Voices of the Future

NBA star Etan Thomas helps give voice to the poetic and socially conscious ideas of young people.

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. President Obama
2. Trayvon Martin
3. The Occupy Wall Street Movement
4. Fathers/Parents
5. Relationships
6. Youth Issues
7. Abortion/Teen Pregnancy /Aids/HIV
8. Youth Issues
9. Haters
10. Religion/Spirituality
11. Police Brutality
12. Guns, Violence, Street Life
13. Racial Issues/Racism
14. Free Minds Club

About the author

Recipient of the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award as well as the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Inc Legacy Award. His body of work includes serving as a Surrogate for Barack Obama ’08 Presidential Campaign; A guest speaker with DNC Chair Gov. Howard Dean during the “Register For Change” 50 State Bus Tour Campaign, Collection of poems released in 2005 called More Than An Athlete, and Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge. His writings have appeared in CNN, Huffington Post, Hoopshype.com and slamonline.

Summary

NBA star Etan Thomas helps give voice to the poetic and socially conscious ideas of young people.

Foreword

National radio and TV interviews, ESPN radio, MSNBC Morning Joe, NBA satellite radio

Features in CNN, Huffington Post, Hoopshype.com and slamonline.

Excerpts in young poetry journals and blogs

Advertising in the Nation Magazine

Promotion on the author's website etanthomas.com

Product details

• Authors: Etan Thomas, Thomas Etan
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9781608462711
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-271-1
• Weight: 406 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / General, Age groups: children