MEDIA ADVISORYFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: Jan. 28, 2008Contact: Edrea Davis: 818.613.9521/202.659.4929

BLACK YOUTH VOTE! JUSTICE SPEAK OUT FEATURING BET’S JEFF JOHNSON , V-103’S MISS SOPHIA AND REP. ALISHA THOMAS MORGAN

Forum seeks to motivate Black youth to vote in the upcoming primary Atlanta, GA – After successfully galvanizing young voters for the South Carolina primaries, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's (NCBCP) youth division, Black Youth Vote (BYV) will host a Justice Speak Out Wednesday, January 30, 2008, on the campus of Clark Atlanta University. The town hall type forum is designed to mobilize young voters issues that impact them and ultimately increase youth participation in the Feb. 5 primary. The Black Youth Vote! Justice Speak Out Tour kicked-off last week in Orangeburg, SC and will move on to Alabama after galvanizing Atlanta youth. The event is free and open to the public.

WHO: Participants include: Jeff Johnson of the popular Jeff Johnson Chronicles and a moderator of the informative BET panel discussion “Hip-Hop Vs. America;” Diallo Brooks, National Co-Chair, Black Youth Vote; Kevin Parker, Chief Operating Officer, NCBCP; Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan; Miss Sophia, V-103 radio personality; Yemayah Bourdain-Stallworth, BYV Georgia; and SGA Presidents from Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and Morehouse College. Co-Hosts: NCBCP, BYV Georgia, Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, SGA Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College & Morehouse College, Center for Citizen Participation at CAU, Georgia Youth, college chapters of NAACP, and AUC Pan-Hellenic Council.

WHERE: Clark Atlanta University Student Center - Multi Purpose Room 223 James P. Brawley Drive (next to parking deck)

WHEN: DATE: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 TIME: 11 AM –2:00 PM ET CONTACT: This is a FREE event. The public and the media are invited to attend. Media RSVP to Edrea Davis 818.613.9521 or edmedia@dogonvillage.com.

Black Youth Vote!, (www.ncbcp.org/byv) the youth division of the NCBCP, is a national grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals committed to increasing political and civic involvement among Black men and women aged 18-35. Founded in 1996, the youth led organization educates young adults about the political process and trains them to identify issues and influence public policy through participation. BYV! has been instrumental reversing the downward spiral among young voters and educating voters who are increasingly disenfranchised from the electoral and legislative process.