Win Coffee Date with Novelist Junot Díaz

At an upcoming fundraiser, the New York Civil Liberties Union Young Professionals are raffling a unique literary experience: a one-on-one coffee with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Junot Díaz.

The Just Art fundraiser is scheduled for September 29, 2009 at 7 pm
at BAM Cafe in Brooklyn. Tickets cost $50. The NYCLU is quite active on the literary front. They’ve sponsored Banned Book Read-a-Thons all around New York State, including readings in Syracuse, Mount Vernon, Utica, and Albany.

Here’s more from the release: “This year’s event will feature a progressive art show and auction plus do-it-yourself art stations where attendees can unleash their own creative instincts. Entertainment includes a live music/video remix by acclaimed AV-DJs Eclectic Method as well as live performances by artists Coco Dolle, Ann Liv Young, 0H10M1ke and DJs Comandante Zero.”

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting this Thursday, February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Michael Brito (Edelman Digital), and Tim Devane (bitly). Register now.