwayne Wilbert, Ebyan Addou,
Erica Day, Erica Perkins, Errol D Allen II, Everett Miller, Francisco Ortiz,
Harrison Endeavors, Henry North, Hinton Battle, Hodan Siad, Ingrid White,
Jabriel Ballentine, Jacqueline Castain, Jacqueline Robinson, Jayce Hill,
Jennifer Searfoss, Jerris Raiford, Johnnie Tangle III, Jon-Paul Coutourier,
Kameelah Dixon, Kameron Matthews, Kara Beverly, Karen Van Kummer, Karl
Riley, Katrese Wellman, Kelly Ifill, Kendra Mathias, Kenneth Gibbs, Kieja
Minor, Kim Haney-Brown, Krista Shelton, Kristin Bolton-Keys, Krystal Coddett,
La Kesha Richmond, Lakia Gray, LaShondra Myles, Latoya Parnell, Laura
Schultz, Laureicia Barnette, Lilit Paltajian, Linda Frazier, Lopez Matthews,
Madeline Mitchell, Marcella Tillett, Marjorie Celeste Williams, Marques
Jones, Marquis Hawkins, Mary McGurn, Maya Siggers, Melanie Middleton, Mia
Brockett, Michele King, Michelle Huckaby, Miller Everett, Milton/Madeline
Mitchell, Monique Peets, Morgan Grimes, N'Goundo Magassa, Natasha Wolcott,
Neal Carter, Neosho Ponder, Ngwebifor Fobi, Nicholas Wiggins, Nicole Battle,
Nicole Faison, Nicole Griffin, Oscar Mardis, Pia Clarke, Rebecca Thompson,
Recardo Gibson, Rex Richardson, Robert Franklin, Ronald Holmes, Sanam Toossi,
Season Miller, Shanelle Johnson, Shara Coutourier, Shayla Johnson, Sherice
Perry, Sommer Murphy, Stacy Burnside, Stayce Harris, Stephen Harris, Suheily
Natal, Tamika Samuel, Taahira Maynard, Taliah Givens, Tasha L. Davis, Tashea
Brodgins, Terrell Holland, Tiffany Andrews, Tiffany Henry, Tiffany Tull,
Tracy George, Tracy Nicholson, Trevor Scotland, Tya Winn, Ugochi Anaebere,
Urban Cycle, Inc, Veda Bartlow, Vernon Mitchell, Whitney Jones, Willie Lyles