Join PANYS for a Conversation with Etan Thomas and Kevin Powell on Police Brutality & White Supremacy
Sally Jones
Conversation with Etan Thomas and Kevin Powell on Police Brutality & White Supremacy 
Dear Friend,
We would love to have you join us in a conversation with Etan Thomas and Kevin Powell on Monday, February 28th at 7 PM by Zoom, on the last day of Black History Month.
This event is part of our 2022 membership drive. When you join or renew your Peace Action New York State membership at any level -- that's your ticket to this event!
Peace Action New York State has a special connection to Etan Thomas. Last October he accepted the William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award, along with Renee Montgomery. In his acceptance speech, he talked about his own experiences being stopped by police on the way to a high school game in Tulsa, speaking out against the Iraq War when he was an NBA player with the Washington Wizards, and interviewing his heroes like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, John Carlos, and many others, for his book, We Matter: Athletes and Activism.
Etan's new book, Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions contains voices from many different vantage points but centers the victims and families that have been affected by violence. It is raw, moving, and inspiring all at the same time. The Library Journal review of the book says, "“Thomas’s interviews demand careful reading by all who want to expose racism, hold police accountable, and create an American society that practices social justice.”
We are excited that Etan will be having the conversation with Kevin Powell, author of The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood. Gloria Steinem says, "As a charismatic speaker, leader, and a very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage...to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all."
Peace Action New York State 
ETAN THOMAS is the recipient of the 2021 William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award, He is a former eleven-year NBA player, was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has published multiple books including: We Matter: Athletes and Activism, More than an Athlete, Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge, and Voices of the Future. Thomas received the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award as well as the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Legacy Award—both honoring his advocacy for social justice. He is a senior writer for BasketballNews.com and a regular contributor to the Guardian and The Undefeated. He can frequently be seen on MSNBC as a special correspondent and cohosts a weekly show with Dave Zirin called, "The Collision: Where Sports and Politics Collide." Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions is his latest book. KEVIN POWELL is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary and hip-hop voices in America today. Kevin is a native of Jersey City, raised by a single mother in extreme poverty, but managed to study at Rutgers University in New Brunswick thanks to New Jersey's Educational Opportunity Fund. Kevin has gone on to be the author of 14 books, including his recent title, The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood. In 2023, he will publish a biography of Tupac Shakur, the late rapper and controversial American icon. 
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