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Princeton University Third World Center
(609) 258-5494Date: November 8, 1999
Third World Center Governance Board Presents Youth Conference
Afeni Shakur, Activist and Youth advocate, is Keynote Speaker
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Princeton University Third World Center will host Afeni Shakur on Friday, November 12, 1999 at 7:00 pm in McCosh 50 on the Princeton University campus.
Shakur will serve as keynote speaker at "The Color of Success," a conference geared toward high-school youth of color. The main goal of the conference is to empower youth with confidence for their future, by providing them with the knowledge and awareness to achieve their own definitions of "success."
Afeni Shakur is a former revolutionary, activist, Black Panther, and mother of the late rap superstar 2Pac. After a bullet took her son's life in September 1996, she took on the duty of finishing the work he was unable to complete. As founder and CEO of Amaru Records and creator of the Shakur Family Foundation, she is now the keeper of her son's vision and is working to make his dreams a reality. Through her work with the Shakur Family Foundation, she has made strides to increase literacy and spark community development in the inner city.