Conversations Book Club and the Hiphop & Books Committee is pleased to announce that we have gained the support of CNN Hero and New York’s Hot 97 radio personality Thabiti Boone!
Thabiti is an author, national activist, youth organizer, inspirational speaker, master motivator, minister, educator, lecturer, consultant, fatherhood specialist, entrepreneur, humanitarian, poet, hip hop activist, sports services provider and former basketball star.
(Watch CNN’s feature of Thabiti Boone here:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/specials/2007/05/01/heroes.thabiti.boone.cnn)
Boone was only 19 when his then-girlfriend broke the news that she was pregnant and wouldn’t be able to raise the baby. "It threw everything into a tailspin," said Boone, who had just accepted a basketball scholarship and was entering his freshman year in college. What happened next – as he struggled to meet the demands of raising his baby daughter on a college campus while maintaining his position on the basketball team – would shape the rest of his life.
Thabiti Boone was determined to be what his father wasn’t.
Rising out of the tough streets of Brooklyn, Thabiti is the founder and president of Thabiti Enterprises, which is the parent business operation for all his community based programs, services and activities, including F.I.S.T. Inc. Youth Empowerment Organization; "Rising To the Occasion" Sports, Academic, Life Skills and Mentoring Enrichment program; and "You Have To Dream It…To Be It" Youth Foundation.
Look for more information about the alliance between Thabiti Boone and "Hiphop & Books" in the upcoming weeks as they tour moves across the country.
Contact: Stephanie Mitchell, Planning Committee
"Hiphop & Books"
601.500.8950
Thabiti "Showtime" Boone, President
Thabiti Enterprises
917.442.1906
