The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists are proud to announce legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex as headliner for the Beach Jam party closing this year's UNITY convention on July 26 in Chicago.Funkmaster Flex (MTV, Spike TV, Chappelle's Show) tops an evening of entertainment which will include Tampa-based Blue Note Records saxophonist Eric Darius and St. Petersburg-based boxing champ and entrepreneur Winky Wright. The party, co-sponsored by NABJ and TBABJ, falls on the last night of the 2008 UNITY convention in Chicago, featuring a historic joint gathering by organizations representing black, hispanic, Asian American and Native American journalists.
The party starts at 10:30 p.m. July 26 in the Chicago ballroom of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, 301 East North Water Street, downtown. Admission is free to anyone registered to attend the UNITY conference.The event also serves as a kick off preview to NABJ's 2009 convention, expected to bring 3,000 attendees to Tampa during the week of Aug. 5 next year. Co-sponsors helping with this year's kick off party include Tampa Bay and Company, Busch Gardens, Sheila Johnson and the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, and many more Tampa Bay area companies.
The evening also features a raffle giveaway of a three-day, two-night golf outing at the Innisbrook resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. -- the only major golf resort in the world owned by a African American woman, Sheila Johnson. Raffle tickets are free and will be made available at the party and throughout the UNITY conference, but winners must be present at the party to receive the prize.
We're hoping to see you at the Chicago ballroom July 26 for a beach party guaranteed to get you excited for a trip to Tampa in 2009!
Eric Deggans
President, Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists
Chair, NABJ Media Monitoring Committee
TV/Media Critic, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
(727) 893-8521
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