Thursday, December 13, 2012

Indie Review welcomes April Silver !


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APRIL SILVER

April is the founder of Akila Worksongs a communications agency that specializes in arts and activism, a phrase popularized by founder April. The agency offers public and media relations; online marketing (email, social media, mobile); event planning, marketing, and production services. Its distinguished client and relationship rosters (individuals and groups) have included luminaries such as Sonia Sanchez, Amiri and Amina Baraka, Nana Camille Yarbrough, Ras Baraka, Sister Souljah, Doug E. Fresh, Sean Combs, Chuck D., asha bandele, Toni Blackman, UNIVERSES, Rosa Clemente, JLove Calderon, Erica Ford, Kevin Powell, Mo Beasley, Byron Hurt, Alex Bugnon, Tulani Kinard, Iyanla Vanzant, Marcella Runell Hall, Marc Lamont Hill, Adesola Osakalumi, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), Talib Kweli, and many others. It has also serviced or collaborated with a number of highly respected community-based and non-profit organizations; cultural arts institutions; and corporate and philanthropic entities since 1993, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Museum of Natural History, Apollo Theater, Center for Black Literature, Center for Law and Social Justice, Comedy Central, Ford Foundation, Fort Greene Festival, HarlemStage/Aaron Davis Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Mott Foundation, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Playwrights Horizons, Public Theater, Romare Bearden Foundation, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and various others. A special 20th Anniversary celebration of Akila Worksongs featuring an afternoon of spoken word, live music, drama, and dance is coming up. This will be one of April's topics of discussion. 



"Elevating Artists" Feature: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai from AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc. on Vimeo.

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