- Date/time: Nov 20, 11:00pm to Nov 21, 2:30am
- Venue: Duke Energy Convention Center, Grand Ballroom B
- Phone: 513-362-9622
- Address: 525 Elm Street
Author and Star of CSI NY Hill Harper To Talk About Being The Architect For Your Life At 2009 Salute to YMCA Black & Hispanic Achievers Gala
One of Hollywood’s most promising actors and star of CSI NY, Hill Harper, will be coming to Cincinnati November 20 to help the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati honor local professionals of color selected for personal and career achievements. He will be the featured speaker at the 2009 Salute to YMCA Black & Hispanic Achievers Gala to be held at the Duke Energy Center.
The YMCA Salute Gala is unique in that African and Hispanic American professionals who are recognized as YMCA Achievers demonstrate their commitment to giving back by volunteering through the YMCA Teen Achievers Program to inspire youth toward paths of success.
The event’s theme, ‘Empowering Teens To Be the Architect Of Their Lives’, fits perfectly with Harper’s message. What he shares with those supporting, being recognized and being impacted by the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati is his sense of responsibility to encourage and guide younger generations as they build their own destiny. In his books, Letters to a Young Brother: DeFINE Your Destiny and Letters to a Yong Sister: DeFine Your Destiny, he shares his own humbling life lessons on his journey to an Ivy League education and beyond. Revolutionary in how Harper deals with adolescent issues, he won both NAACP Image Awards and, in 2007, was nominated for Outstanding Literary Work by a debut author and Outstanding Literary Work for teens. He is a volunteer of Big Brother Big Sisters in Los Angeles and participates in other organizations helping to mentor youth.
Harper’s first breakthrough occurred on Married with Children and in his film debut Confessions of a Dog. In Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus, he performed his first substantial role as a college student riding a bus during the Million Man March. On television, he starred in City of Angels which earned him an Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the NAACP. He recently appeared on recurring episodes of Showtime’s Soul Food and guest starred on The Sopranos. He has also appeared on ER, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NYPD Blue and Murder One.
For more information, please contact Toni Miles, YMCA Black & Hispanic Achievers executive director at 513-362-YMCA; email tmiles@cincinnatiymca.org.
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